Alternative Premier League table after 14 matches, based on expected goals

Alternative Premier League table after 14 matches, based on expected goals
Well, you can’t say the Premier League isn’t dramatic!Another enthralling 100 miles per hour weekend is in the book and it’s given the table a good shake up once again.7

Arsenal players celebrate winning the north London derby against Tottenham Hotspur.

Arsenal were the big winners, proving their form isn’t just flat-track bully stuff by beating fierce rivals Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 at the Emirates.Elsewhere, Liverpool got a winner six minutes into added time as they beat foes Everton 1-0, while Manchester United were held to a 2-2 draw by lowly Southampton.But how has this changed the alternative Premier League table based on ‘expected goals’? Here at talkSPORT.com were always keeping an eye onUnderstat.comto see how players and clubs are performing based on their xG stats.Find out how the stats believe the Premier League SHOULD be shaping up below

What is expected goals?

• Expected goals (xG) is a statistic used to work out how many goals should be scored in a match.
• Every single shot is awarded an xG value based on the difficulty of the attempt, with factors including distance from goal, type of shot and number of defenders present affecting the value.
• The higher the xG of a particular shot, the more likely a goal should be scored from that shot.
• The xG valueof every shot in a game is then used to calculate the expected goals in a particular match.

---

20. Burnley Real position = 19Real points = 9 | Expected points = 8.8919.Fulham Real position = 20Real points = 8 | Expected points = 10.2218. Newcastle United Real position = 15Real points = 12 | Expected points = 12.3317. Brighton and Hove Albion Real position = 11Real points = 18 | Expected points = 12.497

Florin Andone scored the winner for Brighton at the weekend

16. Huddersfield Town Real position = 17Real points = 10 | Expected points = 12.6015. Cardiff City Real position = 16Real points = 11 | Expected points = 14.5114. Southampton Real position = 18Real points = 9 | Expected points = 15.9313. West Ham Real position = 13Real points = 15 | Expected points = 17.157

Javier Hernandez has scored three goals in his last four games for West Ham

12. Crystal Palace Real position = 14Real points = 12 | Expected points = 17.5111.Everton Real position = 6Real points = 22 | Expected points = 18.9710.Manchester United Real position = 7Real points = 22 | Expected points = 19.827

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho.

9. Arsenal Real position = 4Real points = 30 | Expected points = 20.647

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in a big Arsenal win over Spurs

8. Leicester City Real position = 8Real points = 21 | Expected points = 21.257. Watford Real position = 10Real points = 20 | Expected points = 21.716. Bournemouth Real position = 9Real points = 20 | Expected points = 22.097

David Brooks has been excellent for AFC Bournemouth

5.Wolverhampton Wanderers Real position = 12Real points = 16 | Expected points = 23.344. Tottenham Hotspur Real position = 5Real points = 30 | Expected points = 24.043.Chelsea Real position = 3Real points = 31 | Expected points = 28.927

Maurizio Sarri has enjoyed a good start to life at Chelsea

2.Liverpool Real position = 2Real points = 36 | Expected points = 29.241. Manchester City Real position = 1Real points = 38 | Expected points = 36.60

---

Liverpool are improbable to make a host of signings this summer, but Klopp will be planning to strengthen a couple of zones in the squad. The lack of high-quality backup to the first-choice attacking trio of Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino is something that the club are potentially to address in the ongoing transfer market.
Egypt coach Aguirre opts to leave Mo' Salah out of coming

---

Manchester City post Frank Lampard highlight video… and call former Chelsea midfielder a 'City legend' Chelsea fans have responded to Manchester City after the Premier League cha Leave a Comment Cancel reply
Manchester City post Frank Lampard highlight vi

---

Callum Hudson-Odoi to be offered Eden Hazard's No. 10 shirt in a bid to keep him at Chelsea The teen sensation is currently sidelined with a ruptured Achilles and was the subject of four bids
Callum Hudson-Odoi to be offered Eden Hazard's No. 10 shirt

---

WAYNE ROONEY is fuming with Sam Allardyce over his Merseyside derby snub. Toffees right-back Seamus Coleman was frustrated by Everton's failure to end their 17-game winless run in the derby
LIVE Football Wayne Rooney News | One News Page

---

Lampard calls on former Chelsea team-mate to start in Championship play-off final Friend or foe Lampard vs Terry: Who won more trophies as Chelsea legends go head-to-head
Frank Lampard - Wikipedia

---

Championship play-off final: When is Aston Villa vs Derby

---

Tammy Abraham: Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo refuses to

---

N'Golo Kante has been unmasked as the most-fined player at Chelsea, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Callum Hudson-Odoi revealing that the World Cup winner is "always late".

---

Former Manchester City and Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure has retired and plans to move into coaching or management, according to his agent. Dimitri Seluk told Sport24 (h/t Goal's Chris Burton
Yaya Toure: Manchester City legend retires from football to

---

fergie probe Sir Alex Ferguson's medical notes 'illegally accessed by doctors' while former Manchester United boss was in hospital
Sir Alex Ferguson's medical notes 'illegally accessed by

---

Jordan Henderson likened to Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard

---