Goal averages are crumbling as players take fewer touches in the box and forwards underperform against xGGoals are on the up in the Premier League. The average of 2.70 non-penalty goals per game in 2026-27 is higher than last season and two of the four previous campaigns. Yet we should have been even more royally entertained. Matches have averaged…
The Premier League so far: draws, underperforming xG and other data pointers
Goal averages are crumbling as players take fewer touches in the box and forwards underperform against xGGoals are on the up in the Premier League. The average of 2.70 non-penalty goals per game in 2026-27 is higher than last season and two of the four previous campaigns. Yet we should have been even more royally entertained. Matches have averaged…
Originally reported by The Guardian Sport
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