Arsenal

Arsenal's chances have been 0.96 goals a match better than its opponents' this season, the best in the league; results have put it 2nd in the table.

+0.96
expected-goals difference a match, 1st in the league
15
points from 6 matches, 2nd in the table
12.6
points the chances deserved
1.66 / 0.89
rating now: creates / allows, expected goals a match as the rating counts them

Arsenal has 15 points from chances that deserved 12.6: 2.4 ahead of its performance. The rating, which remembers past seasons, puts it at +0.77 expected goals a match as the rating counts them, against an average opponent; it is +0.96 from this season's chances in full.

Performance match by match

-1.8-0.90+0.9+1.8Match 1, v Coventry: +1.83 expected goalsMatch 2, at Aston Villa: +0.93 expected goalsMatch 3, v Chelsea: +1.68 expected goalsMatch 4, at Sunderland: +0.21 expected goalsMatch 5, at Brighton: -0.19 expected goalsMatch 6, v Leeds: +1.31 expected goalsMatch of the season; above the line the team created more than it allowed

Points and the points the chances deserved

0510150123456Match of the seasonAfter match 1: 3 pointsAfter match 2: 6 pointsAfter match 3: 9 pointsAfter match 4: 12 pointsAfter match 5: 12 pointsAfter match 6: 15 pointsAfter match 1: the chances deserved 2.7After match 2: the chances deserved 5.0After match 3: the chances deserved 7.5After match 4: the chances deserved 9.0After match 5: the chances deserved 10.3After match 6: the chances deserved 12.6PointsPoints the chances deserved

The rating through the season

Before each match: the expected goals a match as the rating counts them that the rating says the team creates and allows against an average opponent. It remembers past seasons with the recent matches counting most, and leans on what the squad is worth while the record is short.

0.000.501.001.500123456Match of the seasonBefore match 1: creates 1.67 a matchBefore match 2: creates 1.69 a matchBefore match 3: creates 1.67 a matchBefore match 4: creates 1.67 a matchBefore match 5: creates 1.67 a matchBefore match 6: creates 1.66 a matchBefore match 1: allows 0.89 a matchBefore match 2: allows 0.87 a matchBefore match 3: allows 0.86 a matchBefore match 4: allows 0.86 a matchBefore match 5: allows 0.86 a matchBefore match 6: allows 0.89 a matchAttack: expected goals created a matchDefence: allowed a match

How Arsenal creates and concedes

Share of expected goalscreatedleagueallowedleague
Open play75%73% 57%73%
of which counter-attacks17%10% 4%10%
Set pieces17%22% 27%22%
Penalties8%5% 16%5%
Headers12%16% 13%16%
Inside the box79%82% 60%82%
Expected goals a shot0.140.110.080.11

Matches

DateOpponentResultxG forxG againstDiffPtsDeserved
2026-08-21v Coventry 3–0 2.040.21+1.8332.7
2026-08-31at Aston Villa 1–0 1.250.32+0.9332.3
2026-09-06v Chelsea 2–1 2.290.61+1.6832.5
2026-09-12at Sunderland 2–0 1.030.83+0.2131.5
2026-09-19at Brighton 0–3 1.491.68-0.1901.2
2026-10-10v Leeds 2–1 1.950.64+1.3132.4

Expected goals here leave penalties out, as the rating does; the match pages count them. The squad the rating reads is worth about 1328 million euros at its latest match.