I think it’s explainable though. Teams play differently against us now due to our success last season; they sit all the way back so we cant punish them in transition like we did all last season.
This would lead to both more touches in the opponents box, and also less goals. Probably also less goals conceded from us as well, which we’re also seeing. We’ve also had one injury after another in our starting attacking lineup.
I mean you say that but Chelsea and Spurs probably the most open teams we’ve played this season and they’re the ones we struggled the most against and conceded the most XG as well. It’s really not as simple as teams are playing us differently. We really have not been as fluid this season. It’s more like we’re the ones playing differently partly because of new personnel and partly due to the fact we’re trying to be more compact. There’s been a real lack of central penetration this season. But it should also be mentioned that this graph should look way worse than it does because we’ve got 6 pens this season which inflates our XG by quite a bit.
You can point at the exceptions like Tottenham and Chelsea (both of which are passionate, high pressure derbies where form and stats tend to be less relevant), but all the info we need to see is in this graph really.
Yes, we’re scoring less but also conceding less. It’s less exciting but I think probably a more consistent chance at a title challenge. “1-0 to the Arsenal” comes to mind.
Half an expected goal a game is considerable. Also compare our attack to the rest of the league in terms of xG. It’s midtable in some areas.
We have the most box touches but that’s because teams are comfortable allowing it. When they have 8 men in the box, why bother stopping us to get in. We aren’t scoring with In a box that packed.
But someone told me we have the most touches in the box this season surely that means our attacking play has been just fine this season
I think it’s explainable though. Teams play differently against us now due to our success last season; they sit all the way back so we cant punish them in transition like we did all last season.
This would lead to both more touches in the opponents box, and also less goals. Probably also less goals conceded from us as well, which we’re also seeing. We’ve also had one injury after another in our starting attacking lineup.
We’re still doing fine.
I mean you say that but Chelsea and Spurs probably the most open teams we’ve played this season and they’re the ones we struggled the most against and conceded the most XG as well. It’s really not as simple as teams are playing us differently. We really have not been as fluid this season. It’s more like we’re the ones playing differently partly because of new personnel and partly due to the fact we’re trying to be more compact. There’s been a real lack of central penetration this season. But it should also be mentioned that this graph should look way worse than it does because we’ve got 6 pens this season which inflates our XG by quite a bit.
You can point at the exceptions like Tottenham and Chelsea (both of which are passionate, high pressure derbies where form and stats tend to be less relevant), but all the info we need to see is in this graph really.
Yes, we’re scoring less but also conceding less. It’s less exciting but I think probably a more consistent chance at a title challenge. “1-0 to the Arsenal” comes to mind.
The graph is already non pen xg.
Half an expected goal a game is considerable. Also compare our attack to the rest of the league in terms of xG. It’s midtable in some areas.
We have the most box touches but that’s because teams are comfortable allowing it. When they have 8 men in the box, why bother stopping us to get in. We aren’t scoring with In a box that packed.