The Premier League table of Big Chances shows Man Utd > Man City

Liverpool are averaging three Big Chances in every Premier League game this season – putting them way ahead of Manchester City, who have created eight fewer Big Chances across the first 10 games of the season.

Liverpool topped this table at the end of last season and have made an equally strong start to 2024/25, though they have been helped by a particularly kind fixture list.

Tottenham are the Premier League’s highest scorers this season but they are actually creating Big Chances less often than even Brentford, who ranked highly on this metric last season too.

The biggest surprise is that City have actually created fewer Opta-defined Big Chances than Manchester United, despite City scoring 19 goals to United’s 12.

United have improved quite considerably in the creative department since last season, though they still have a problem finishing those chances; three United players are among the 10 worst finishers this season.

It suggests that Ruben Amorim has fewer issues than he might have suspected when he looked at the actual Premier League table.

The real success story of this season are the Cottagers, who were 17th in this table last season but are currently eighth after bringing in Emile Smith Rowe in the summer to supplement a creative department that also includes Andreas Pereira, Alex Iwobi and Adama Traore.

Aston Villa were eighth on this metric last season and have pulled themselves up to second so far in 2024/25, though Opta stats also show that Ollie Watkins has missed more Big Chances than any other Premier League player in this campaign.