Savinho on top 10 worst finishers list as Man City problem is exposed
Manchester City have issues in the goalscoring department; no PL goals for Savinho, Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden or Jack Grealish this season and they have had 55 shots between them.
We use xG because that’s the most reliable measure over several games.
10) Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool)
Expected goals: 1.5
Actual goals: 0
No longer starting each week after Arne Slot was very vocal about the Hungarian’s lack of attacking output; he’s now had 12 shots and has hit the target only three times.
9) Joshua Zirkzee (Manchester United)
Expected goals: 2.6
Actual goals: 1
Finished ahead of his xG for Bologna last season but has looked a little out of his depth for Manchester United this season. Often banished to the bench with Rasmus Hojlund fit, with Paul Scholes left asking ‘exactly what is a Joshua Zirkzee?’. He looks a little like a competition winner.
8) Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)
Expected goals: 2.6
Actual goals: 1
No goals in the Premier League since the opening day…he’s still wondering how he didn’t score v Ipswich Town.
7) Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth)
Expected goals: 2.6
Actual goals: 1
Loves a long-range shot. Doesn’t score from a long-range shot very often.
6) Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest)
Expected goals: 1.6
Actual goals: 0
The City Ground is going to erupt when the brilliant Serb defender scores his first goal for Forest. Unless it’s away, obviously.
5) Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton)
Expected goals: 3.7
Actual goals: 2
The worst finisher of 2023/24 is here again; he’s getting better chances than Jamie Vardy and scoring half the number of goals.
4) Savinho (Manchester City)
Expected goals: 1.7
Actual goals: 0
Four Premier League assists in a largely positive start to life in England, but he is yet to score in any competition for Manchester City, who are starting to look like they might be in a crisis.
No PL goals for Savinho, Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden or Jack Grealish this season and they have had 55 shots between them.
3) Adama Traore (Fulham)
Expected goals: 2.8
Actual goals: 1
Three shots with an xG of 1.3 v Manchester City and he could not score. It got him in the worst XI of that Premier League weekend but Pep Guardiola basically said he was unplayable. Up to the point he took the shot, obviously.
2) Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
Expected goals: 4.0
Actual goals: 2
Only Erling Haaland, Antoine Semenyo, Eberechi Eze and Cole Palmer have taken more shots in the Premier League this season than Fernandes’ 33. Finally scored his second of the Premier League season v Leicester City and his first from open play.
1) Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)
Expected goals: 3.0
Actual goals: 1
Opta have clocked him missing five Big Chances this season, which has become a factor in Crystal Palace’s unexpectedly poor start to the season. Takes his shots from a bigger average distance than anybody on this list.