Premier League worst finishers: Arsenal and Everton have two misfiring players each

Sarah Winterburn
Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah of Arsenal

We bring you the top/bottom 10 players who are massively underperforming in front of goal this season and Kai Havertz is now top.

Oh and we don’t hold no truck with penalties so we have taken those numbers out.

For the less fun list of players wildly outstripping their xG numbers, go here.

 

10) Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
Expected goals: 12.1
Actual goals: 9

There is growing talk that the Uruguayan is just not good enough for Liverpool. He takes more shots per 90 minutes than any other Premier League player by some considerable distance but chaos dictates that not many actually go in.

 

9) Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton)
Expected goals: 7.2
Actual goals: 4

Scores an awful lot of penalties but only one goal from open play in the last two months.

 

8) Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal)
Expected goals: 7.4
Actual goals: 4

Seems odd now that there was a point when we wondered whether Gabriel Jesus would even get in this Arsenal side. Actually, it seems more than odd; it seems f***ing mental.

 

7) Andreas Pereira (Fulham)
Expected goals: 6.5
Actual goals: 3

Lots and lots of long-range shots. Lots and lots of long-range shots that do not result in goals.

 

6) Neal Maupay (Everton)
Expected goals: 4.8
Actual goals: 1

Came off the bench v Manchester City and struggled, which was hardly surprising.

 

5) Fabian Schar (Newcastle)
Expected goals: 4.8
Actual goals: 1

How delightful it is to see actual Newcastle centre-half Fabian Schar brushing shoulders with all these wasteful forwards.

 

4) Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal)
Expected goals: 12.9
Actual goals: 9

All-round game, works hard etc etc. But the truth is that Jesus has been owned by his xG in three of his five full seasons in the Premier League and is very much heading towards four in six.

 

3) Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton)
Expected goals: 5.0
Actual goals: 1

Scored a penalty v Leicester City but f*** knows how he didn’t score another. Didn’t take a meaningful shot as they battered Brighton and lost to Manchester City.

 

2) Joe Willock (Newcastle United)
Expected goals:7.0
Actual goals: 3

His wayward finishing v Manchester United clearly put him off; he didn’t even attempt a shot v Brentford or Aston Villa, before firing back with 14 (obviously none went in) against Spurs, Everton, Southampton, Arsenal, Leeds and Brighton.

 

1) Kai Havertz (Chelsea)
Expected goals: 10.4
Actual goals: 6

Havertz actually hits the target with 45% of his shots – accuracy that actually puts him in the same bracket as Marcus Rashford – but how many is he hitting straight at the keeper?

 

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