What's Wrong With Arsenal?
Ahead of the Liverpool match, Arsenal looked like they might be the best team in the Premier League. After the Liverpool match, Arsenal looked like they might be the best team in the Premier League. Since the Liverpool match, Arsenal have fallen so far down the standings that they’re now closer to fifth-place than first.
What’s going on? I wrote about it:
Over the past five matches, the Gunners have created 8.88 xG and only turned it into four goals. Their opponents have turned 4.08 xG into six goals.
Put another way: Over the first 15 matches, Arsenal generated a per-game non-penalty xG differential of plus-0.84 and it led to 2.4 points per game. Over the most recent five matches, the xG differential rose up to plus-0.96, while the points-per-game rate dropped down 0.8.
To review: the main reason Arsenal are currently in a so-called crisis? Soccer is random.
Enjoy your weekends, all!