Where do your goals come from?

Where have your team’s Premier League goals come from this season? Are they long-range screamers, six-yard tap-ins or from clever assists?

We’ve taken a detailed look at how teams in England’s top tier have scored their goals this season.

Read on to see which sides are the best in the air, which teams feed off crosses and the clubs who are clinical in the penalty box…

Red spots indicate where goals were scored from, red lines show goals that were scored directly from assists, while assists are the yellow-dashed lines and black-dashed lines are dribbles.

Manchester City

Goals:19

Goals from outside box: 2

Top scorer: Sergio Aguero (5)

Assists: 13

Most assists: Kevin De Bruyne (4)

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City players have found the net 19 times in the Premier League so far this season, making them the joint-top scorers in the division. However, just two of those strikes have come from outside of the box – and both were scored by Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian bagged City’s opener in the Manchester derby and also netted from distance with a cheeky free-kick under Bournemouth’s wall in September.

City’s goal map, above, shows why opponents cannot switch off, even when the ball is far from their goal. Five of their Premier League assists came from deep positions, although the majority of their goals are from shots in central areas within the penalty box. Just three of those strikes have been headers, while another three have come from Sergio Aguero penalties.   

Arsenal

Goals: 19

Goals from outside box: 1

Top scorer: Theo Walcott (5)

Assists: 12

Most assists: Alexis Sanchez (3); Alex Iwobi (3)

Arsenal are tied with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table for both goals (19) and points (19) – although Granit Xhaka’s piledriver against Hull City stands out on their goal map, above. The midfielder’s long-range strike is Arsenal’s only goal from outside the box so far this season. Just two of those other 18 goals have been from headers, although the Gunners’ decisive strikes do come from wider angles than those of their City counterparts.   

Only two of Arsenal’s goals have come from traditional crosses from outside on the box on the left flank. They have also scored two penalties this season – and missed two more.  

Liverpool

Goals: 18

Goals from outside box: 3

Top scorer: James Milner (4)

Assists: 12

Most assists: Adam Lallana (3)

Liverpool have scored some stunners this season. Two of their three strikes from outside the box have come from Philippe Coutinho, while Jordan Henderson’s winner against Chelsea picked up the goal of the month prize for September. However, James Milner currently tops their scoring chart, with four successfully converted penalties. 

Fifteen goals from inside the box is the third-highest total in that category in the Premier League – behind Arsenal (18) and Man City (17). Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Adam Lallana have each netted their three strikes from within the 18-yard line. Liverpool have scored just one header so far this season – Firmino’s equaliser in the win at Swansea.     

Chelsea

Goals: 15

Goals from outside box: 2

Top scorer: Diego Costa (7)

Assists: 11

Most assists: Nemanja Matic 

Diego Costa’s seven strikes this season makes him Chelsea’s top scorer by some margin – he’s scored almost half of the Blues’ total and more than twice as many as anyone else. The Spaniard and Eden Hazard account for Chelsea’s two goals from outside the box – however, Antonio Conte’s men haven’t netted one header yet this term. Only three other Premier League teams are yet to score a header. 

Chelsea are also yet to score directly from a free-kick, despite 10 attempts. Only Hull City have had more free-kick attempts but no side has taken as many as Chelsea and failed to score. Interestingly, of the Blues’ 11 assists just one was from a cross into the box. 

Tottenham

Goals: 13

Goals from outside box: 0

Top scorer: Heung-Min Son (4)

Assists: 10

Most assists: Christian Eriksen (3)

There are just four teams in the Premier League yet to score from outside the box this season – and Spurs are one of them. Tottenham are also one of only four teams without a goal from a penalty-kick yet this term, although Erik Lamela missed from 12 yards against Manchester City. 

Instead, Spurs’ strikes have come from within the penalty box, with Christian Eriksen the chief creator with three assists. Right-back Kyle Walker has set up two goals and, as shown in the map above, Spurs have twice scored from right-wing crosses. 

Manchester United

Goals: 13

Goals from outside box: 1

Top scorer: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (4)

Assists: 8

Most assists: Wayne Rooney (2); Anthony Martial (2); Daley Blind (2)

Manchester United have scored four headed goals so far this season – the third most in the Premier League. Only Crystal Palace (6) and West Ham (5) have scored more. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling and Paul Pogba have all headed home for Jose Mourinho’s side this term. 

Ibrahimovic scored United’s only goal from outside the box on his Premier League debut at Bournemouth, and the Swede …

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