Premier League season in stats

With the Premier League season now 10 games old, Sky Sports, in partnership with HPE, takes a look at some key stats so far and how they compare to last season.

Goals and shots

Liverpool and Manchester City have scored more goals than any other team with 24 each, but the Reds have conceded 13 compared to City’s nine.

Despite conceding the tenth-highest number of goals, Jurgen Klopp’s men have faced a league-low 78 shots, making three errors leading to goals and only keeping one clean sheet.

However, champions Leicester had an even worse record after 10 games last season, conceding 17 goals, scoring 20 and also keeping one clean sheet.

In contrast, Tottenham have conceded a league-low five goals this season and kept five clean sheets but have struggled to convert their league-high 185 shots into goals without the injured Harry Kane, only finding the net 14 times.

Manchester United are currently eighth in the league behind Watford and have only managed nine goals from 182 shots, of which only 59 have been on target.

After a promising start to life back in the Premier League, Hull have suffered six consecutive defeats, including a 6-1 thrashing against Bournemouth and have now conceded 23 goals in total, ahead of Sunderland (20), West Ham (19) and Stoke (17).

Chances created

Spurs have created 136 chances, behind Liverpool’s 148, but only eight chances were defined as ‘big’ chances by Opta – suggesting Mauricio Pochettino’s men are also missing provision up front.

Sunderland have recorded the worst start in top-flight history this season, failing to win any of their opening 10 games. The Black Cats have created a league-low 59 chances this season, a figure matched only by fellow strugglers Hull.

Manchester City and Arsenal appear to be playing the most intricate attacking football, taking considerably more touches in the opposition’s box than any other team with 405 and 345 touches, respectively.

These touches appear to be winning penalties, with City winning five penalties this season, while Arsenal and Liverpool have been awarded four each.

Passing and possession

Pep Guardiola’s ball-playing style of play also means City rank highest …

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