Tag: Expected Goals

  • Brighton Created Enough Chances. So Where Did the Goals Go?

    Brighton Created Enough Chances. So Where Did the Goals Go?

    Brighton finished the 2025/26 Premier League season with 52 goals. Their chances suggested they might have scored closer to 58. A six-goal gap does not sound enormous across 38 matches. But Brighton’s shortfall becomes much more interesting once you look at who was actually doing the finishing. Their main striker was not dragging the attack…

  • Three Promoted Clubs, Three Different Premier League Problems

    Three Promoted Clubs, Three Different Premier League Problems

    Promotion creates a convenient illusion. Three clubs go up. Three clubs enter the same division. Three clubs immediately become candidates for the same conversation: which of them will survive? Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Hull City will all play Premier League football in 2026/27, but they did not arrive there in the same way. Coventry…