Leicester City’s August stats reviewed: Attack Part 1

Leicester City have had the perfect start to the 2023/24 EFL Championship Season so far. They have won all four games and sit first on the table. While this is a perfect start to Enzo Maresca’s tenure, there is significant room for improvement upon looking at the data from the four league games.

Expected Goals (xG) is a relatively new statistical metric introduced in recent years which measures the quality of a goal scoring chance and the likelihood that the chance will be converted into a goal. xG is commonly shown as a decimal number. A shot with an xG of 0.17 signifies that the probability of a goal being scored from that specific shot is 17%. To further simplify, if 100 shots were taken from that exact position, only 17 of them would be expected to lead to goals. For example, a cutback in front of an open goal will have a much higher xG than a shot from a tight angle from 30 yards out.

Now looking at Leicester’s xG stats, the numbers are quite bleak. Leicester as a team, have accumulated an xG of 4.9 in the four games they’ve played so far. That’s the 8th lowest amongst the 24 Championship clubs. To add to that, they have created just 6 big chances(and missed 5), only14th highest in the Championship.