We’ve used stats to rank the Premier League keepers and the numbers highlight how important Alisson has been for Liverpool. It’s a bad time for David De Gea’s standards to slip.
Courtesy of the wonderful FBREF we’ve used the PSxG minus goals allowed metric to rank the top-flight stoppers. ‘What the f*** is that?’ you might reasonably ask…
Post-shot expected goals is expected goals based on how likely the goalkeeper is to save the shot. When the number of goals they have conceded is subtracted, we are left with the figures below. FBREF explains that positive numbers suggest better luck or an above-average ability to stop shots…
1) Alisson (Liverpool): +8.0
Christ, how bad would it have been for Liverpool if Alisson wasn’t in this kind of form? Jurgen Klopp needs to hope his cup nightmare against Wolves was a one-off or the Reds’ slide will only accelerate if their keeper suddenly stops getting them out of the mire.
2) Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea): +6.3
He might have ushered in Manchester City’s winner at Stamford Bridge but Kepa is showing the kind of form that prompted Chelsea to make him the world’s most expensive keeper. He was excellent in a much-needed win over Crystal Palace.
3) Bernd Leno (Fulham): +4.0
Leno was always too good to sit on Arsenal’s bench and the German has been a very astute purchase for Fulham as they embark on a European push that absolutely no one saw coming. And he’s a busy boy in that Fulham goal.
4) Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal): +3.4
The Arsenal keeper is doing his bit to enhance the Gunners’ title push; he was brilliant against Tottenham and got a smack in the back for his troubles.
5) Nick Pope (Newcastle): +3.3
Pope was one of the signings of the summer for only £10million from Burnley. The England stand-in has the most clean sheets in the league and the highest saves percentage.
6) Neto (Bournemouth): +2.2
Since signing for Bournemouth from Barcelona in August, Neto has brought some reliability to a goal where previously there was little. The contrast there between him and Mark Travers is stark.
7) Jordan Pickford (Everton): +0.6
The England keeper is exempt from much of the flak flying around Goodison Park, with last term’s player of the season largely maintaining his standards.
8) Łukasz Fabianski (West Ham): +0.5
The Hammers keeper remains as reliable as ever, despite his 38th birthday approaching before the end of the season. The expectation was that Fabianski might be…
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