Total Shots Ratio) Otherwise known as Corsi in hockey. This looks at a teams share of the total (missed/blocked/on target) shots count. shots for / total shots (shots f + shots a)

SoTR (shots On Target Ratio) This looks at a teams share of the shots on target count. shots on target f / total shots on target

Fenwick/Unblocked Shots Ratio This looks at a teams share of the shots count with all blocked shots removed. missed shots f + shots on target f / total missed shots + total shots on target

PDO Scoring% (goals/shots on target) + Save % (100-goals against/shots on target against)

Week 30 (Sortable Tables)

All tables set to Close Game State.

TSR

This is each teams share of the shots count. Tied tells us about a teams share of the shots when the score is tied. Close is when the score is tied or within a single goal. Total is all game situations (0-0's or 5-1's etc).

Man City remain tops of the shots chart despite playing what seemed like 300 minutes with just 10 men vs Hull.

Fulham and Cardiff are terrible.

Pos	TSR/Corsi	Tied	Close	Total
4	Man City	67.25	64.58	63.35
1	Chelsea	64.34	62.09	62.48
5	Tottenham	61.3	60.03	57.87
8	Southampton	55.74	59.77	59.69
3	Arsenal	62.95	58.2	54.1
6	Everton	55.91	56.74	56.71
9	Newcastle	60.16	56.12	55.52
2	Liverpool	63.38	55.02	56.53
7	Man United	49.52	54.33	53.32
14	Swansea	47.11	50.33	52.28
16	West Brom	42.4	48.83	49.8
15	Norwich	48.09	46.45	44.86
13	Hull	44.35	46.03	45.93
10	Aston Villa	44.36	45.24	47.23
17	Palace	41.59	44.27	45.83
11	Stoke	44.08	42.29	41.79
18	Sunderland	50.18	42.04	42.6
12	West Ham	38.5	40.33	37.88
19	Cardiff	35.71	37.48	38.35
20	Fulham	36.1	35.88	37.47

SoTR

Chelsea, since our last update, have passed Man City. MAn City have 3 games in hand and will likely pass Chelsea once those games have been played. Both are excellent etams.

Looking at Close or Tied SoTR appears to capture the top of the table in its actual order better than any other stat we have.

Pos	SoTR	Tied	Close	Total
1	Chelsea	67.18	64.91	65.78
4	Man City	67.03	62.69	62.88
2	Liverpool	64.71	60.79	62.34
3	Arsenal	63.46	60.27	56.99
6	Everton	56.25	57.66	58.04
8	Southampton	55.56	57.21	58.58
5	Tottenham	60.34	57.21	54.31
7	Man United	49.17	54.81	53.31
9	Newcastle	57.26	54.21	54.48
17	Palace	44.44	47.18	45.45
10	Aston Villa	46.72	46.97	47.58
14	Swansea	43.7	46.92	50.83
16	West Brom	39.64	46.63	46.03
15	Norwich	50	46.48	43.8
13	Hull	44.86	44.44	45.74
11	Stoke	42.97	42.17	41.7
12	West Ham	39.84	38.71	37.4
18	Sunderland	43.21	37.31	38.02
20	Fulham	38.78	37.19	37.99
19	Cardiff	33.8	36.75	35.77

PDO

City's scoring% is cooling but save% is improving. PDO creeps up slightly.

West Ham's PDO is bailing them out of some issues they have with shot generation and prevention (TSR).

Newcastle are a pretty good shots team, if their PDO was league average we'd be talking about a run for the top 6.

Poor Norwich and Palace.

Pos	Team	SC%	SAVE%	PDO
4	Man City	42.26	72.16	114.43
12	West Ham	34.04	75.48	109.53
3	Arsenal	32.72	76.67	109.38
2	Liverpool	38.58	70.59	109.17
1	Chelsea	32	74.44	106.44
7	Man United	33.33	71.9	105.23
6	Everton	27.21	73.83	101.04
11	Stoke	29.63	70.67	100.3
18	Sunderland	27.96	72	99.96
13	Hull	29.41	69.67	99.08
10	Aston Villa	29.63	68.07	97.7
16	West Brom	30	66.67	96.67
14	Swansea	30.65	64.75	95.4
8	Southampton	30.71	64.42	95.14
5	Tottenham	25.52	69.11	94.62
19	Cardiff	23.47	70.62	94.09
9	Newcastle	24.34	68.25	92.6
20	Fulham	26.09	66.32	92.41
15	Norwich	21.43	67.79	89.21
17	Palace	17.92	69.6	87.52

Injury

Take how many injuries a team has suffered (I take injury info from game previews and run it against the teamsheets from game reviews) and divide them by how many games a team has played. By doing this we get a number which tells us how many injuries a team has suffered per game.

Arsenal are a huge outlier. Chelsea re doing something very interesting with rotation or...? (*a man on the inside of football told me Chelsea are very careful not to release injury info to the press).

Pos	Team	Injury
3	Arsenal	5.3
10	Aston Villa	4.2
17	Palace	4.2
2	Liverpool	4.1
5	Tottenham	4.1
6	Everton	4
4	Man City	4
12	West Ham	4
7	Man United	3.7
9	Newcastle	3.7
15	Norwich	3.6
14	Swansea	3.2
16	West Brom	3.2
20	Fulham	3
13	Hull	3
18	Sunderland	2.5
8	Southampton	2.1
1	Chelsea	2
11	Stoke	1.9
19	Cardiff	1.5

Counter Attacking Pt II

Another explanation: There is tons of information on the Al Gore regarding how many final third passes a team makes and concedes. There's also quite a few ways to break down the shots that those teams take and concede, including breaking out the shots taken in open play only. If I take final third passes for and divide them by open play shots for we get Final Third Passes Per Shot For/Against.

Those numbers are in the table below and I think it gives us an idea of how quickly (number of passes) a team is able to generate open-play shots. This number may tell us a little about counter-attacking or the ability to effectively break down entrenched defenses.

Newcastle and Liverpool are two teams that require the fewest passes in order to shoot from open play. Arsenal pass the thing to-fucking-death.

In regards to the defensive side of the ball the more passes per shot that the defense forces the less easily penetrable it is, right? And that's a good thing? Maybe that is the case if we think about Chelsea, but what about the *best* team in the league on the defensive side which is Crystal Palace?

Is Crystal Palace's abailty to force the opposition to make 16.7 passes per open-play shot a sign that their defence is entrenched and stubborn and will not be broken easily? Or, does it simply mean they are hemmed in their own end for significant periods of time? Thinking time...

Pos	Team	Pass Per Shot F	Pass Per Shot A
9	Newcastle	9.7	13.4
2	Liverpool	11	13.2
1	Chelsea	11.5	15.1
10	Aston Villa	11.7	14.6
5	Tottenham	12.4	14.3
14	Swansea	13.1	13.1
15	Norwich	13.3	12.6
18	Sunderland	13.4	11.5
11	Stoke	13.5	13.3
20	Fulham	13.7	11.6
4	Man City	13.7	13.6
8	Southampton	13.7	16.5
13	Hull	13.8	14.7
6	Everton	14	12.7
16	West Brom	14	13.3
7	Man United	14.4	12.9
19	Cardiff	14.5	10.8
12	West Ham	15	10.7
17	Palace	15.4	16.7
3	Arsenal	17.8	13.9