As you'll see from today's title, this post isn't likely to be one that cheers you up very much. Before we get into it, I'd recommend checking out Scott's By the numbers piece on the Leicester game, and 7amkickoff's article which delves into our chance creation, xG and our attacking efficiency. Neither of which make for pretty reading, and while I know many people still scoff xG as some kind of irrelevance, it's really not because it tells us plenty about this team is performing. Also, much of the content from today's post comes from @Orbinho at Opta, who has collated data from the first 19 games of 2018-19, the last 19 games of last season and the 12 so far from this season. If you're in...
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