Power rankings

The table records what happened. This records how it was earned: expected goals for and against, summed from every shot of the season. Where a club sits above its xG rank, the finishing — or the goalkeeping — outran the chances.

Outperformed their xG most

Sunderland+11 places
Aston Villa+8 places
Bournemouth+2 places

Fell furthest short of it

Crystal Palace-6 places
Chelsea-6 places
Newcastle United-5 places

#	Club	P	Pts	GF	GA	xGF	xGA	xG diff	Poss	xG rank
1	Arsenal	38	85	71	27	66.0	29.2	+36.8	56.1%	1
2	Manchester City	38	78	77	35	72.9	46.8	+26.0	60.5%	2
3	Manchester United	38	71	69	50	67.0	49.6	+17.3	51.8%	3
4	Aston Villa	38	65	56	49	49.9	54.6	-4.7	53.6%	12 ▼8
5	Liverpool	38	60	63	53	61.5	48.9	+12.5	59.2%	5
6	Bournemouth	38	57	58	54	62.7	57.1	+5.7	50.2%	8 ▼2
7	Sunderland	38	54	42	48	39.9	54.6	-14.6	44.8%	18 ▼11
8	Brighton	38	53	52	46	57.9	50.0	+7.9	54.1%	6 ▲2
9	Brentford	38	53	55	52	60.7	56.0	+4.7	47.6%	10 ▼1
10	Chelsea	38	52	58	52	67.7	52.0	+15.7	57.7%	4 ▲6
11	Fulham	38	52	47	51	48.7	54.0	-5.3	51.7%	13 ▼2
12	Newcastle United	38	49	53	55	59.0	52.9	+6.1	52.6%	7 ▲5
13	Everton	38	49	47	50	47.0	56.7	-9.7	43.7%	14 ▼1
14	Leeds United	38	47	49	56	56.6	56.2	+0.4	45.7%	11 ▲3
15	Crystal Palace	38	45	41	51	58.7	53.1	+5.6	45.9%	9 ▲6
16	Nottingham Forest	38	44	48	51	46.0	58.1	-12.2	46.8%	15 ▲1
17	Tottenham	38	41	48	57	40.4	52.7	-12.3	50.4%	16 ▲1
18	West Ham United	38	39	46	65	47.5	61.1	-13.7	42.5%	17 ▲1
19	Burnley	38	22	38	75	33.4	75.8	-42.5	42.3%	20 ▼1
20	Wolves	38	20	27	68	36.1	59.9	-23.8	42.8%	19 ▲1

xG summed from every shot in all 38 rounds. Points, goals and the order of the table are computed from the same match files, not taken from a standings feed — they agree with it.