Leeds United's position in Championship xG table compared to Sunderland, West Brom and QPR


Leeds United have eight points on the board from their first four fixtures of the Championship season. They have drawn with both Portsmouth and West Brom and beaten Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City.
The Whites are aiming for promotion to the Premier League after losing in the play-off final in the last campaign to Southampton at Wembley. They are back in action after the international with a home clash against Burnley, followed by a trip to Wales to face Cardiff City.
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Hide AdIn the meantime, here is a look at where Leeds sit in an Xg table from WhoScored from this term so far. Expected goals is ‘a statistical metric used in football that gives more information about the quality of chances’, as per The Coaches Voice.
1. Millwall: Xg: 9.91, actual goals: 8
2. Middlesbrough: Xg: 7.79, actual goals: 4
3. Leeds: Xg: 7.45 actual goals: 7
4. West Brom: Xg: 7.45, actual goals: 6
5. Sunderland: Xg: 7.12, actual goals: 9
6. Luton: Xg: 6.36, actual goals: 1
7. Sheffield United: Xg: 6.23, actual goals: 5
8. Sheffield Wednesday: Xg: 6.03, actual goals: 3
9. Coventry: Xg: 5.7, actual goals: 4
10. QPR: Xg: 5.69, actual goals: 6
11. Watford: Xg: 5.67, actual goals: 8
12. Bristol City: Xg: 5.67, actual goals: 6
13. Blackburn: Xg: 5.33, actual goals: 9
14: Oxford: Xg: 5.2, actual goals: 8
15. Derby: Xg: 5.15, actual goals: 7
16. Swansea: Xg: 4.67, actual goals: 4
17. Hull: Xg: 4.52, actual goals: 2
18. Norwich: Xg: 4.31, actual goals: 4
19. Stoke: Xg: 4.21, actual goals: 3
20. Burnley: Xg: 3.75, actual goals: 9
21. Portsmouth: Xg: 3.67, actual goals: 5
22. Cardiff: Xg: 3.59, actual goals: 1
23. Preston: Xg: 2.78, actual goals: 2
24. Plymouth: Xg: 1.95, actual goals: 2
Leeds have the joint-third best Xg record in the division at the moment along with 5th place West Brom. Millwall have the best which is surprise considering they only got their first win last time out against Sheffield Wednesday.
Table toppers Sunderland are in 5th place, whilst Plymouth Argyle have the worst under Wayne Rooney. The Pilgrims are yet to win.
Leeds beat Hull 2-0 on Saturday afternoon and it was relatively comfortable afternoon for them in the end. Farke said afterwards: "We spoke about a perfect away performance against Sheffield (Wednesday) and it feels like a perfect home performance, especially after a busy week for us.
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Hide Ad"For the group of players it's never easy when you have so many incomings and new faces in the dressing room. I'm delighted. For us it's a massive three points and to finish the game with a clean sheet an a very controlled performance, I'm delighted.
"It's very encouraging, good for the mood, good for the table, good for the confidence and good for the new players – at least some of them – to get their first minutes in a successful way and to get used to Elland Road and the emotions.”
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