The result may have been nil-nil in yesterday’s Premier League encounter, but the statistics madef or thought-provoking reading for West Ham: Nuno Espirito Santo’s side set a new all-time Premier League record yesterday at the London Stadium by recording the largest XG score without scoring a goal.
West Ham registered an XG score of 3.27 without scoring, which is a new PL record and the sixth highest all-time in all European top-flight leagues.
In XG (eXpected Goals), every shot a player has is given a score between zero and one. The higher that number is, the more likely a team is to have scored that particular chance. This information is calculated from Opta’s historical data from nearly one million shots. The data model then generates a calculation on the percentage chance the player is likely to have scored in the same scenario.
One of many West Ham chances without a goal resulting
Other factors taken into consideration include distance, angles, goalkeeper position, the positions of other players, shot type, pattern of play and the previous action.
Before the weekend Newastle United held the record of 2.95 with a goal set on 3 September 2022
Manchester City also set an XG of 2.95 without scoring on 14 March 2022
In fourth place is Nottingham Forest, who recorded an XG of 2.94 recently on 11 February 2026
Keep your negativity out of our Teams performance. Can I read how the Hammers should of beaten a team in 8th position by a margin after dominating the match against Boringmouth. How do you pick the best performer in a team that played to the Managers script and had 11 top performances. I would of preferred a win but I accept that West Ham are Massive.
Well done Sean, an article which doesn’t scream BS spin. I won’t comment on the fallacy that is XG.
XG
Meaningless nonsense
Let’s be honest XG doesn’t come up in the conversation when we are talking football down the pub.