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Stats Perform Goalkeeper Rankings: Jan. 8 4j2p29

By: Stats Perform

To create the league rankings, we take all shots faced by all goalkeepers to date in their league. We learn a set of embeddings that captures the different skillsets of a goalkeeper, which we can then swap in order to simulate their performance. 5v6m6i

This gives us the total number of goals each goalkeeper would have been expected to concede (xG) if they faced every shot. To make this more interpretable, we first standardise the xG’s from a season total to per game, and then take this from the league average.

This final value is the number of xG’s a goalkeeper would have either prevented or conceded compared to the league average. So without further ado, here are Stats Perform’s goalkeeper rankings for Jan. 8:

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson

Premier League: Week 21

Ranking Player Team Games xG Prevented/90 Min
1 Alisson Liverpool 12 0.48
2 Ederson Manchester City 17 0.31
3 Adrian Liverpool 9 0.25
4 Paulo Gazzaniga Tottenham 14 0.23
5 David de Gea Manchester United 21 0.20
6 Bernd Leno Arsenal 21 0.15
7 Kasper Schmeichel Leicester City 21 0.13
8 Vicente Guaita Crystal Palace 19 0.12
9 Lukasz Fabianski West Ham 9 0.10
10 Martin Dubravka Newcastle United 21 0.04
11 Alex McCarthy Southampton 11 0.04
12 Ben Foster Watford 21 -0.02
13 Mathew Ryan Brighton & Hove Albion 21 -0.02
14 Aaron Ramsdale Bournemouth 21 -0.07
15 Hugo Lloris Tottenham 7 -0.08
16 Jordan Pickford Everton 21 -0.08
17 Roberto West Ham 7 -0.10
18 Dean Henderson Sheffield United 20 -0.11
19 Tom Heaton Aston Villa 20 -0.13
20 Tim Krul Norwich City 19 -0.17
21 Rui Patricio Wolverhampton 21 -0.20
22 Kepa Chelsea 21 -0.26
23 Nick Pope Burnley 21 -0.31
24 Angus Gunn Southampton 10 -0.49

Yann Sommer of Borussia Moenchengladbach

Bundesliga: Week 17

Ranking Player Team Games xG Prevented/90 Min
1 Yann Sommer Monchengladbach 17 0.36
2 Kevin Trapp Eintracht Frankfurt 6 0.34
3 Alexander Nubel Schlake 04 15 0.26
4 Koen Casteels VfL Wolfsburg 9 0.18
5 Lukas Hradecky Bayer Leverkusen 17 0.18
6 Peter Gulacsi RB Leipzig 16 0.18
7 Mark Flekken SC Freiburg 9 0.14
8 Pavao Pervan VfL Wolfsburg 8 0.14
9 Rafal Gikiewicz Union Berlin 17 0.11
10 Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich 17 0.11
11 Frederik Ronnow Eintracht Frankfurt 8 0.10
12 Rune Jarstein Hertha BSC 15 0.10
13 Leopold Zingerle SC Paderborn 07 11 0.07
14 Roman Burki Borussia Dortmund 14 0.04
15 Robin Zentner Mainz 05 14 -0.09
16 Oliver Baumann 1899 Hoffenheim 17 -0.18
17 Timo Horn FC Koln 17 -0.20
18 Jiri Pavlenka Werder Bremen 17 -0.25
19 Zack Steffen Fortuna Dusseldorf 17 -0.25
20 Alexander Schwolow SC Freiburg 8 -0.26
21 Tomas Koubek FC Augsburg 17 -0.37
22 Jannik Huth SC Paderborn 07 6 -0.71

Robin Olsen of Cagliari Calcio

Serie A: Week 18

Ranking Player Team Games xG Prevented/90 Min
1 Robin Olsen Cagliari 13 0.46
2 Wojciech Szczesny Juventus 11 0.33
3 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus 7 0.30
4 Samir Handanovic Inter Milan 18 0.25
5 David Ospina Napoli 5 0.22
6 Pau Lopez AS Roma 17 0.22
7 Thomas Strakosha SS Lazio 17 0.13
8 Jesse Joronen Brescia 15 0.12
9 Luigi Sepe Parma 18 0.08
10 Ionut Radu Genoa 17 0.07
11 Salvatore Sirigu Torino FC 18 0.07
12 Marco Silvestri Verona 17 0.07
13 Etrit Berisha SPAL 18 0.04
14 Gianluigi Donnarumma AC Milan 17 0.04
15 Bartlomiej Dragowski ACF Fiorentina 18 0.00
16 Emil Audero Sampdoria 18 -0.10
17 Alex Meret Napoli 13 -0.13
18 Gabriel Lecce 18 -0.14
19 Juan Musso Udinese 18 -0.15
20 Andrea Consigli Sassuolo 13 -0.18
21 Lukasz Skorupski Bologna 18 -0.27
22 Pierluigi Gollini Atalanta 16 -0.42
23 Rafael Cagliari 5 -1.01

Unai Simon of Athletic Club

La Liga: Week 19

Ranking Player Team Games xG Prevented/90 Min
1 Unai Simon Athletic Bilbao 18 0.32
2 Sergio Asenjo Villareal 16 0.32
3 Jan Oblak Atletico Madrid 19 0.28
4 Thibaut Courtois Real Madrid 16 0.25
5 Jasper Cillessen Valencia 14 0.10
6 Tomas Vaclik Sevilla 19 0.08
7 Marc-Andre ter Stegen Barcelona 18 0.07
8 Miguel Angel Moya Real Sociedad 7 0.06
9 Aitor Fernandez Levante 19 0.06
10 Jaume Domenech Valencia 5 0.04
11 Manuel Reina Mallorca 18 -0.00
12 Juan Soriano Leganes 7 -0.04
13 Joel Robles Real Betis 18 -0.05
14 Alex Remiro Real Sociedad 12 -0.06
15 Jordi Masip Valladolid 19 -0.06
16 Ivan Cuellar Leganes 12 -0.08
17 Ruben Osasuna 13 -0.08
18 Fernando Pacheco Alaves 16 -0.09
19 Ruben Blanco Celta Vigo 17 -0.10
20 David Soria Getafe 19 -0.10
21 Rui Silva Grenada 19 -0.22
22 Marko Dmitrovic Eibar 19 -0.34
23 Diego Lopez Espanyol 19 -0.35

Goalkeeper Keylor Navas of Paris Saint Germain

Ligue 1: Week 19

Ranking Player Team Games xG Prevented/90 Min
1 Keylor Navas Paris SG 13 0.42
2 Geronimo Rulli Montpellier 18 0.28
3 Edouard Mendy Rennes 14 0.28
4 Predrag Rajkovic Reims 18 0.24
5 Benoit Costil Bordeaux 19 0.15
6 Steve Mandanda Marseille 18 0.10
7 Walter Benitez Nice 17 0.09
8 Anthony Lopes Lyon 19 0.06
9 Benjamin Lecomte Monaco 18 0.05
10 Mike Maignan Lille 19 0.05
11 Alban Lafont Nantes 19 0.05
12 Alfred Gomis Dijon 14 0.01
13 Gautier Larsonneur Brest 18 0.00
14 Matz Sels Strasbourg 19 -0.03
15 Stephane Ruffier St. Etienne 16 -0.14
16 Regis Gurtner Amiens 18 -0.16
17 Alexandre Oukidja Metz 18 -0.18
18 Paul Bernardoni Nimes 15 -0.18
19 Ludovic Butelle Angers 19 -0.31
20 Baptiste Reynet Toulouse 19 -0.32
21 Runar Alex Runarsson Dijon 5 -0.46