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title: "Leeds United: Fans concerned after xG stat explains striking struggles"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-fans-concerned-after-xg-stat-explains-striking-struggles/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Stephan Georgiou"
section: "Twitter Talk"
published: "2019-12-26T12:30:44Z"
modified: "2019-12-26T12:30:44Z"
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# Leeds United: Fans concerned after xG stat explains striking struggles

**While Leeds United are sitting pretty in the Championship’s promotion places during the Christmas festivities, the season’s halfway point saw a Whites stat account on Twitter reflect on their performances compared to this point last season.**

At the same stage last year, Leeds were top of the pile in the Championship and held a [six-point lead](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46582452) over the play-off places after 23 games.

Of course, it didn’t quite work out – though Marcelo Bielsa’s side have picked themselves up to achieve an [eight-point advantage](https://www.skysports.com/championship-table) ahead of the play-off zone despite not winning either of their [previous two games](https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/england/leeds-united-afc/681/matches/).

Leeds United stats hub @LUFCDATA [compared](https://twitter.com/LUFCDATA/status/1209557664813998080) the two campaigns – with one stat regarding Expected Goals (xG) ringing alarm bells amongst the fans.

It shows a rise of over 10 goals compared to 2018/19, despite Leeds scoring three fewer than at this point last season.

That has left some fans at a loss to explain the differentials between goals expected, goals scored and points gained, as you can see from the replies below:

> safe to say we’re better this year but that xG is ridiculous
>
> — Armo☀️🌙 (@Jordan\_Armo) [December 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/Jordan_Armo/status/1209558643206709249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> We are head and shoulders above last season, yet less points 🤷🏻‍♂️
>
> — Leeds That ⚪️ – lufc podcast (@leedsthat) [December 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/leedsthat/status/1209558539896799238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> How is it possible to improve on every stat yet the goals scored has dropped. Need a lethal hardworking striker in January 🙈
>
> — david greenwood (@dgreenwood87) [December 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/dgreenwood87/status/1209578729078493184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Interesting. Suggests we’re even more profligate but getting away with it due to a much improved defensive quality
>
> — Si\_Turismo (@Si\_Marishka) [December 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/Si_Marishka/status/1209566071268753411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Gut feel says that’s the case too. We seem to have become a bit more clinical/less profligate last few games but still work to do here
>
> — James Clark (@clarkjames70) [December 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/clarkjames70/status/1209605474250903553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> So what we see here is we need somebody to finish our chances
>
> — ReeceJ (@TheChurchWorker) [December 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheChurchWorker/status/1209591157904355334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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***Leeds fans, will your lack of goals this year come back to haunt you at the end of the season? Let us know what you think below!***