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What was the highest and lowest xG in a Premier League game this season?

Aymeric Laporte scores Manchester City’s fifth goal against Leicester.
Aymeric Laporte scores Manchester City’s fifth goal in their Boxing Day bonanza against Leicester. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images/Reuters

“What was the highest xG in a Premier League game this season?” asks Pippa Wright. “And what was the lowest?”

Our friends at Stats Perform have given us some moreish data for the 2021-22 Premier League season, so let’s tuck in. The highest combined xG in a match was at the Etihad on Boxing Day, when Manchester City beat Leicester 4.17-2.41. The combined xG was 6.58, the actual score 6-3 to Manchester City.

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