Stats Perform Goalkeeper Rankings: Dec. 3

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.

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 Dec. 3:

Liverpool’s goalkeeper Adrian

Premier League: Week 14

Ranking	Player Name	Team	Games Played	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Adrian	Liverpool	8	0.38
2	Ederson	Manchester City	12	0.31
3	Paulo Gazzaniga	Tottenham	7	0.25
4	Bernd Leno	Arsenal	14	0.17
5	Alisson	Liverpool	7	0.17
6	David de Gea	Manchester City	14	0.17
7	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City	14	0.16
8	Vicente Guaita	Crystal Palace	12	0.15
9	Lukasz Fabianski	West Ham	7	0.05
10	Aaron Ramsdale	Bournemouth	14	0.04
11	Roberto	West Ham	6	0.02
12	Mathew Ryan	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	-0.01
13	Tom Heaton	Aston Villa	13	-0.02
14	Jordan Pickford	Everton	14	-0.05
15	Martin Dubravka	Newcastle United	14	-0.05
16	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham	7	-0.09
17	Dean Henderson	Sheffield United	13	-0.10
18	Rui Patricio	Wolverhampton	14	-0.11
19	Nick Pope	Burnley	14	-0.14
20	Ben Foster	Watford	14	-0.17
21	Kepa	Chelsea	14	-0.27
22	Tim Krul	Norwich City	12	-0.31
23	Angus Gunn	Southampton	10	-0.54

VfL Wolfburg’s goalkeeper Koen Casteels

Bundesliga: Week 13

Ranking	Player Name	Team	Games Played	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Koen Casteels	VfL Wolfsburg	5	0.41
2	Yann Sommer	Monchengladbach	13	0.40
3	Mark Flekken	SC Freiburg	5	0.32
4	Kevin Trapp	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	0.31
5	Peter Gulacsi	RB Leipzig	12	0.26
6	Alexander Nubel	Schalke 04	13	0.23
7	Frederik Ronnow	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	0.22
8	Lukas Hradecky	Bayer Leverkusen	13	0.19
9	Pavao Pervan	VfL Wolfsburg	8	0.10
10	Rafal Gikiewicz	Union Berlin	13	0.09
11	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	13	0.08
12	Roman Burki	Borussia Dortmund	10	0.02
13	Jiri Pavlenka	Werder Bremen	13	-0.01
14	Leopold Zingerle	SC Paderborn 07	7	-0.05
15	Rune Jarstein	Hertha BSC	12	-0.10
16	Robin Zentner	Mainz 05	10	-0.13
17	Oliver Baumann	1899 Hoffenheim	13	-0.18
18	Zack Steffen	Fortuna Dusseldorf	13	-0.23
19	Alexander Schwolow	SC Freiburg	8	-0.30
20	Timo Horn	FC Koln	13	-0.35
21	Tomas Koubek	FC Augsburg	13	-0.51
22	Jannik Huth	SC Paderborn 07	6	-0.76

Athletic Bilbao’s goalkeeper Unai Simon

La Liga: Week 14

Ranking	Player Name	Team	Games Played	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Unai Simon	Athletic Bilbao	14	0.42
2	Sergio Asenjo	Villareeal	12	0.29
3	Jan Oblak	Atletico Madrid	15	0.23
4	Aitor Fernandez	Levante	15	0.14
5	Tomas Vaclik	Sevilla	15	0.12
6	Fernando Pacheco	Alaves	12	0.12
7	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	11	0.11
8	Manuel Reina	RCD Mallorca	14	0.11
9	Miguel Angel Moya	Real Sociedad	7	0.08
10	Joel Robles	Real Betis	14	0.08
11	Jasper Cillessen	Valencia	13	0.06
12	Ruben Blanco	Celta Vigo	13	0.00
13	Juan Soriano	CD Leganes	7	-0.01
14	Marc-Andre ter Stegen	Barcelona	14	-0.01
15	Jordi Masip	Valladolid	15	-0.02
16	Ruben	Osasuna	13	-0.05
17	Alex Remiro	Real Sociedad	8	-0.11
18	David Soria	Getafe CF	15	-0.23
19	Rui Silva	Granada	15	-0.26
20	Diego Lopez	Espanyol	15	-0.26
21	Marko Dmitrovic	Eibar	15	-0.33
22	Ivan Cuellar	CD Leganes	8	-0.48

Montpellier’s goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli

Ligue 1: Week 15

Ranking	Player Name	Team	Games Played	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Geronimo Rulli	Montpellier	14	0.32
2	Keylor Navas	PSG	9	0.25
3	Predrag Rajkovic	Stade de Reims	15	0.24
4	Benoit Costil	Bordeaux	15	0.20
5	Edouard Mendy	Stade Rennais	10	0.18
6	Mike Maignan	Lille	15	0.13
7	Steve Mandanda	Marseille	15	0.12
8	Anthony Lopes	Olympique Lyonnais	15	0.06
9	Walter Benitez	OGC	13	0.04
10	Alfred Gomis	Dijon FCO	11	0.00
11	Benjamin Lecomte	Monaco	14	-0.06
12	Matz Sels	Strasbourg	15	-0.06
13	Alban Lafont	Nantes	15	-0.06
14	Gautier Larsonneur	Brest	14	-0.09
15	Stephane Ruffier	St-Etienne	12	-0.10
16	Regis Gurtner	Amiens SC	15	-0.11
17	Alexandre Oukidja	Metz	15	-0.19
18	Paul Bernardoni	Nimes Olympique	11	-0.25
19	Baptiste Reynet	Toulouse	15	-0.30
20	Ludovic Butelle	Angers	15	-0.34

Cagliari Calcio’s goalkeeper Robin Olsen

Serie A: Week 14

Ranking	Player Name	Team	Games Played	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Robin Olsen	Cagliari	12	0.51
2	Wojciech Szczesny	Juventus	9	0.50
3	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	5	0.19
4	David Ospina	Napoli	5	0.16
5	Pau Lopez	AS Roma	14	0.15
6	Thomas Strakosha	SS Lazio	14	0.10
7	Luigi Sepe	Parma	14	0.07
8	Samir Handanovic	Inter Milan	14	0.02
9	Marco Silvestri	Verona	14	0.02
10	Ionut Radu	Genoa	14	0.01
11	Jesse Joronen	Brescia	12	0.00
12	Bartlomiej Dragowski	ACF Fiorentina	14	-0.02
13	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino FC	14	-0.03
14	Alex Meret	Napoli	9	-0.03
15	Etrit Berisha	SPAL	14	-0.04
16	Gianluigi Donnarumma	AC Milan	13	-0.08
17	Emil Audero	Sampdoria	14	-0.12
18	Gabriel	Lecce	14	-0.18
19	Juan Musso	Udinese	14	-0.21
20	Andrea Consigli	Sassuolo	12	-0.28
21	Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta	13	-0.35
22	Lukasz Skorupski	Bologna	14	-0.39

Stats Perform Goalkeeper Rankings: Dec. 3

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