Stats Perform Goalkeeper Rankings: Jan. 8

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 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

Stats Perform Goalkeeper Rankings: Jan. 8

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