Who is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League in 24/25?
Courtesy of the wonderful FBREF we’ve used the PSxG minus goals allowed metric to rank the top-flight stoppers. ‘What the f*** is that?’ you might reasonably ask…
Post-shot expecte goals is expect goals base on how likely the goalkeeper is to save the shot. When the number of goals they have conce is subtracte, we are left with the figures below. FBREF explains that positive numbers suggest better luck or an above-average ability to stop shots.
Here’s how the Premier League keepers have performed this season, and at this early stage they must have started seven Premier League games.
1) Mads Hermansen (Leicester City): +5.8
Only one keeper has ever made more saves ทางเข้า ufabet https://ufabet999.app in a Premier League game than the 13 Hermansen managed against Arsenal. That was David de Gea against the Gunners in December 2017; the Foxes’ No. 1 was unfortunate that Mikel Arteta’s side are slightly better now. He settled into mid-table of this list through October/November but he made seven saves v West Ham as Leicester returned to winning ways. And then made another five v Brighton.
Leicester have conceded the most PSxG of any Premier League team this season but Hermansen is helping keep them out of the relegation zone. Though he was little help v Newcastle United. And now he’s injur. He was sorely miss v Wolves as his replacement Danny Ward was boo by his own fans.
2) Andre Onana (Manchester United): +3.4
Was expose v Arsenal but then had an absolute ‘mare v Nottingham Forest, making no saves and allowing committing a howler for the Morgan Gibbs-White goal. Looked flat-footed for the Man City goal but he emerged with no real blame attached. For once. It wasn’t even his fault that United got dick at home by Bournemouth.
3) Lukasz Fabianski (West Ham): +3.3
Made eight saves to protect a point v Bournemouth as the old man proved he’s still got what it takes. Was excellent v Brighton, particularly to save a deflected effort from Yasin Ayari.
4) Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham): +2.9
He struggles with set-pieces but his shot-stopping is pretty exemplary; he had under-conc (is that a thing?) in all his Premier League games until that batsh*t game v Brighton. Made five saves v Crystal Palace and then none v Aston Villa. Only actually made one save v Ipswich Town but it was a belter. And was brilliant in keeping a clean sheet v Manchester City. Now absent though injury.
9) Caoimin Kelleher (Liverpool): 1.4
Will surely leave Liverpool next summer at the latest; his numbers are good but not in the Alisson bracket. Saved well from Erling Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne to stay clean v Manchester City, but was poor v Newcastle.
10) Kepa (Bournemouth): +1.3
Finally kept a second clean sheet of the season v Tottenham and was excellent v Ipswich Town. Then only conceded from the penalty spot as the Cherries drew 1-1 with West Ham. Made seven saves as Manchester United were somehow beaten 3-0.
11) Ederson (Manchester City): +1.2
He’s a lot busier without Rodri. Alarmingly, City allowed a better quality of chances in the first 14 games of the season than Manchester United.
12) Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton): +0.9
Made five saves to keep a first clean sheet of the season v Everton. Got injured at the wrong time but then returned to keep a second clean sheet v Fulham.