Chelsea star Eden Hazard was crowned the Premier League’s assist king for the 2018/19 season.The Belgian superstar may have an uncertain future at Stamford Bridge but he’s put on a show this campaign with 15 assists.
10Expected assists (xA) definition
According to Opta, xA measures the likelihood that a given pass will become a goal assist.It considers several factors including the type of pass, pass end-point and length of pass.Adding up a player or team’s expected assists gives us an indication of how many assists a player of team should have had based on their build up and attacking play.20. Willian (Chelsea)
Expected assists – 6.52Assists – Six19. Joao Moutinho (Wolves)
Expected assists – 6.53Assists – Eight18. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Expected assists – 6.65Assists – Two17. Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal)
Expected assists – 6.74Assists – Five
1016. Felipe Anderson (West Ham United)
Expected assists – 6.78Assists – Four15. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton)
Expected assists – 6.79Assists – Six14. Raul Jimenez (Wolves)
Expected assists – 6.99Assists – Seven13. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Expected assists – 7.22Assists – 12
1012. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal)
Expected assists – 7.64Assists – Six11. Lucas Digne (Everton)
Expected assists – 7.71Assists – Six10. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Expected assists – 7.88Assists – 12
109. James Maddison (Leicester City)
Expected assists – 7.94Assists – Seven8. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool)
Expected assists – 8.06Assists – 11
107. Leroy Sane (Manchester City)
Expected assists – 8.10Assists – 106. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Expected assists – 8.63Assists – Seven5. David Silva (Manchester City)
Expected assists – 10.11Assists – Eight
104. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Expected assists – 10.47Assists – Eight
103. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
Expected assists – 10.79Assists – 10
102. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Expected assists – 11.57Assists – 15
getty101. Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth)
Expected assists – 16.18Assists – 14
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