Some have scored but could have done better, some have missed chances galore, and then there are those players we would never associate with the concept of " under-performance " , yet they are in this ranking.

Let’s look at the players who have scored less than the chances they’ve had: that is, goals scored compared with the xG they have produced.

Paulo Dybala’s start has been among his best in recent years: physically fit, the author of 4 assists and top-level plays. In front of goal , however , he is still stuck on zero . La Joya has had his chances: as many as 18 shots that generated 1.86 xG , but only 4 were on target. He needs to adjust his aim, but that certainly won’t be a problem for his left foot.

Another player with great quality who creates a constant sense of danger for opposing defenses, Armand Laurienté has still not managed to score even though he provided an assist against Juve. He has produced 1.72 xG and attempted 19 shots , many of them not particularly dangerous.

Douvikas scored in the first two matchdays against Udinese and Napoli, clearly going into over-performance , but then his accuracy dropped in the next three matches, taking his xG to 3.62 : in particular, his latest match against Frosinone contributes to raising this figure, with Palmisani saving almost the impossible.

Yeboah is a good reflection of Venezia’s season: good performances and very few results. Just one goal for him despite 14 shots attempted, only 4 of them on target. Weighing particularly heavily on his total xG is the penalty saved by Mandas in Lazio-Venezia, which brings the overall figure to 2.47.

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