Winning football matches tends to be about scoring goals.
They can come from anywhere – long range or short, 40 yards or two yards, sometimes the 12 yards of the penalty spot. Or not, if you happen to be Liverpool.
For a goal to be scored, someone has usually done the hard yards beforehand. The creator. The common consensus is Kevin de Bruyne is the Premier League’s king of creating chances, but there is a pretender to the throne.
To hit the back of the net, you’re probably going to make an attempt on goal. Someone needs to tell Swansea City.
All this and more is revealed in the best of the statistics from the weekend’s Premier League action.
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