- Save% = 100-goals against/shots on target against
- GSAA (Goals Saved Above Average) = SoT Against * League Average Scoring% - Actual Goals Against
- GSAA p90
Goals Saved Above Average sounds like a tricky little thing to calculate or understand but it's actually quite simple: how many goals did Goalkeeper X prevent above/below replacement level. If we convert that metric into a per90 we get a decent rate stat. Small samples always skew evaluations so make sure to check the number of games each goalkeeper played in.
Poor Rob Green shipped the most goals against and faced the most shots on target against.
Best full-time save%? David Ospina with 81% in 18 games. That 81% number is almost 5 percentage points higher than anyone else in the league. Does anyone believe David Ospina is that good? ....
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Thought not.
Costel Pantillimon is yet another Sunderland goalkeeper to lead the league in this stat. Weird things going on at Sunderland with goalkeepers (probably deep set D, good midfield block due to an inability to keep the fucking ball, win the territory battle etc..)
David Ospina shows up again leading the league in Goals Saved Above Average p90 for full-time players.
Goalkeepers are voodoo, we struggle to evaluate them. Guys we think are good may indeed be actually good in that given season, but we have no true and trustworthy way of saying how good they will be next year.
Search for Brad Jones.....please.
| Team | Full Player Name | Age | Games | Goals Against | SoT Against | Saves | Save% | GSAA | GSAA p/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland | Costel Pantilimon | 28 | 28 | 33 | 142 | 109 | 76.8 | 10.7 | 0.4 |
| Swansea | Lukasz Fabianski | 30 | 37 | 46 | 182 | 137 | 74.7 | 10 | 0.3 |
| Arsenal | David Ospina | 26 | 18 | 11 | 58 | 47 | 81 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| West Ham | Adrián | 28 | 38 | 47 | 174 | 129 | 73 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Southampton | Fraser Forster | 27 | 30 | 21 | 82 | 61 | 74.4 | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| Chelsea | Petr Cech | 33 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 88.9 | 3.5 | 0.6 |
| Man Utd | David De Gea | 24 | 37 | 36 | 128 | 93 | 71.9 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| Man City | Joe Hart | 28 | 36 | 34 | 119 | 87 | 71.4 | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| Hull | Steve Harper | 40 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 75 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| Burnley | Tom Heaton | 29 | 38 | 53 | 179 | 128 | 70.4 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| Chelsea | Thibaut Courtois | 23 | 32 | 30 | 103 | 74 | 70.9 | 1.7 | 0.1 |
| Stoke | Jack Butland | 32 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 83.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| Man Utd | Victor Valdés | 33 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Leicester | Ben Hamer | 27 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| West Brom | Ben Foster | 32 | 28 | 34 | 109 | 75 | 68.8 | 0.5 | |
| Everton | Joel Robles | 24 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Leicester | Mark Schwarzer | 42 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 23 | 69.7 | 0.2 | |
| Newcastle | Robert Elliot | 29 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Hull | Eldin Jakupovic | 30 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Aston Villa | Jed Steer | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Leicester | Mark Schwarzer | 42 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 23 | 68.8 | -0.2 | |
| Palace | Wayne Hennessey | 28 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | -0.2 | -0.1 |
| Tottenham | Michel Vorm | 31 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | -0.4 | -0.1 |
| Tottenham | Hugo Lloris | 28 | 35 | 48 | 154 | 107 | 68.8 | -0.6 | |
| Southampton | Paulo Gazzaniga | 23 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | -0.8 | -0.4 |
| Arsenal | Wojciech Szczesny | 25 | 17 | 21 | 65 | 45 | 67.7 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Man City | Wilfredo Caballero | 33 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 55.6 | -1.2 | -0.6 |
| Swansea | Gerhard Tremmel | 36 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40 | -1.5 | -1.5 |
| Arsenal | Emiliano Martinez | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | -1.8 | -0.6 |
| Leicester | Kasper Schmeichel | 28 | 24 | 37 | 113 | 80 | 67.3 | -2.2 | -0.1 |
| Liverpool | Simon Mignolet | 27 | 35 | 43 | 132 | 89 | 67.4 | -2.4 | -0.1 |
| Aston Villa | Brad Guzan | 30 | 34 | 48 | 148 | 101 | 67.6 | -2.5 | -0.1 |
| Liverpool | Brad Jones | 33 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 37.5 | -2.5 | -0.8 |
| Southampton | Kelvin Davis | 38 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 55 | -2.8 | -0.5 |
| Aston Villa | Shay Given | 39 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | -2.8 | -0.9 |
| Stoke | Asmir Begovic | 27 | 35 | 43 | 129 | 86 | 66.7 | -3.3 | -0.1 |
| QPR | Alex McCarthy | 25 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | -4 | -2 |
| Sunderland | Vito Mannone | 27 | 10 | 20 | 51 | 35 | 60.8 | -4.3 | -0.4 |
| QPR | Robert Green | 35 | 36 | 65 | 194 | 132 | 66.5 | -5.3 | -0.1 |
| Palace | Julian Speroni | 36 | 36 | 49 | 139 | 90 | 64.7 | -6.2 | -0.2 |
| Newcastle | Tim Krul | 27 | 30 | 47 | 129 | 83 | 63.6 | -7.3 | -0.2 |
| Hull | Allan McGregor | 33 | 26 | 39 | 103 | 64 | 62.1 | -7.3 | -0.3 |
| Everton | Tim Howard | 36 | 32 | 44 | 107 | 65 | 58.9 | -11.1 | -0.3 |
| West Brom | Boaz Myhill | 32 | 10 | 34 | 71 | 75 | 52.1 | -12.2 | -1.2 |
| Average | 30.2 | 17.3 | 22.5 | 72.6 | 50.1 | 69.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
