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Premier League · Matchweek 1

Nottingham Forest

NFO

01Full time

Leeds United

LEE

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

39%Possession43%
36%Territory31%
19%From set plays30%
0.12Chance quality0.17
7.8%Directness5.9%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Nottm Forest, 3 for Leeds. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 26 of 40 matches, not the full season.