Players stepping up from the Championship are responsible for 28% of the goals scored in the
Premier League so far this season
By Martin Laurence for WhoScored
Raúl Jiménez’s late equaliser for Wolves against Burnley on Sunday afternoon was the 82nd goal in the Premier League so far this season. It’s a decent return from 30 matches in three weeks – averaging out at 2.73 per game. Of the 80 goals scored at the right end of the pitch, only 50 have come from players who started last season in the Premier League. So, who accounts for the other 30?
A few big signings have found the net early in the campaign – Sébastien Haller, Joelinton and Tanguy Ndombele have all opened their accounts after their record moves – but players who have arrived in the league from abroad have only scored eight goals so far. The other 22 goals have come from players who were in the Championship last season – that’s 28% of the total.