Just how important is home advantage and should it influence our thinking in Fantasy Premier League (FPL)?
In this two-part article, we look at the numbers being posted at home and away in the Premier League so far in 2022/23.
First up is team data, while we’ll take a look at individual players in a follow-up piece.
CLEAN SHEETS/GOALS SCORED AT HOME + AWAY: LAST 10 SEASONS
Season | CS Home % | GC Home % | CS Away % | GC Away % |
2013/14 | 59.1 | 43.2 | 41.0 | 56.8 |
2014/15 | 58.9 | 42.6 | 41.1 | 57.4 |
2015/16 | 57.2 | 44.7 | 42.8 | 55.3 |
2016/17 | 61.2 | 43.0 | 38.8 | 57.1 |
2017/18 | 60.2 | 42.8 | 39.8 | 57.2 |
2018/19 | 57.5 | 44.4 | 42.5 | 55.6 |
2019/20 | 59.4 | 44.3 | 40.6 | 55.7 |
2020/21*** | 50.5 | 49.8 | 49.6 | 50.2 |
2021/22 | 56.1 | 46.3 | 43.9 | 53.7 |
2022/23 | 56.0 | 42.1 | 44.0 | 57.9 |
CS = Clean Sheets
GC = Goals Conceded
*** – Virtually all matches were played behind closed doors and home advantage all but evaporated.
Looking at this season and the nine that came before it (apart from a behind-closed-doors 2020/21), we can expect roughly 58% of clean sheets and 56% of goals scored to be registered by home teams in an average campaign.
A higher percentage of goals are being scored on home soil (57.9%) in 2022/23 than in any of the other seasons featured here, even if this is not reflected in the clean sheet column.
2022/23 HOME + AWAY OVERVIEW
Team | Goals scored per home game | Goals conceded per home game | Clean sheets per home game | Goals scored per away game | Goals conceded per away game | Clean sheets per away game | |
ARS | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |
AVL | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.3 | |
BHA | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | |
BOU | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.0 | |
BRE | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.3 | |
CHE | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | |
CRY | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | |
EVE | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | |
FUL | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | |
LEE | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 | |
LEI | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | |
LIV | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.1 | |
MCI | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |
MUN | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | |
NEW | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
NFO | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.2 | |
SOU | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | |
TOT | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | |
WHU | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | |
WOL | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
Only two clubs are scoring at a higher rate on their travels than they are on their own soil: Brighton and Hove Albion and Leicester City.
The top two, Manchester City and Arsenal, are among four clubs who are shipping fewer goals in away games than at home.
2022/23 HOME v AWAY: TEAM ATTACKING DATA
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1 year, 4 months ago
Casemiro's brilliance contributed to that
Hennessey needs to be replaced, imo. Not even sure why they went for him in the first place when looking for a backup. Huge downgrade on Samba, but I understand that Samba might not have liked to stay as a Henderson backup
The rest of the team hasn't looked bad to me here