Mapped Out: Where Every Premier League Team Creates Chances From ...Middle East

Here, we identify from which area of the attacking half each Premier League team creates chances most often.

There’s more than one way to skin a cat break down a Premier League team.

The majority of shots and goals occur in central areas of the pitch, and some of the best creators in the game play roles that make them generally stick to the middle.

But just because creating regularly from one zone proves effective for one team doesn’t mean it works as well for the next; similarly, one team’s defensive weaknesses won’t be the same as another’s.  

Generally speaking, more open-play chances are created from central locations than they are from wider areas of the pitch. In the Premier League this season, teams have averaged 27.9 chances created from the central third of the pitch, compared to 25.6 from the left and 22.5 from the right.

But there’s still a lot of nuance in the data and considerable variance between different teams, as you might expect.

In years gone by, it wouldn’t have come as a huge surprise when Manchester City led the way as the most frequent creators through the middle of the pitch, though things are a bit different these days. Pep Guardiola has given City greater impetus down the flanks over the past couple of seasons, and this term they don’t even rank in the top five for total open-play chances created (33) through the centre or as a proportion (33.3%).

Chelsea have been the most regular creators from central locations this term with respect to total chances created in open play (41), and that stands to reason. Not only are they very strong in the centre with Moisés Caicedo, but Enzo Fernández has also developed into one of the Premier League’s most effective attacking midfielders since being given more freedom to get forward.

Their squad is big, though, and the talent they also possess out wide is plentiful, so it’s not like they’re utterly reliant on making ground through the centre – 40.6% of their open-play chances created have been from the middle, which sees them rank fifth when we look at the figures as a proportion of their overall total.

This is where Brighton stick out like a sore thumb.

The Seagulls have created 80 open-play chances in the Premier League this term and exactly 50% of them have come from the central third, which is the greatest proportion of all teams.

As a knock-on effect, they’ve created the smallest proportion (22.5%) of chances down the left of all Premier League sides this season.

Contrast that, then, to Everton. When looking at attacking thirds, the Toffees would appear to be the most lopsided team in the 2025-26 Premier League, with 57.1% of their open-play chances created from the left third; no other club have seen more than 50% of their opportunities come via passes from one specific third of the pitch.

There’s an unmistakable link here with Jack Grealish’s arrival in the summer, and to be fair to Everton, the Manchester City loanee has been impressive. His 2.47 expected assists (xA) is the highest of all Premier League players, reflecting well on his creative talents, so maybe David Moyes is right to prioritise the left wing (assuming it’s deliberate!).

It does mean, however, that Everton have created just 18.2% of their open-play opportunities down the right; no other side have been proportionately less productive in any third of the pitch than that, while only Aston Villa have created fewer chances in total (12) down the right than Moyes’ men (14).

So, Everton’s 44 open-play chances created from the left being 30 more than the same figure from the right means the Toffees have the biggest variance between their most and least favoured areas of attack. And that is also the case when looking at the data as proportions, as there’s a difference of 38.9 percentage points between those two flanks.

Everton are at the extreme end of the spectrum, then. There are, of course, teams who are far more balanced in terms of where they create their open-play chances from.

For instance, West Ham have created more chances from the centre (23) than the right (22) or left (20), but that difference between them of just three is the smallest of any team.

Of course, we shouldn’t forget that West Ham have struggled near the foot of the table this season. So, any suggestion of them being balanced or not predictable in attack shouldn’t necessarily be misconstrued as praise – it’s just a simple fact that their open-play chances created have been spread quite evenly across the width of the pitch.

But staying with this idea of balance for a moment, Manchester United stand out.

The majority of their open-play chances created have come from their right (35), with the centre yielding 33, and 28 from the left. That makes them one of just four teams (with Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool) to have crafted at least 25 opportunities from each zone, but that range of seven between most and fewest is the smallest difference among those four teams, suggesting less reliance on one particular avenue than the others.

It’s no shock that United do slightly favour the right over the centre and left, however. Bryan Mbeumo has quickly become an influential figure at Old Trafford after his switch from Brentford, and that’s been partly helped by his on-pitch relationship with Amad Diallo down that right-hand side.

For example, Amad’s two open-play assists for Mbeumo is the joint most from one player to another in the Premier League this season, while only Bruno Fernandes has created more open-play chances for a specific teammate at United (6 for Matheus Cunha) than Amad has for Mbeumo (4).

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On the opposite flank, United have been unable to rely quite as much on one individual because Cunha has spent time out injured and also played through the middle, while their most-used options at left wing-back – Patrick Dorgu and Diogo Dalot – don’t possess anything like the same attacking subtlety or craft as Amad.

But there are two teams who’ve seen a greater proportion of their open-play chances created stem from the right than United: Brentford (37.9%) and Arsenal (41.4%).

The presence of Brentford there is notable given they obviously lost the influence of Mbeumo, while it’s probably safe to assume Arsenal would be even further out in front had Bukayo Saka not missed a month of the season earlier in the campaign.

Attacking thirds data doesn’t just tell us where teams attack from, though; it can also show us where teams are attacked from.

This helps shine a light on an especially interesting aspect of Liverpool’s 2025-26 season. With the departure of Trent Alexander-Arnold in the summer, the Reds went into this campaign with a greater degree of uncertainty on the right than they’d had for years.

Not only did they lose a mainstay, but the choice of replacement – Jeremie Frimpong – raised some questions given the Netherlands international had played most of his senior football as a wing-back rather than an orthodox full-back.

As it happens, Frimpong’s not been able to feature much due to injury, meaning Liverpool have had to flitter between him, Conor Bradley and the square peg that is Dominik Szoboszlai at right-back.

Perhaps it’s unsurprising, then, that Liverpool’s opponents have created 49.3% of their open-play chances down the Reds’ right; no other Premier League team have seen their opposition concentrate chance creation in one zone to a greater degree than that.

Not too far behind in those stakes, however, are Brighton. While the Seagulls have created the vast majority of their chances through the middle, that’s also where most of their opposition’s opportunities have been created from (46.6%).

And close behind them are Chelsea (44.6%), of course another side who’ve been most potent at the other end through the centre.

West Ham are the team who’ve seen the greatest proportion of their open-play chances against created down their left flank (39.8%).

This probably won’t come as a huge shock, though; after all, El Hadji Malick Diouf has been one of few bright spots this season with his positivity from left-back, but his adventurous nature can be exploited by opponents. It’s likely a trade-off they’ll have to accept if they want him to grow in influence.

Whether in building attacks or defending them, every Premier League side reveals their own patterns, priorities and weaknesses. But if football’s taught us anything, it’s that there’s no single route to success.

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