David de Gea is arguably one of the few Manchester United players who can still hold his head high after a dismal season.
The shot-stopper has won a handful of points for the club, meaning they could have been lower than the sixth position they find themselves in. In fact, Fbref have managed to rate his form using an expected-goals formula.
The post-shot expected goals ('PSxG’) rating outlines how many goals a team were expected to concede from any given shot they have faced this season. In de Gea’s case, he has a score of +7.0 which means he has kept out seven more goals than expected given the shots he has faced.
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Only Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa has a better whole-season ratio (+11.1). However, De Gea’s score seems to be propped up by his early season ratings.
In the last 13 Premier League matches, he has scored a combined total of 19.5 - the amount of goals he was expected to concede as an average. However, he’s let slip 24 efforts in that time, meaning he has let in more than expected and thus underperformed.
United’s top-four chances have gone for a number of weeks now, which may have contributed to the overall drop in form given the lack of focus within the club amid a new manager being appointed and horrid on-pitch harmony. However, it's still not a good sign for an established top-class goalkeeper who was left out of the Spain squad for March’s international fixtures.
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