Leeds' numbers last season

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While fellow promoted side Sunderland won the majority of plaudits for finishing seventh, Leeds actually had the stronger underlying numbers last season but finished in 14th place as they struggled to take their chances.
Given that Leeds scored the 11th-most goals and also impressively ranked 11th for shots and expected goals, it would seem that their finishing was fine.
But while other teams made more of their chances, Daniel Farke's side actually scored six goals fewer than their xG, finishing with the fifth-worst shot-conversion rate in the league.
They didn't rank so highly at the back but still did well enough for a side in their first season back in the Premier League.
Only the relegated sides and Tottenham conceded more goals than Leeds' 56, which is exactly how many a team has historically let in given the chances that they gave up (55.7 xG against).
