Brighton Level With Man City on Big Chances, Arsenal Down on 22

Brighton & Hove Albion have created exactly as many clear-cut chances as Manchester City this season. Both clubs are on 35, and both average 3.9 a game, the highest rate in the league. If you want the full league picture, the big chances created in the Premier League this season table has every club, home, away and per game.

The surprise is not only at the top. AFC Bournemouth and Everton sit ahead of Arsenal, and Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United are all level on 22 in joint tenth. This article reads the table as a map of who is manufacturing the best chances and who is not.

The figures run to 2 November 2026, after the last game, so the numbers will move as the season goes on.

Brighton have matched Manchester City on big chances created

A big chance is a clear-cut opportunity, the sort where a player would normally be expected to score. Counting how many a team creates tells you who is getting into those positions, whatever the scoreline says.

At the time of writing, Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion have created 35 each in 2026/2027. Per game, they are level on 3.9, the most by any team in the league.

For a benchmark, Manchester City created 120 big chances in 2025/2026, the most in the league that season. That was a full-season total, so this year's 35 is a figure still being built, not a finished one. What it shows is that Brighton are keeping pace with a club that led the league last year.

The top twelve on big chances created

Here are the twelve clubs at the top of the table, exactly as it stands at the time of writing. Updated 2 November 2026, after the last game.

The full big chances table for every club runs to 20 teams, with the home and away splits.

The drops are uneven. It is four from 35 to Bournemouth's 31, then two more to Everton's 29, then three to Nottingham Forest's 26. After that the table tightens: Brentford are on 25 and then three clubs, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Sunderland, share 24. Three more clubs sit on 22.

Two tiers at the top, then a crowded middle

Read the table in bands and a pattern shows. Two clubs are on 35, two are on 29 or 31, and then there is a long run of clubs between 22 and 26.

Manchester City and Brighton on 35

Manchester City are the name you would expect here. Brighton & Hove Albion are the one that makes you look twice. They are level on the total and level on the per-game rate of 3.9, so neither can be separated from the other on this measure.

Bournemouth and Everton just behind

AFC Bournemouth are third on 31, two clear of Everton and four short of the leaders. They average 3.4 a game. Everton are fourth on 29, two behind Bournemouth.

Both clubs are ahead of Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United on this count.

Eight clubs between 22 and 26

Nottingham Forest are fifth on 26, and Brentford are sixth on 25. Below them is the 24 group of Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Sunderland, then the 22 group of Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United. That is eight clubs across four totals (26, 25, 24 and 22), all within a four-point band.

In a band that tight, one or two big chances separates a club from the one above or below.

Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United share joint tenth on 22

This is the talking point. Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United are all on 22 big chances created, joint tenth. That is 13 fewer than Manchester City and Brighton (35 minus 22).

They are also behind three clubs that are not usually in the same conversation. Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Sunderland are all on 24, two ahead of the trio.

Nothing in the table says why. It only says that at the time of writing, those three clubs have created fewer clear-cut chances than nine others in the league.

Per game: 3.9 for the leaders, 3.4 for Bournemouth

Totals can hide differences in games played, so the per-game view matters. The per-game big chances figures sit alongside the totals on the page, and the three clubs at the top of the table look like this.

Manchester City and Brighton average 3.9 a game, and Bournemouth 3.4. That is half a big chance a game between the leaders and the club in third.

Do big chances turn into goals?

Creating a big chance is the supply side. Whether it goes in is a separate question, and the next pages to check answer it. Start with big chances scored, then look at the big chance conversion percentage and big chances missed.

For the wider picture, expected goals and goals minus xG show whether a club is scoring more or fewer than its chances suggest. Goals scored and shots inside the box fill in the rest.

Where to look next in the Premier League

A club creating 3.9 big chances a game gives a different attacking picture from one creating 3.4, and the table shows which clubs are getting into the best positions most often.

Start with the Premier League fixtures to see who plays whom, check the Premier League table for context, and then open the Premier League player stats to find who is on the end of the chances.

Big chances created tells you who is getting into good positions, and the pages above tell you whether they are finishing.

Where to keep watching

Brighton level with Manchester City, Bournemouth and Everton ahead of Arsenal, and three big names tied on 22 are the findings in the table at the time of writing. To check the latest team rankings as the season moves on, the page updates after every game.

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