Premier League goalkeepers – The ‘Proof’ Nick Pope is up there with very best

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An interesting new report on Premier League goalkeepers.

Who have been the very good, the good, the not so good?

What is the best way to measure Premier League goalkeepers when it comes to evaluating their performance?

Now after 11 rounds of Premier League matches.

This new report from The Other 14 addresses that, the table below showing the Premier League goalkeepers with the best and worst save percentages:

Premier League Goalkeepers 19 November 2024

As you can see, Nick Pope having saved 80.8% of shots he has faced in the Premier League this season.

Only Alisson at Liverpool can beat that, having saved 88.2% of the efforts on goal he has faced.

As always, I find it incredible that a minority of Newcastle United fans actually wanted Nick Pope dropped, purely because he isn’t as good as some other Premier League goalkeepers when it comes to playing out with his feet.

The reality is that Nick Pope is one of the very best at doing that quite important thing of keeping the ball out of the net.

As evidenced as well by the fact that only Mark Flekken has made more saves than Nick Pope, yet the Brentford keeper conceding more than twice as many goals.

Indeed, only two Premier League teams have conceded fewer goals than Newcastle United.

Newcastle United upcoming matches confirmed to end of January 2025:

Monday 25 November – Newcastle v West Ham (8pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 30 November – Crystal Palace v Newcastle (3pm)

Wednesday 4 December – Newcastle v Liverpool (7.30pm) Amazon

Saturday 7 December – Brentford v Newcastle (3pm)

Saturday 14 December – Newcastle v Leicester (3pm)

Wednesday 18 December – Newcastle v Brentford (7.45pm) Sky Sports+ (Carabao Cup)

Saturday 21 December – Ipswich v Newcastle (3pm)

Thursday 26 December – Newcastle v Villa (3pm) Amazon

Monday 30 December – Man U v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 4 January – Tottenham v Newcastle (12.30pm) TNT Sports