Pope has conceded just 13 league goals this season and has collected a league-wide high of 12 clean-sheets, three ahead of his nearest rivals David De Gea and Aaron Ramsdale.
But how does Pope’s in-game performances compare with other Premier League stoppers?
BetVictor has analysed how goalkeepers are performing between the sticks, each goalkeeper has been given a ‘shot stopping score’, which combines their save percentage and goals prevented rate.
Goals prevented is an advanced metric to evaluate keeper performance, it compares post-shot xG (expected goals conceded from shots faced), to how many goals a keeper has conceded, giving each player a positive or negative value for their goal prevention vs expected (PSxG-GA).
Here, we take a look at how Pope compares to the rest of the division to see who has been the best performing goalkeeper in the league this season.
BetVictor has analysed how goalkeepers are performing between the sticks, each goalkeeper has been given a ‘shot stopping score’, which combines their save percentage and goals prevented rate.
5. Dean Henderson
Save percentage = 65.9%, goals prevented per 90 = -0.23, shot stopping score = 6.80 Photo: Catherine Ivill
6. Jose Sa
Save percentage = 66.7%, goals prevented per 90 = -0.15, shot stopping score = 7.04 Photo: Ryan Pierse
7. Robert Sanchez
Save percentage = 67.1%, goals prevented per 90 = -0.08, shot stopping score = 7.23 Photo: GLYN KIRK
8. David De Gea
Save percentage = 69.7%, goals prevented per 90 = -0.10, shot stopping score = 7.38 Photo: Stu Forster