Top Ten
1. Petr Cech, Chelsea - 90% from 52 shots
2. Joe Hart, Man City - 79% from 48 shots
3. Mark Schwarzer, Fulham - 79% from 42 shots
4. Brad Friedal, Aston Villa - 77% from 63 shots
5. Jussi Jaaskelainen, Bolton - 76% from 49 shots
6. Paul Robinson, Blackburn - 75% from 63 shots
7. Ben Foster, Birmingham - 73% from 63 shots
8. Simon Mignolet, Sunderland - 73% from 45 shots
9. Edwin van der Sar, Man Utd - 72% from 43 shots
10. Tim Howard, Everton - 73% from 41 shots
Some comments:
1) Full marks to Petr Cech. He is shutting down opponents like nothing we've seen in recent years. He has a terrific defense in front of him, one that is limiting opponents to unfriendly opportunities, but this must not take away from Cech. Brilliant!
2) Hart, Schwarzer and Friedal make for no surprise. They are among the Premier League's best goalkeepers every season.
3) It is early days, of course, but there are a few surprises. Notably, Paul Robinson and Jussi have made a great starts to the season and will be looking to maintain consistency going forward. Both have struggled to maintain form so let's hope that they can put together a good season for their teams. On the other hand, Man Utd's Edwin van der Sar is stopping fewer than his mean so far this season..
4) Simon Mignolet has made a terrific EPL start, but the now-fit Craig Gordon has replaced him in goal for Sunderland. Gordon stopped 77% of shots faced last season.
Thanks for the interesting data but I'm curious about your source. Opta has Cech first with 85% followed by Fabianski with 83%: http://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/3947468597231617
Quite a discrepancy there...
My source is: http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/premierleague/stats?table=defensive&stat=goalsAgainstAvg
To address your specific points,
1) I did not include Fabianski based on games-played; the same applies to Cudicini and Gomes.
2) Cech has gone down after the 3-0 defeat. I put him now at 87%.
I know that Fabianski has been brilliant. He was superb last weekend versus Everton and his save percentage is a reflection of performances such as that.
Yet he has played in only 7 games; that is not too many. He'll be included once he plays a greater percentage.