**We decided to look at who the top five overperforming Premier League goal-scorers were last year, with regards to actual goals and expected goals.**
Man Utd struggled in goal-scoring last year in the Premier League, they netted the fifth-fewest goals, as strikers Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee failed to regularly contribute. The pair scored just seven goals combined in the Premier League.
The Red Devils have already signed Matheus Cunha from Wolves, who scored 15 goals in the Premier League last year, so he should add to Ruben Amorim’s side very well. Furthermore, United are also trying to sign Brentford winger Bryan Mbeumo, who scored 20 goals last year for the Bees.
We decided to see just who performed better than expected last year to figure if these two are going to prove to be good signings for Man Utd…(Statistics from [WhoScored.com](https://www.whoscored.com/))
5\. Alex Iwobi – Fulham
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Firstly, former Arsenal winger Iwobi overperformed his expected goals last season for the Cottagers. The 29-year-old netted nine times for Marco Silva’s side.
Iwobi’s expected goals was just 5.13, meaning that he scored 3.87 more goals than he was expected to last year, impressive numbers, especially for a winger.
4\. Matteo Kovacic – Manchester City
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Next up is City midfielder Kovacic who managed to score six goals last year in the Premier League, decent numbers considering the fact that he plays more of a playmaker role.
The Croatian had an expected goals tally of just 2.08, meaning that he overperformed by 3.92 goals, an underrated contributor for Pep Guardiola’s side last season.
3\. Chris Wood – Nottingham Forest
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This one comes as less of a surprise considering that Wood was one of the best goal-scorers in the Premier League last year.
Wood scored 20 goals in total in the Premier League, which is 5.07 more than his expected goals tally of 14.93. He was a big part of the reason why Forest managed to secure themselves European football for next year.
2\. Matheus Cunha – Wolves (Man United)
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This makes for excellent reading for a United fan, as Brazilian attacker Cunha was the second-best player in the Premier League last year in terms of outperforming his expected goals.
He netted 15 goals for Wolves, which is remarkable, considering that his expected tally was just 8.7. He overperformed by 6.3 goals, that’s the sort of finishing that Manchester United need in the Premier League next year.
1\. Bryan Mbeumo – Brentford
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If the Red Devils can secure Mbeumo this summer they would have the top two players in the Premier League in terms of outperforming their expected goals.
Mbeumo scored 20 goals, which was 6.79 more than he was expected to, with his expected tally set at 13.21. Again, that sort of finishing will surely be enough to propel Man United’s goal-scoring into the next level.
In other news, [Man United Join 2 PL Rivals In Battle For £50M Rated Italian International Who Is “Destined For Greatness”.](https://manunews.com/blog/man-united-transfer-news-giorgio-scalvini/)