Premier League Shots on Target And Fouls Tips

Brighton forward/midfielder Georginio Rutter is yet to open his account for the new season, but that’s not for the want of trying.

The 23-year-old has featured in 3 of Brighton’s opening 4 league games, managing to fire off 3 shots in the process. The Frenchman has landed 2 of those efforts on target, making for a shots on target ratio of 66.7%.

Rutter heads into Saturday’s game against Tottenham averaging 1.65 shots per 90 minutes and, more importantly, 1.10 shots on target per 90 minutes. Rutter scored 5 times in the Premier League last season, where he averaged 0.65 shots on target per 90 minutes.

Tottenham Spanish full-back, Pedro Porro, has featured in all 4 of the Londoner’s league games so far this season, picking up 1 yellow card.

The 26-year-old has committed 6 fouls during that period, an average of 1.50 fouls per appearance. Porro is going to come against plenty of pace and trickery in the form of Brighton winger Yankuba Minteh, who has already drawn 7 fouls so far this season.

Last season, Porro committed 25 fouls in the Premier League, picking up 5 yellow cards, and we’re expecting the Spaniard to commit at least 1 foul on Saturday against Brighton.

Chris Wood goes up against one of his former employers this weekend, and we’re backing the Nottingham Forest forward to cause the Burnley defence plenty of issues.

The veteran forward, who top scored for Forest last season, has already scored twice in his opening 4 appearances in the 2025/26 campaign. The New Zealand international has fired off 8 shots and managed to land 4 of those on target, which makes for a 50% shots accuracy.

The 33-year-old heads to his old stomping ground of Turf Moor averaging 2.43 shots per 90 minutes and we’re backing the Forest fan favourite to have at least 1 shot on target this weekend as he currently averages 1.22 shots on target per 90 minutes in the Premier League.

Only Hannibal Mejbri has committed more fouls for Burnley this season (9) than their midfielder/forward Jaidon Anthony.

Anthony, 25, has committed 6 fouls in just 4 appearances this season, which makes for an average of 1.50 fouls per game. The former Bournemouth player, who has 2 goals, 1 assist and 1 yellow card against his name this season, likes to get stuck in, defending from the front.

Last season, whilst playing in the Championship for the Clarets, Anthony committed 38 fouls in 43 appearances, only 6 Burnley players had more fouls against their name in that campaign.

Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta is up and running for the season and will be hoping to add to his goal tally against West Ham on Saturday.

The 28-year-old has managed to take 7 shots during the Eagles’ opening 4 league games, landing 5 of those efforts on target. The powerful target man averages 1.79 shots per 90 minutes in the Premier League this season and has a shots on target ratio of 71.4%.

Mateta, who is expected to lead the line for Palace at the London Stadium, is averaging 1.28 shots on target per 90 minutes this season, so you can see why we’ve backed the striker to land at least 1 shots on target against the Hammers.

Max Kilman has completed all 4 of West Ham’s opening league games this season and has committed 5 fouls along the way, as well as picking up 1 yellow card.

Kilman is likely to face another tough test on Saturday against a Crystal Palace side that has plenty of pace and power in attack. The 28-year-old is currently averaging 1.25 fouls per game this season, and we expect the Englishman to stay on trend by committing at least 1 foul at the London Stadium.

Last season, Kilman committed a total of 23 fouls in 38 Premier League appearances, so already looks likely to beat that tally in the 2025/26 campaign.