Anyone would be seen as crazy to see Brighton in second place and say they are NOT overperforming, right? It seems crazy to say, but the Seagulls are right where they should be.

Expected goals, or XG, are a crucial stat in today's game, determining the quality of teams' goal-scoring chances. A tap-in, in the six-yard box, would be deemed as a high-quality chance, whereas a long shot would be a lot less.

As it stands, Brighton currently have created the second most XG in the Premier League, only behind Manchester City, with also the most goals in the Premier League. 

However, this could be seen as a problem, because Brighton are overperforming in their expected goal statistics, which suggests that goals will soon dry up, and results could be frustrating.

Another factor in this 'overperformance' is the number of low-quality opportunities the Albion have scored from this season. Take Lewis Dunk's screamer, or any one of Diego Gomez's catalogue of worldies.

If you have watched Brighton this season, you will know that we are very direct in how we attract opposition to one side, and manage to find a switch ball to create overloads, or time and space for a cross. 

Fabian Hurzeler's side play the most long passes per 90, have the second most attempted crosses behind Spurs, and have the second most amount of accurate crosses, behind again, Manchester City. 

In terms of shooting data, too, we have the second most attempted shots behind Manchester United, and the most shots (excluding blocks) in the league, along with the most shots off target. 

This data shows the following:

 A) Potentially, with more accurate shots, we can score more goals, as we have some very talented ball strikers in the team, such as Gomez, Babis Kostoulas, and Maxim De Cuyper, alongside others. 

B) Brighton intend to bombard the opposition box with constant attacks with a high volume of early crosses, deep crosses, and shots wherever and whenever there is space to attack the goal. 

So as long as we keep up this aggressive, 'bombard the goal as much as possible' approach to games, we should be able to keep our league position, in my opinion. 

We've all seen what Gomez can do off the ball, whilst also having monstrous ball striking ability from outside the box. 

But what many might have noticed is what a superb outlet the Paraguayan international is, standing around six feet and is a strong dueller.

Brighton, like previously mentioned, can be very direct at times, and with fullbacks traditionally being smaller mixed with Gomez's aerial ability, he can eat up these duels.

So when it comes to attacking the box, Gomez can ghost in the box, with De Cuyper's, Pascal Groß's, and Olivier Boscagli's accurate crossing ability, and often be found to either get a shot off or head across goal.

The latter creates higher value goal scoring opportunities, as we have seen a lot this season, with knocks back across the goal to score into an empty net.

So in summary, as long as Brighton keep this approach to games, especially at home, where the pitch is bigger than most teams in Europe, let alone the Premier League, I think we can keep this form and position.

Simply because it's wave after wave after wave of shots and crosses, which opponents are often unable to handle with our physicality and quality of delivery. 

Adding onto this, our phenomenal ability to keep teams camped in their defensive halves, with monster duel winners and players who are able to pick up on second balls with ease, such as Chema Andrés, to recycle the ball and go again.