The Whites enjoyed a stellar return to the top flight, picking up a number of eye-catching results, and winning over an army of neutrals in the process.
In total Leeds picked up 59 points, scoring 62 goals and conceding 54 – but how should they have fared in 2020/21?
Expected goals, or xG for short, is a metric used to determine how many time a side should score over the course of 90 minutes based on the quality of chances they create.
Of course that also means that there is a tally of expected goals conceded, and using these two figures, it’s possible to determine how many points a team is expected to take from a match.
Stats-based site Understat have thrown all of those numbers together, and the outcome is an alternative Premier League table showing where every club should have finished.
Click through the standings below...
Expected goals, or xG for short, is a metric used to determine how many time a side should score over the course of 90 minutes based on the quality of chances they create.
![Actual League Position: 6th
Goals For: 62
Goals Against: 47
Points: 65
xLP: 7th (-1)
xGF: 60.34
xGA: 49.86
xP: 59.18
(Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ2ZmViOGNmLWZhYzUtNDk0MS04NTQ5LTk3NWJmZThlYmVkOTozYjZjNTBkOC0wZDQwLTQzNmMtODRmOC05MzNiM2QxMjQyZTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
7. West Ham
Actual League Position: 6th Goals For: 62 Goals Against: 47 Points: 65 xLP: 7th (-1) xGF: 60.34 xGA: 49.86 xP: 59.18 (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)Photo: Justin Setterfield
![Actual League Position: 8th
Goals For: 55
Goals Against: 39
Points: 61
xLP: 8th (=)
xGF: 52.25
xGA: 43.23
xP: 58.72
(Photo by Alastair Grant - Pool/Getty Images)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY0NTQ4MGMzLTI2OWQtNDBiMy04ZGU5LTI1NmE2NWZiNWMzYTowMmQzNjM3Ni01ZDE4LTQwODMtOTg1Yy0zN2JhZDg0ODkxMTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
8. Arsenal
Actual League Position: 8th Goals For: 55 Goals Against: 39 Points: 61 xLP: 8th (=) xGF: 52.25 xGA: 43.23 xP: 58.72 (Photo by Alastair Grant - Pool/Getty Images)Photo: Pool
![Actual League Position: 11th
Goals For: 55
Goals Against: 46
Points: 55
xLP: 9th (+2)
xGF: 56.72
xGA: 53.25
xP: 54.06
(Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE3ZjM1MjY2LTM3YmMtNGExMy04NDZhLTMxMjUyYmM5Y2UxYzoxZjk4NGQyYS04NWJkLTRlNmMtYTMwMy03NDcyMjgyZjlmYjc=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
9. Aston Villa
Actual League Position: 11th Goals For: 55 Goals Against: 46 Points: 55 xLP: 9th (+2) xGF: 56.72 xGA: 53.25 xP: 54.06 (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)Photo: Clive Mason
![Actual League Position: 7th
Goals For: 68
Goals Against: 45
Points: 62
xLP: 10th (-3)
xGF: 56.68
xGA: 52.55
xP: 53.98
(Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVmYWExM2E5LWRkYzYtNGY2Mi1iODgxLThjNjJiNTdiYzI1NTo5OTgwNzEwZi0wZmJhLTRiZTctOWFjZS1mMDQ1OGFhYTU2Y2M=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
10. Tottenham Hotspur
Actual League Position: 7th Goals For: 68 Goals Against: 45 Points: 62 xLP: 10th (-3) xGF: 56.68 xGA: 52.55 xP: 53.98 (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)Photo: Laurence Griffiths
![Actual League Position: 9th
Goals For: 62
Goals Against: 54
Points: 59
xLP: 11th (-2)
xGF: 59.26
xGA: 63.02
xP: 51.81
(Photo by Lynne Cameron - Pool/Getty Images)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVlMWRjYWQ5LWM2YjQtNGVlZC1hMzJlLTJiMjFmOGMyMWNjNzphZTdmODE2OS1kN2QyLTRkNjQtOGE5NS01MmJhOTEwNDNiZTY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
11. Leeds United
Actual League Position: 9th Goals For: 62 Goals Against: 54 Points: 59 xLP: 11th (-2) xGF: 59.26 xGA: 63.02 xP: 51.81 (Photo by Lynne Cameron - Pool/Getty Images)Photo: Pool
![Actual League Position: 10th
Goals For: 47
Goals Against: 48
Points: 59
xLP: 12th (-2)
xGF: 49.24
xGA: 50.16
xP: 50.72
(Photo by NAOMI BAKER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQxNzYwMWY4LTU4MmUtNGZiMy1iZjY1LTEyZTQ0MmFlMmExNjozOTA2NzFjNy1hZjJiLTQwNmQtOGNkMi1mMzdmMGNmOWYzYzM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
12. Everton
Actual League Position: 10th Goals For: 47 Goals Against: 48 Points: 59 xLP: 12th (-2) xGF: 49.24 xGA: 50.16 xP: 50.72 (Photo by NAOMI BAKER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Photo: NAOMI BAKER