We’re clearly better than Van Gaal. But that’s a ludicrously low bar. Have you got stats vs Moyes too?!?
You’re also looking at the season as a whole. I’m willing to bet the stats for second half of the season look a lot less flattering. And that was when we were at our most objectively bad.
I'm not sure how I can get some of these stats for a specific part of the season because it'd be a complete ball ache. But I'll try my best.
Second half of 17/18
Goals per game: 1.42 (15% better)
Points per game: 2.05 (18% better)
xG per game: 1.30 (10% better)
Shots per game: 12 (9% better)
So that argument still doesn't hold true. xG is an all encompassing stat for chance creation (quantity and quality). So we were effectively 10% better going forward in the second half of 17/18 than the shitshow that was 15/16.
An objectively stance on how we were is a top team in the first half of the season and a functional team grinding out wins in the 2nd half of the season. So basically Chelsea 14/15 except the title was lost very early so the players saw no point in grinding out wins and were no shows against relegation fodder and only showed up against big teams (we beat every team in the top 6 in the 2nd half of 17/18).