As well as being top of the League One table, Wycombe Wanderers are also first for the number of goals scored this league season from outside the penalty box.
The Chairboys have bagged 44 league goals so far this campaign, with 13 of them coming from outside of the area across England’s top four leagues.
The revelation is according to Playmaker Stats on Twitter.
The team that are in second place behind the Wanderers are Stoke City of the Championship with 10, whilst League One rivals in MK Dons (nine), Rotherham United (nine) and Burton Albion (eight) also make the list.
🎯 Most goals fr. OUTSIDE the box (top four tiers; 21/22):
— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) January 17, 2022
13⚽️: 💣WYCOMBE💣
10⚽️: Stoke
9⚽️: MK Dons, Rotherham
8⚽️: Man City, QPR, Swansea, Burton, Newport#Chairboys pic.twitter.com/ozG2gixq3I
The only Premier League team to have scored close to Wycombe’s 13 league goals from outside the area are the reigning Premier League champions in Manchester City, who have also scored eight.
The two coincidentally met in this season’s League Cup campaign, with the current cup holders defeating the Chairboys 6-1 at the Etihad Stadium at the third round stage.
The goals that Wycombe have scored outside the box this league season are as follows:
1. Garath McCleary vs Accrington Stanley – August 7, 2021 (Score: 2-1 to Wycombe)
2. Olly Pendlebury vs Cheltenham Town – August 14, 2021 (Score: 3-1 to Wycombe)
3. Olly Pendlebury vs Cheltenham Town – August 14, 2021 (Score: 3-1 to Wycombe)
4. David Wheeler vs Sunderland – August 28, 2021 (Score: 3-1 to Sunderland)
Dunno how we watch it every week https://t.co/xuNymnMnOx
— Ben Green (@bengreenPTV) January 17, 2022
5. Garath McCleary vs Charlton Athletic – September 18, 2021 (Score: 2-1 to Wycombe)
6. Joe Jacobson vs Shrewsbury Town – September 28, 2021 (Score: 2-1 to Wycombe)
7. Daryl Horgan vs Morecambe – October 2, 2021 (Score: 4-3 to Wycombe)
8. Curtis Thompson vs Morecambe – October 2, 2021 (Score: 4-3 to Wycombe)
9. Jordan Obita vs Sheffield Wednesday – November 27, 2021 (Score: 2-2 draw)
10. Brandon Hanlan vs Burton Albion – December 7, 2021 (Score: 2-1 to Wycombe)
11. Adebayo Akinfenwa vs AFC Wimbledon – December 11, 2021 (Score: 2-2 draw)
hOw CaN yOu wAtCh tHiS eVErY wEeK https://t.co/hkyOSMO5Uy
— Sam DS (@wermhatt) January 17, 2022
12. Anis Mehmeti vs Sunderland – January 8, 2022 (Score: 3-3 draw)
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13. Curtis Thompson vs Oxford United – January 15, 2022 (Score: 2-0 to Wycombe)
Wycombe’s next match is away at Morecambe on January 22.
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