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Kepa Is the Number One Goalkeeper in the Premier League

Kepa Aretha Valaga has the best goals prevented rate of any player in the bottom half, 3.8 goals above expectations. He's kept nine clean sheets, but only played in eight wins. And that's despite him in terms of goals conceded per game. Only Nick Pope in Edison have got better sort of rates of conceding for your goal. I think it was a big part of Graham Potter's early unbeaten run. His reflexes have always been good and his kicking is okay. It's probably a bit better than the Mende. But he's not always fantastic defending his box, but I think overall he should be in recent seasons. Have you got Kepa

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