Albion scored five goals at Sheffield United last month from nine attempts.

Their expected goals that afternoon was a scarcely credible 2.60.

Danny Welbeck would love them to be as clinical on Sunday when they return to Bramall Lane in the Premier League.

But more clinical from more chances.

Welbeck’s analysis goes rather further than xG stats.

He knows chances can be missed but, with care and correct decisions, more can be created.

The Seagulls’ frontman believes Albion failed to make the most of some promising situations at Tottenham.

Making better judgements, having better awareness, in the heat of the moment can help them create more and better chances, starting on their return to the Steel City.

Welbeck, who rounded off the goalscoring last time out with the Blades, said chances to create chances were missed at Tottenham.

He said: “There were a couple of moments where we could have played a little more as a team, we maybe could have got a square pass and a tap-in.

“There were a couple of wrong decisions at the time.

“But that’s football, it happens and we want to put that right in the next game.”

The obvious example of that came in the first half, when Kaoru Mitoma was denied by Guglielmo Vicario when he shot from an angle with Welbeck calling for a cutback.

There was another in the second half involving Facundo Buonanotte.

Albion had men over in the box when Ansu Fati twisted and turned and helped the ball on sideways.

Buonanotte cut inside and took a shot which deflected, wrong-footed Vicario and drifted not far wide.

Lamptey was behind him calling for a pass.

Given the luxury of reflection, maybe we would have preferred Buonanotte to help the ball on again.

What would you rather? Buonanotte shooting from a central position with a defender closing him down or Lamptey having a go from a narrower angle?

These things happen. One thinks back to Roberto De Zerbi’s early days, when Leandro Trossard was the only player scoring goals for the Seagulls.

There was an incident during Albion’s second-half improvement when Trossard went for goal from an angle with Welbeck in the middle, similar to what happened with Mitoma on Saturday.

Our photographer at the Etihad that afternoon sent over his picture of the incident with a note that he could hear Welbeck shouting in frustration when the cross did not come.

And, of course, it can work the other way around. Did Welbeck know Ansu was offside earlier in the move when he didn’t set him up at Marseille?

At Tottenham, the former Manchester United man set the tone, hurrying Micky van de Ven into an error, pressing to force the Mitoma chance and showing some pretty footwork in the run-up to the penalty.

He is an all-round forward player who brings others into the game.

Andrea Maldera likened him to a teacher.

De Zerbi has said he hopes Welbeck is secured beyond this season on a new deal.

The striker himself said: “That’s not just down to me, it’s down to everybody involved with that protocol.

“But I’m feeling good, feeling strong and I am always there for every single player who steps into that dressing room.

“It has been good but there is a lot more room for improvement.

“Even though we have had some wonderful seasons, we always want to keep on getting better.

“That is the group environment and the culture within the team, the squad.

“Everybody wants to improve every single day “With the manager we have got now, he doesn’t let anybody rest on their laurels.

“Everybody is always on their toes willing to improve and that is the right mindset to have.”