Here are the players with most goals, most shots, most shots on target, most expected goals, biggest surplus vs expected goals, most actions in the opponent's box, most progressive carries, most progressive passes received, most effective dribbles in the final third and most fouls won in the final third in Primeira Liga this season:
"At this point, it’s hard to believe that some considered Viktor Gyökeres "technically limited," "lacking in dribbling skills," or doomed to be "easy to mark." Some even imagined him destined to end up in "pockets." Reality has shown something brutal, unlike anything we’ve seen in our League since GoalPoint began.
Below, we highlight 10 League tops led by Gyökeres. Whether you find them more or less predictable, now take note of the quantitative advantage the Swede had in each, compared to the second-best competitor:
Goals: +20 (Pavlidis)
Shots: +33 (Trincão)
Shots on target: +38 (Clayton Silva)
Expected Goals (xG): +12.2 (Pavlidis)
Surplus vs Expected Goals: +3.1 (R. Mora)
Actions in the opponent’s box: +177 (Pavlidis)
Progressive carries: +14 (Geny Catamo)
Progressive passes received: +222 (Clayton Silva)
Effective dribbles in the final third: +3 (Trincão)
Fouls won in the final third: +8 (Gabriel Silva)
Conclusion? If it took us 10 years to see something like this on our “radar,” we’d better hold on to the memory of these numbers, as we’re unlikely to see them around here again anytime soon."
Like I said, you guys have no clue how good a player this is.
