Stats say keep Soldado sell Adebayor
Roberto Soldado misses a penalty and had a decent attempt saved by the legs of Joe Hart, in addition to that he won the penalty himself, played a beautiful ball for Ryan Mason, who should have scored when the game was 0-0 and has an assist t his name for the Eriksen's goal.
Without tucking the ball in the net he had a decent game so the question has to be asked with Adebayor producing nothing special who should start against Newcastle United next week?
First port of call it seems these days are the statistics so let's have a look at them. We'll compare Premier League games as they are a different kettle of fish to often weaker UEFA Europa League ties.
Emmanuel Adebayor has played 599 minutes over 7 games, he has 1 goal and 1 assist.
Roberto Soldado has played 131 minutes over 3 games, he has 0 goals and 1 assist.
Goals are what a striker lives by so who is the greater striking threat, who is more likely to score?
Adebayor has had 14 shots with a 57.14% accuracy, 78.57% from inside the box.
Soldado has has 3 shots with a 100% accuracy, 100% inside the box.
Adebayor has a shot every 42.79 minutes and a shot on target every 74.87 minutes.
Soldado has a shot every 43.67 minutes and a shot on target every 43.67 minutes.
On those stats you would have to say Soldado is probably the greater striking threat. Link-up play is an important aspect of the lone striker role so how do their passing statistics compare?
Adebyor has played 193 passes of which 40.93% are forward. He successfully completes 78.57%.
Soldado has played 37 passes of which 59.46% are forward. He successfully completes 70.27%
Adebayor has created 8 chances, one every 74.87 minutes.
Soldado has created 3 chances, one every 43.67 minutes.
Adebayor's action (scoring or creating chances) creates a team goal every 66.56 minutes.
Soldado's action creates a team goal every 43.67 minutes.
Now I would suggest a forward pass is more likely to create a goal than a backward pass in general, not an exact science obviously. While Ade has a greater passing accuracy, more of his passes are safe backward ones, a forward pass is bringing defenders into play and thus more likely to be cut out.
Is Roberto Soldado trying to crate more for his team mates than Adebayor is? Is Adebayor playing the safe backwards option and letting them do the creating? Is Soldado taking responsibility where Adebayor is passing the buck?
The action statistic suggests Soldado should be playing over Adebayor as he has more goalscoring impact on a Premier League game.
Finally let's take a look at other areas.
Adebayor successfully takes on an opponent successfully 47.06% of the time.
Soldado successfully takes on an opponent successfully 50% of the time.
Adebayor wins 43.33% of his headers.
Soldado wins 20% of his headers.
Adebayor has been fouled 5 times, gaining a free-kick every 119.80 minutes.
Soldado has been fouled 2 times, gaining a free-kick every 65.50 minutes.
Adebayor is clearly going to win the aerial duel and provide that option but Soldado wins a free-kick far more often than Adebayor which would mean he will create more opportunities for Christian Eriksen, if you assume the more free-kicks you create, the same percentage would be dangerous free-kicks around the box.
There seems to be a marked difference at the moment between Soldado and Adebayor, Adebayor is the first choice but Soldado appears to do more for the team and he is certainly more skilful on the ball.
There is a big case for saying Spaniard Roberto Soldado should be starting in place of vice-captain Emmanuel Adebayor and that come January it's Adebayor who should be sold first.
Without tucking the ball in the net he had a decent game so the question has to be asked with Adebayor producing nothing special who should start against Newcastle United next week?
First port of call it seems these days are the statistics so let's have a look at them. We'll compare Premier League games as they are a different kettle of fish to often weaker UEFA Europa League ties.
Emmanuel Adebayor has played 599 minutes over 7 games, he has 1 goal and 1 assist.
Roberto Soldado has played 131 minutes over 3 games, he has 0 goals and 1 assist.
Goals are what a striker lives by so who is the greater striking threat, who is more likely to score?
Adebayor has had 14 shots with a 57.14% accuracy, 78.57% from inside the box.
Soldado has has 3 shots with a 100% accuracy, 100% inside the box.
Adebayor has a shot every 42.79 minutes and a shot on target every 74.87 minutes.
Soldado has a shot every 43.67 minutes and a shot on target every 43.67 minutes.
On those stats you would have to say Soldado is probably the greater striking threat. Link-up play is an important aspect of the lone striker role so how do their passing statistics compare?
Adebyor has played 193 passes of which 40.93% are forward. He successfully completes 78.57%.
Soldado has played 37 passes of which 59.46% are forward. He successfully completes 70.27%
Adebayor has created 8 chances, one every 74.87 minutes.
Soldado has created 3 chances, one every 43.67 minutes.
Adebayor's action (scoring or creating chances) creates a team goal every 66.56 minutes.
Soldado's action creates a team goal every 43.67 minutes.
Now I would suggest a forward pass is more likely to create a goal than a backward pass in general, not an exact science obviously. While Ade has a greater passing accuracy, more of his passes are safe backward ones, a forward pass is bringing defenders into play and thus more likely to be cut out.
Is Roberto Soldado trying to crate more for his team mates than Adebayor is? Is Adebayor playing the safe backwards option and letting them do the creating? Is Soldado taking responsibility where Adebayor is passing the buck?
The action statistic suggests Soldado should be playing over Adebayor as he has more goalscoring impact on a Premier League game.
Finally let's take a look at other areas.
Adebayor successfully takes on an opponent successfully 47.06% of the time.
Soldado successfully takes on an opponent successfully 50% of the time.
Adebayor wins 43.33% of his headers.
Soldado wins 20% of his headers.
Adebayor has been fouled 5 times, gaining a free-kick every 119.80 minutes.
Soldado has been fouled 2 times, gaining a free-kick every 65.50 minutes.
Adebayor is clearly going to win the aerial duel and provide that option but Soldado wins a free-kick far more often than Adebayor which would mean he will create more opportunities for Christian Eriksen, if you assume the more free-kicks you create, the same percentage would be dangerous free-kicks around the box.
There seems to be a marked difference at the moment between Soldado and Adebayor, Adebayor is the first choice but Soldado appears to do more for the team and he is certainly more skilful on the ball.
There is a big case for saying Spaniard Roberto Soldado should be starting in place of vice-captain Emmanuel Adebayor and that come January it's Adebayor who should be sold first.
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