Week 8 Stats
Player of the Year Race
Kulusevski moves back to top place with a 2 assist day for Atalanta and another good all round performance. Lyon welcomed back Caqueret after injury and he quickly found his stride with a man of the match performance. Cooper shone again for Spurs as he continues to quietly keep his challenge going. His team finding some form can only help with that you would think. Atalanta's entire team make the top 25! Nivokazi, Peli, Rinaldi and Campello would also currently be in there as well had they played enough minutes.
At the other end of the scale Ben Fredj brings up the rear at just 17.95 per game from 540 minutes of action.
A look at shots...
Porto would appear to be doing an incredible job of scoring when getting it on target with 9 goals from the 13 they've managed. However at just 2.17 on target per game it's just as well they are mostly going in. If they could get better than the 28% on target they currently have their fortunes could have quite an up turn.
Atalanta and Lyon are on 14 and 13 per game respectively. Tottenham are third on 11 suggesting there's not an awful lot wrong there and as you'll see further down, it's clear where the problem lies.
In something that won't send shockwaves across the league we can see Marseille have the lowest shots on target per game and % as well at just 24.49%. It wouldn't be so bad if those on target actually went in occasionally. If their manager hasn't torn his hair out yet it can't be long.
Supersub Nivokazi has the joint most shots for Atalanta with Babbi but has one more on target. Quite impressive for a player who has only got 213 minutes of action! A starter for any other team, surely? What would Marseille give to have him up front!
Tottenham's problem would appear to be possibly as simple as finding a replacement for Parrott, who is well off song. He's had a third of their shots this season and in his 22 shots has not managed to score once. Possibly not too surprising as only six of them have found the target. Of all the team's top marksmen he is way down on accuracy.
Baturina is another man approaching a third of his team's shots. Unlike Parrot he is much more accurate, hitting the target an impressive 47% of the time. Suggesting his barren run will end soon enough.