The 21 - year - old forward rose to prominence for Barca last season, making his first La Liga
appearance off the bench in January and going on to play 22 games for the first - team.
If we take a more detailed look at Giroud's stats he actually scored 14 goals from only 21 STARTS + 6
appearances off the bench in the Premier League, and 19 goals from only 26 starts in all comps.
The Brazilian attacking midfielder is hitting peak form at the most opportune time, having made a remarkable
appearance off the bench in the first leg.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile,
in the NRL last season, Mailata made 12
appearances off the
bench, scoring eight tries while averaging 21 minutes per game.
The 24 - year - old has struggled for regular playing time this season under Antonio Conte, making 25
appearances in all competitions but with many of those being brief outings
off the
bench.
The 21 - year - old joined Los Blancos from Real Betis last summer, but he's only managed to make 19
appearances in all competitions so far this season, with many of those outings coming
off the
bench too.
Statistically speaking, Lukas has not started a single game for Arsenal
in the League and has only made four
appearances off the
bench.
Jack Wilshere was missing
in midweek for the same reason and so it remains to be seen if he recovers
in time, while there should be a first home
appearance for Mkhitaryan after he came
off the
bench against the Swans.
The 26 - year - old has established himself as a firm fans favourite since his summer move from Pescara, bagging four goals and two assists
in 13 Serie A
appearances, most of which have come
off the
bench.
Great to see the lads coming back... But for consistency and stability at a crucial stage of the season, I can only see Debuchy coming back
in the starting 11 (not to say that Bellarin hasn't been doing a great job) and for players like Jack and Arteta maybe some
appearances off the
bench depending on how the match is going.
Rambo did not have the same amazing influence for us last season, dropping from 16 goals
in just 30 starts and four sub
appearances down to 10 goals from 33 starts and eight games coming
off the
bench.
I know that this was his first
appearance in the Arsenal first team for some time and Jack Wilshere did not even start the game but came
off the
bench after 68 minutes.
The Brazilian youngster has five goals and five assists
in 36
appearances this season, but his last Premier League goal came back
in November and he's found himself coming
off the
bench in the last two games as he suffers a further dip.
He mustered two league starts
in August, and two more
appearances off the
bench before succumbing to an ankle injury.
Giroud has made 15
appearances in the Premier League this season but only one single
appearance has come from kick -
off with the other 14 all coming form the
bench.
The striker didn't get
off to the best of starts
in his first season with Tottenham, scoring twice
in 27 league
appearances, per premierleague.com, and is likely to start on the
bench again this weekend after being an unused substitute
in Spurs» 2 - 0 win away at Newcastle.
Appearances were few and far between from that point on; Giménez played
in just 10 matches over the rest of 2017, and even came
off the
bench on three occasions.
He's been
in good form, but as someone who needs to be confident to play well, I hope he hasn't played himself out - of - form with a pretty woeful
appearance off the
bench.
Thomas Rosicky was integral at Borussia Dortmund
in that wonderful season they had, but 87
appearances (most
off the
bench)
in something like 4 years is not good enough for arsenal
in my opinion.
Philip Billing made his second
appearance off the
bench following his 14 - month ankle injury lay -
off sooner than expected
in place of Danny Williams, who had taken a knock.
A right back by trade, the summer signing has come
off the
bench as a winger
in his two
appearances so far and the decision seems to be rightly justified after his performances there.
After struggling to get the minutes on the pitch, only three
appearances in the Premier League, all coming
off the
bench, The 22 - year - old attacker, Salah who joined Chelsea FC from Basel FC for # 11 million last January, decided to go on a loan to Serie A club, hoping to revive his career.
The Ukrainian has scored two goals
in his six
appearances this campaign and can make a real impact when coming
off the
bench.
Sturridge started just 7 games
in the league last season, making 13
appearances off the
bench, much of this lack of playing time was down to him being injured which meant Klopp couldn't rely on him or trust him when we needed him the most.
Kerzhakov made three
appearances in the qualification, coming
off the
bench against Liechtenstein, Moldova and Austria without scoring.
Charly Musonda's first
appearance in a senior UEFA competition arrived with fireworks as he came
off the
bench for Celtic against Zenit on Thursday and provided a scintillating assist for Callum McGregor's late winner.
The English number nine has made 15
appearances for the club this season and frustratingly not managed to return to action since his thigh injury after coming
off the
bench against Spartak Moscow
in their Champions League encounter.
The 24 year old has made just 16 starts
in the Premier League last season, with most of his
appearances coming
off the
bench.
It didn't quite work out for Song
in Spain, as after just 65
appearances (mainly
off the
bench) he moved back to England, signing for West Ham United for two seasons before moving to Rubin Kazan
in 2016.
The 23 - year - old has struggled for regular first - team football at Chelsea, making just one start
in the Premier League this season with another 19
appearances off the
bench.
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