His blistering run of form has seen him streak ahead in the race to be the Premier League's top scorer for 2013/14, and he's recently shown a more selfless side to his abilities, switching around at the front with Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge in order to
create chances for his team mates.
Whilst shooting is important, a key role of most midfielders is to
create chances for their team mates.
Not exact matches
We now just have an exceptional player who does exactly what he's in the
team to do like few others in the prem can and that's
create space and
chances for his
team -
mates.
Podolski is a very static player, he hardly makes lung bursting runs to either make a
chance for himself or
create space
for his
team mates, he is not technically gifted (beside's his shooting), and put very simply; he does not fit into this Arsenal
team.
(Scores, defends,
creates off the dribble and sets up
chances for his
team -
mates) With Ospina we had a great reactive keeper, crazy reflexes and didn't really put a foot wrong but although we didn't see that many errors resulting in conceding, the proof was there that there were a lot of short - comings in his game.
Ozil plays the number 10 role which must not only contribute assists, but also goals and that is where i have a serious problem with Ozil, a number 10 must be a serious goal threat and ozil is not,
creating goals or
chances for team mates is great but what would be greater is to get the goal average total in the teens
He may have only registered one assist to go with his goal but that was largely the fault of his misfiring
team mates as the Gunner
created almost 50
chances throughout the tournament and his passing accuracy of over 90 percent was not too shabby either
for a player trying to break down some very stubborn defences.
Firmino also
created a bundle of
chances for his
team -
mates to cap off a Man of the Match performance.
Do not get me wrong, he is in great form at the moment, but usually he needs 4 - 5
chances / game to score 1 goal, more deadlier finisher scores 1,5 - 2 goals / game (Aguero, Costa, even Kane)
for the
chances created by his
team mates.
The German international has been in spectacular form this season,
creating a host of
chances for his
team -
mates, while leading the Premier League assists chart by some margin.
«Mesut
created 77
chances for his
team -
mates last year» Stats can be very misleading.Watch the
team play, compare them to a couple years back (Fab, nasri era)... and suddenly you discover that your stat is crap.This
team seriously lack creativity.Its been a while.The
team needs a master passer.The Fabegas, Xavi, Yaya, Jorge Resurrección Merodio (Koke) type.A master passer to open up defences..
Premier League Creators — See which players
create the most
chances for team -
mates.
Arsenal totally over-ran Everton on Sunday with a record amount of shots on target
for this season, and Mesut Ozil himself was sublime with an assist and a goal and
creating 8
chances for his
team -
mates, sending Everton into the relegation zone and putting the final nail into Ronald Koeman's coffin.
But the German playmaker certainly proved his doubters wrong today with his headed goal and also the eight
chances that he
created for his
team -
mates.
Now, especially since Hazard has shown his ability to run matches — he can beat opponents, score goals and
create chances for his
team -
mates — he's moved into the class of players whose lack of defensive work - rate can be tolerated, and maybe even encouraged.
He surged forwards to
create five
chances for his
team -
mates - one of which was the fine slide - rule pass that played in Kevin Mirallas to score the Toffees» second.
Sterling was not spectacular on the day; he got neither a goal nor an assist but his positioning and runs saw the Citizens creep into dangerous positions down the left, and
created several
chances for his
team mates.
The Arsenal playmaker also boasted a pass accuracy of 91 % and
created 48
chances for his
team -
mates throughout the tournament.
Aside from the six goals he scored in the Premier League - a figure bettered only by Liverpool's Martin Skrtel, as far as defenders are concerned - he also provided two assists, while
creating 43 goal - scoring
chances for team -
mates.
Christian Eriksen has
created a total of 18
chances for his
team -
mates, with (6) of those coming from set plays, with one assist to his name.
Andros Townsend has been the most creative outlet
for Spurs,
creating a total of 19
chances, a total of (3) clear cut
chances, attempting 83 dribbles — a 66 % dribbling accuracy but has yet to make an assist
for his
team -
mates so far this season.
In the game Elm only made 9 entries into the attacking third, and
created only 3
chances for team mates to score.
The Argentine
created more
chances for his
team mates last year than Suarez, Ronaldo, Messi, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale, yet there are still detractors queueing up to put a negative spin on the transfer.
Oscar has been successful with 5/9 of his attempted dribbles, the Brazilian playmaker has
created 8
chances, but has yet to assist a goal
for his
team -
mates.
Hazard has
created three clear - cut
chances for his
team -
mates this season and has registered four assists in total.
The German international has already
created 16
chances for his
team mates this season — only Mark Noble has
created more with 17 — and has the best minutes per
chance created record (21.13) in the Premier League.
Coutinho has
created 17
chances for his
team -
mates this term, with the large majority being worked from central areas.
Despite playing just three games more than Eriksen [Silva 14 games to Eriksen's 11] the Spanish international has
created 51
chances for his Manchester City
team -
mates, just one behind Eden Hazard in the top creativity stats this season.
As I've mentioned on here previously, credit here has to go to Steven Gerrard; most of his time last season was spent in the static midfield of Roy Hodgson's
team (he only made five appearances under Dalglish), and yet he
created a
chance for a
team -
mate more regularly than any of the other players studied here.
Philippe Coutinho turned in an absolute masterclass on Sunday afternoon, scoring twice, assisting Daniel Sturridge
for the opening goal,
creating five other
chances for his
team -
mates and generally wreaking havoc on the West Ham back - line.
In his 13 appearances since moving to the club, the midfielder has
created 31
chances for his
team mates, four of which have resulted in assists.