Criticised for being boring to watch under Moyes, the same could be said of United now, with the team scoring even
fewer goals per game (1.62) than under the Scot (1.69).
Despite their resolute defending though, Arsenal have actually conceded
fewer goals per game across the last 10 games in all competitions and scored an average of twice as many goals per game across the same period.
Ospina has also conceded
fewer goals per game that any of the highly rated big name keepers in England and to highlight the fact that he has done this despite Arsenal being an attacking and open team rather than because, he has more saves for each goal as well.
Rafael Benítez's men are now conceding
fewer goals per game (one) than they were before Dúbravka's arrival (1.38), however, the defence wasn't Newcastle's biggest issue.
Not exact matches
But seeing our current strikers got written off so easily by fan just piss me off Giroud is not there with Aguero, Rooney, Costa — But I take him over Dzeko, Remy, Falcao (at MU last season) Walcott may or may not be the answer, we don't know yet, the last
few games look very promising — writing him off as not be able to play as Center Forward or can not hit the 20 +
goals per season now is premature.
That's what happened in the first two
games of the finals, as New York, which allowed the second -
fewest goals (3.1
per game) in the league during the regular season, gave up nine and still came away with two victories.
Figures for a
few other well known wingers / wide forwards for last 3 seasons, league
goals per game:
Last season those numbers did drop to 14 and 19 but because of injury he played a lot
fewer games and his
goals per game ratio actually went up.
Arsenal were conceding an average of around half a
goal per game fewer before the injury to Coquelin, who was usually partnered by Santi Cazorla, who is also out.
Although Durant is currently averaging the
fewest field
goal attempts
per game of his career, his efficiency has been nothing short of spectacular.
-- Azpilicueta Monreal (Ivanovic is almost perfect defensively and scores quite a
few goals as well, Monreal on the other hand makes at least one big mistake
per game)
The Arsenal vice-captain
Per Mertesacker has been left out of the last
few games in favour of Gabriel, despite the Brazilian arguably being responsible for a
few goals over the previous two matches, and it seems that the BFG has not been impressed with the team's attitude in our two derby draws.
The likely favourites for the FA Cup — Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal — have conceded the
fewest goals (see graphic below), while Lincoln's 0.88
goals shipped
per game are only surpassed by Spurs (after their nasty fright in the Fourth Round when Wycombe put three
goals past them).
Few teams have been involved in more
goals than these two teams heading into gameweek 20 with Jurgen Klopp's side being involved in 69
goals in their 20
games (46 for, 23 against) and Leicester City 60
goals (30 for, 30
games)-- three
goals per game.
In 15
games, Arsenal has scored 15
goals at a ratio of one
per game and have conceded only 17
goals,
fewer than defending champions Spartak.
Compared to the English target man, Hernández averaged more
goals per game despite attempting
fewer shots.
Since last week's update, another 11
games have been played in the U18 Professional Development League and those
games saw no
fewer than 53
goal scored, just a couple short of five
goals per game with Nottingham Forest leading the way.
«From a footballing perspective, Chelsea fans will want to make sure they stay for the full
game to enjoy their team's late flurry of
goals, but from a financial perspective, Arsenal fans could be wasting just short of # 200
per season by consistently heading home only a
few minutes early.
Diego Costa is on course to score more
goals than he has in either of his previous two seasons, one assist shy of his personal best already and is committing
fewer fouls
per game than in his previous two seasons.
The risk worked, Jota leads the team with 14
goals and Neves in defensive midfield anchors a unit that has conceded only 33
goals, the second -
fewest in the league and 9.6 shots
per game, the
fewest in the league.