The phrase
"goal involvement" refers to a player's contribution in the creation or scoring of a goal in a sports game.
Full definition
Eden Hazard has been involved in 99 Premier League goals for Chelsea (62 goals, 37 assists)-- he would be the fourth Chelsea player to reach a century of
goal involvements in the Premier League after Frank Lampard (237), Didier Drogba (159) and Gianfranco Zola (101).
Mané has been off the boil this season despite posting better numbers than he did last season in terms
of goal involvement.
That means he has been involved in (i.e. scored or set up) a grand total of 83 goals since August 2011 — and that puts him top of the list of midfielders with
most goal involvements in that time.
In Premier League history Daniel Sturridge ranks fourth when you look
at goal involvement per minutes on the pitch.
He's also already matched his tally of 18
goal involvements from last season; he's now involved in a goal every 102 minutes, down from 124 during his debut year on Merseyside.
On his first start in the Premier League, Dominic Solanke registered his
first goal involvement in any competition in English football.
Andrew Cole, Alan Shearer (both Newcastle) and Dwight Yorke (Man Utd) also registered 27
goal involvements in their first 25 games after signing.
Only Mohammed Salah has been involved in more goals than Romelu Lukaku this season who has 14
goal involvements.
40 goals and 11 assists in 45 appearances, averaging
a goal involvement every 70 minutes.
His goal involvement works out at a goal or an assist every 134 minutes since the start of the 2015/16 season.
For context, Harry Kane has been involved in 33 goals in all competitions, Romelu Lukaku has had a hand in 22, Morata 16 and Sergio Agüero has 25
goal involvements to his name.
He could finish the campaign with 35
goals involvements.
The 24 - year - old may have played a supporting role so far, but he has
a goal involvement every 65.5 minutes.