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🃏 Serie A, who should pass the ball, or not! The data says...😱
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- 🃏 Serie A, who should pass the ball, or not! The data says...😱
🃏 Serie A, who should pass the ball, or not! The data says...😱
There's less than a week to go before Serie A resumes, and there's still time to analyze the most interesting data from the first five matchdays.
Now let's look at the players who run the most with the ball at their feet, splitting them between those who do it "well" and those who, perhaps, should pass the ball more often.
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The figures for chances, shots, goals, and assists shown here are not the total numbers, but only those generated from carries with the ball at their feet.
TOP 3
ASSANE DIAO
The Como winger is clearly 1st for chances created from carries with the ball at his feet: as many as 12 chances,along with 3 shots and 1 assist. Diao is also the 3rd player for total distance covered with the ball at his feet:a truly self-sufficient footballer, capable of sparking an attack whenever he wants.
PAULO DYBALA
Dybalamakes even more runs with the ball at his feet than Diao but, on average, carries the ball for fewer meters: more quality in tight spaces and certainly less speed over longer distances. The quality of his play, however, is clearly higher, and the numbers prove it: 6 chances created, 2 shots, and as many as 2 assists from his carries.
GIORGI KVERNADZE
Kvernadze is 1st overall for distance coveredwith the ball at his feet (1.15 km) and is 1st for shots produced: 9.The dangerous chances created from his runs are 6, including 1 goal. His other league goals, in fact, have come from different game situations.
FLOP 3 (with at least 20 carries with the ball at their feet)
RANDAL KOLO MUANI
Aside from the last match against Atalanta , Kolo Muani's carries with the ball at his feet have led tofew results: 1 chance created, 0 goals, 0 assists, and 1 shot.
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What makes these numbers particularly negative is above all his average distance covered with the ball at his feet: 14.7 meters, the 5th-highest in Serie A. This means Kolo Muani can carry the ball for many meters, but struggles to turn his run into a real chance.
ROBERTO PICCOLI
The total number of carries with the ball at his feet made by Piccoliis clearly lower than Kolo Muani's, but what doesn't change is their effectiveness: 1 chance created, 0 goals, 0 assists, and 1 shot.
On the other hand, when Piccolidecides to drive forward, he keeps the ball for more meters (15.2) without managing to create a shot.
EL BILAL TOURÉ
With 23 carries with the ball at his feet for an average of 12.1 meters(among the top 15 forwards in this metric), El Bilal Touré has produced "0" across the boardwith his runs: no shots, no assists, no goals, and no dangerous chances.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.
