Good - bad foreign players and the reason why SLNA has a 'goal drought' in V.League 2020?
(Baonghean.vn) - Instat statistical software after 11 rounds of V.League 2020 shows that Song Lam Nghe An owns a very 'strange' foreign player: The player with the best ability to compete and dribble, but Peter Samuel has not scored any goals. Some other statistics also show why SLNA lost 5/6 of the most recent matches.
Accordingly, Song Lam Nghe An is in the group of 3 teams with the highest probability of conceding goals in set-piece situations with 6 goals conceded, a rate of 46%. Of which, there are 4 corner situations, 2 free kick coordination situations. One of the reasons for this is that SLNA is constantly absent from captain Van Khanh, veteran Dinh Dong and some other positions in the defense.
Losing easily from set pieces is one of the first reasons why SLNA only got 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 6 matches. When the defense conceded a total of 13 goals, this is no longer the support for coach Ngo Quang Truong and his team like the first 5 matches when they kept a clean sheet.
Center back Gustavo Santos (228 points, ranked 8/44)
According to Instat statistics, foreign player Gustavo Santos ranked 8th out of 44 central defenders in V.League 2020 after 11 matches. He ranked 2nd among the best defensive players in V.League 2011. On average, 91/128 defensive disputes per match were successful, a rate of 71%, only behind Almeida Santos of HL Ha Tinh.
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| Instat statistics of SLNA's central defender Gustavo Santos after 11 matches. Graphics: TK |
Gustavo's score is among the best central defenders in V.League 2020, better than both domestic and foreign central defenders such as Bui Tien Dung, Que Ngoc Hai (Viettel), Memovic (HAGL), Diakite (HCMC). Unfortunately, the person who played with Gustavo for most of the first leg was young player Thai Ba Sang, not captain Hoang Van Khanh.
In the past 11 matches with 1054 minutes on the field, Gustavo Santos also had 5/10 shots on target and scored 1 goal. Gustavo's passing accuracy rate is up to 80%. On average, every 90 minutes, Gustavo has 12 ball recoveries.
Forward Peter Samuel (200 points, ranked 18/28)
After 11 matches, 1054 minutes of play, foreign player Peter Samuel is quite an interesting case of SLNA. He is the strongest player, with better fighting ability than any other player in V.League 2020 after 11 rounds.
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| Instat statistics of SLNA striker Peter Samuel. Graphics: TK |
He had a total of 168/331 successful duels, reaching a rate of 51%. He ranked first in aerial duels with 82/147 successful situations, reaching a rate of 56%. Peter Samuel was also the most effective dribbler, with 53/90 situations per 90 minutes, reaching a rate of 59%. Ranked 2nd and 3rd on this list are Caique of Viettel and Mpande of Hai Phong.
However, despite having 1 assist and 16 shots, the number of times this player put the ball on target was only 3 times. A very low efficiency compared to a center forward. And this is the reason why SLNA has become dry of goals.
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| Peter Samuel's ability to compete is better than any other player in V.League 2020. Photo: Instat |
Alagie Sosseh (178 points, ranked 27/28)
As for foreign player Alagie Sosseh, his Instat is the worst in V.League 2020, only better than Nguyen Trung Dai Duong of B. Binh Duong. Specifically, the Gambian-born foreign player of SLNA after 10 matches only had 4 shots, all of which were off target, no goals, no assists.
Alagie Sosseh's passing accuracy is 71% but he has no successful passes into the box, successful tackles are 44%. The foreign player's successful dribbling rate is also only 42%.
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| Instat statistics of SLNA striker Alagie Sosseh. Graphics: TK |
In round 11 when SLNA lost 0-2 to Than Quang Ninh, rookie Philippe Martins was the player who dribbled the ball the most with 6/7 successful attempts. Because it was the first match, this average rate was the highest, higher than Van Toan, Tuan Anh of HAGL, Caique of Viettel.
Philippe Martins' passing accuracy in the last match was 57% and his successful tackles were 54%. Showing his ability to coordinate, pass and create in his debut match against SLNA, Philippe Martins still needs to improve a lot when he launched 4 shots that all failed to hit the target.
Song Lam Nghe An youth teams have a chance to re-establish the record
(Baonghean.vn) – Two years ago, SLNA youth football set a record that no other team in V.League has achieved: winning all the finals from U11, U13 to U21 levels. This feat is likely to be repeated by the Nghe An team this year.
