Good - bad foreign players and the reason why SLNA has a 'goal drought' in V.League 2020?

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 mainstay of 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 were successful per match, a rate of 71%, second only to Almeida Santos of HL Ha Tinh.

Instat statistics of SLNA's center back 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 player in V.League 2020 after 11 rounds.

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 hit the target was only 3. A very low efficiency compared to a center forward. And this is the reason why SLNA has become goal-less.

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)

With foreign player Alagie Sosseh, this player's Instat index is among the worst in V.League 2020, only better than Nguyen Trung Dai Duong of B. Binh Duong. Specifically, the Gambian foreign player of SLNA after 10 matches only had 4 shots, all of which were not on target, no goals, no assists.

Alagie Sosseh's passing accuracy was 71% but he had no successful passes into the box, and his successful duels were 44%. His dribbling success rate was also only 42%.

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 challenges were 54%. Showing his ability to coordinate, pass and assist in his debut match for SLNA, Philippe Martins still needs to improve a lot when he fired 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.