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Goals, assists and other stuff
By Alek Pan
This is the second statistical analysis of the way in which football (mostly from an Arsenal perspective) actually works.
(Goals + Assists)/Game
This table looks at all competitions from beginning of season 2011-2012 to 23 November 2011. Method of calculation the same as in article are given in the earlier article.
| NAME | GS | SB | GS+SB/3 | G+A | (G+A)/Game |
| Robin Van Persie |
13 |
3 |
14,00 |
17 |
1,21 |
| Gervinho |
11 |
1 |
11,33 |
8 |
0,71 |
| Yossi Benayoun |
3 |
5 |
4,67 |
3 |
0,64 |
| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain |
3 |
1 |
3,33 |
2 |
0,60 |
| Aaron Ramsey |
12 |
2 |
12,67 |
6 |
0,47 |
| Alex Song |
13 |
0 |
13,00 |
5 |
0,38 |
| Theo Walcott |
13 |
2 |
13,67 |
5 |
0,37 |
| Park Chu-Young |
3 |
0 |
3,00 |
1 |
0,33 |
| Andrei Arshavin |
8 |
6 |
10,00 |
3 |
0,30 |
| Carl Jenkinson |
7 |
2 |
7,67 |
2 |
0,26 |
| Mikel Arteta |
13 |
0 |
13,00 |
3 |
0,23 |
| André Santos |
8 |
2 |
8,67 |
2 |
0,23 |
| Marouane Chamakh |
3 |
5 |
4,67 |
1 |
0,21 |
| Thomas Vermaelen |
6 |
1 |
6,33 |
1 |
0,16 |
| Tomas Rosicky |
5 |
4 |
6,33 |
1 |
0,16 |
| Kieran Gibbs |
7 |
1 |
7,33 |
1 |
0,14 |
| Bacary Sagna |
8 |
0 |
8,00 |
0 |
0 |
| Per Mertesacker |
12 |
0 |
12,00 |
0 |
0 |
| Laurent Koscielny |
13 |
0 |
13,00 |
0 |
0 |
| Johan Djourou |
4 |
4 |
5,33 |
0 |
0 |
| Emmanuel Frimpong |
5 |
3 |
6,00 |
0 |
0 |
| Francis Coquelin |
4 |
1 |
4,33 |
0 |
0 |
| Ignasi Miquel |
2 |
1 |
2,33 |
0 |
0 |
What a surprise! Yossi Benayoun is third in table! Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is fourth! Carl Jenkinson is more effective than Tomas Rosicky, Marouane Chamakh, André Santos and Mikel Arteta!
That was in all competitions. But how these guys do their things in EPL only?
| NAME | GS | SB | GS+SB/3 | G+A | (G+A)/Game |
| Robin Van Persie |
11 |
1 |
11,33 |
16 |
1,41 |
| Gervinho |
9 |
0 |
9,00 |
7 |
0,78 |
| Alex Song |
9 |
0 |
9,00 |
5 |
0,56 |
| Aaron Ramsey |
11 |
0 |
11,00 |
5 |
0,45 |
| Marouane Chamakh |
1 |
4 |
2,33 |
1 |
0,43 |
| Theo Walcott |
10 |
2 |
10,67 |
4 |
0,38 |
| Mikel Arteta |
9 |
0 |
9,00 |
3 |
0,33 |
| Tomas Rosicky |
3 |
3 |
4,00 |
1 |
0,25 |
| Thomas Vermaelen |
4 |
1 |
4,33 |
1 |
0,23 |
| Carl Jenkinson |
4 |
2 |
4,67 |
1 |
0,21 |
| André Santos |
5 |
1 |
5,33 |
1 |
0,19 |
| Andrei Arshavin |
5 |
5 |
6,67 |
1 |
0,15 |
| Bacary Sagna |
6 |
0 |
6,00 |
0 |
0,00 |
| Per Mertesacker |
8 |
0 |
8,00 |
0 |
0,00 |
| Laurent Koscielny |
11 |
0 |
11,00 |
0 |
0,00 |
| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain |
0 |
1 |
0,33 |
0 |
0,00 |
| Johan Djourou |
3 |
3 |
4,00 |
0 |
0,00 |
| Emmanuel Frimpong |
2 |
2 |
2,67 |
0 |
0,00 |
| Kieran Gibbs |
5 |
0 |
5,00 |
0 |
0,00 |
| Yossi Benayoun |
0 |
5 |
1,67 |
0 |
0,00 |
Alex Song is third. Marouane Chamakh is our fifth most effective player. Yossi Benayoun and Andrei Arshavin obviously show their productivity at some other places.
Let’s take a look at some additional numbers for EPL games.
Shots per goal
| NAME | |
| Marouane Chamakh |
4,00 |
| Robin Van Persie |
4,15 |
| Thomas Vermaelen |
5,00 |
| André Santos |
6,00 |
| Alex Song |
6,00 |
| Mikel Arteta |
7,50 |
| Gervinho |
10,00 |
| Theo Walcott |
14,50 |
| Andrei Arshavin |
18,00 |
| Aaron Ramsey |
20,00 |
Marouane Chamakh needs just 4 shots to score goal. Theo Walcott and Andrei Arshavin need some more attempts. Aaron Ramsey needs 5 times more shots to score goal than Marouane.
Shots on target per goal
| NAME | |
| Thomas Vermaelen |
2 |
| Mikel Arteta |
2 |
| Robin Van Persie |
2 |
| André Santos |
2 |
| Alex Song |
2 |
| Marouane Chamakh |
2 |
| Aaron Ramsey |
4 |
| Andrei Arshavin |
5 |
| Gervinho |
5,5 |
| Theo Walcott |
6,5 |
Thomas, Mikel, Robin, André, Alex and Marouane need just 2 shots on target to score.
Shots per game
| NAME | |
| Robin Van Persie |
4,76 |
| Theo Walcott |
2,72 |
| Andrei Arshavin |
2,70 |
| Gervinho |
2,22 |
| Aaron Ramsey |
1,82 |
| Marouane Chamakh |
1,71 |
| Mikel Arteta |
1,67 |
| Yossi Benayoun |
1,20 |
| Thomas Vermaelen |
1,15 |
| André Santos |
1,13 |
| Tomas Rosicky |
1,00 |
| Emmanuel Frimpong |
0,75 |
| Alex Song |
0,67 |
| Laurent Koscielny |
0,55 |
| Bacary Sagna |
0,50 |
| Per Mertesacker |
0,25 |
| Carl Jenkinson |
0,21 |
| Kieran Gibbs |
0,20 |
| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain |
0,00 |
| Johan Djourou |
0,00 |
Four players make more than 2 shots per game. Seven players make from 1 to 2 shots per game.
Robin makes 2.7 times more shots per game than Marouane.
Shots on target per game
| Robin Van Persie |
2,29 |
| Gervinho |
1,22 |
| Theo Walcott |
1,22 |
| Marouane Chamakh |
0,86 |
| Andrei Arshavin |
0,75 |
| Thomas Vermaelen |
0,46 |
| Mikel Arteta |
0,44 |
| André Santos |
0,38 |
| Emmanuel Frimpong |
0,38 |
| Aaron Ramsey |
0,36 |
| Alex Song |
0,22 |
| Kieran Gibbs |
0,20 |
| Laurent Koscielny |
0,18 |
Three players make more than one shot on target per game. Robin makes 3 times more shots on target per game than Andrei.
Shots per shots on target
| Kieran Gibbs |
1,00 |
| Gervinho |
1,82 |
| Emmanuel Frimpong |
2,00 |
| Marouane Chamakh |
2,00 |
| Robin Van Persie |
2,08 |
| Theo Walcott |
2,23 |
| Thomas Vermaelen |
2,50 |
| Laurent Koscielny |
3,00 |
| André Santos |
3,00 |
| Alex Song |
3,00 |
| Andrei Arshavin |
3,60 |
| Mikel Arteta |
3,75 |
| Aaron Ramsey |
5,00 |
I think that information like shots on target per goal generally just mirrors the style of the players. The most impotent indicator of efficiency is goals and assists per game.
So I suppose the most effective attacking players of Arsenal which played 6 games and more is:
In all competitions:
| (G+A)/Game | |
| Robin Van Persie |
1,21 |
| Gervinho |
0,71 |
| Aaron Ramsey |
0,47 |
| Alex Song |
0,38 |
| Theo Walcott |
0,37 |
| Andrei Arshavin |
0,3 |
| Carl Jenkinson |
0,26 |
| Mikel Arteta |
0,23 |
| André Santos |
0,23 |
In the EPL:
| (G+A)/Game | |
| Robin Van Persie |
1,41 |
| Gervinho |
0,78 |
| Alex Song |
0,56 |
| Aaron Ramsey |
0,45 |
| Theo Walcott |
0,38 |
| Mikel Arteta |
0,33 |
Robin Van Persie is beyond compare. Gervinho played very well particularly given that it is the beginning of his first season. Song is fantastic considering that he is a DM. Aaron Ramsey is gradually moveing up. Theo Walcott is regaining his previous brilliant form.
Carl Jenkinson, Mikel Arteta and André Santos – welcome to Arsenal. And do you remember rates of Yossi Benayoun and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from the first table of this article – they didn’t play so much but were very very effective. Overall we are pretty effective in offence department and I love it.
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