Lots of shots, zero goals: Analysing European football’s most wasteful players
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“Midway through the second half of Everton’s 3-2 win against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, the ball fell to left-back Vitalii Mykolenko. The Goodison Park crowd bellowed “shoot” at him. It was, perhaps, an ironic request. Mykolenko has attempted 11 shots this season, and none of them have been on target, let alone actually gone in. But Mykolenko isn’t the worst offender of the prolific shooters who haven’t scored a goal. Ten players from Europe’s ‘big five’ leagues have attempted more than double that number of shots, yet remain on zero goals this season. Here’s a rundown of the top 10 — with xG separating those with the same number of shots — along with some details about where they might be going wrong. …”
NY Times/The Athletic