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Pre-season special: Corners and resulting shots for every team
Including 3 newly promoted sides
Filip Novák
August 14, 2024
Data Dribble is back after a summer hiatus!
After being very busy on Twitter for the last 5 weeks, it’s time to throw a regular Wednesday newsletter into the mix again.
You know the drill by now, folks - I’m here with more valuable data.
After all, FPL is a game of information, and every little bit can help.
I’m not going to lie. In several months from now, this type of article will have a much bigger value.
But even now, it’s helpful to have a good understanding of what happened last season.
Which teams were effective from corners?
Which were the most vulnerable from set pieces in general?
Who were the most frequent takers?
Which players had the most shooting attempts?
It’s all there.
Including 3 newly promoted teams and a short commentary where needed.
Note: only long corners were taken into account
Ipswich
Takers
Leif Davis 90%
Natham Broadhead 5%
Omari Hutchinson 3%
Shots
Cameron Burgess 11
Conor Chaplin 9
Wes Burns 9
Massimo Luongo, Kieffer Moore, Harry Clarke 6
As you’ll see in the rest of the article, taking 90% of long corners is VERY UNUSUAL
That partly explains why Davis recorded a hefty 18 assists from the full-back position (also unusual)
From the total of 12 expected assists, 5.6 came from the set pieces
Ipswich were ranked 11th in terms of expected goals (xG) created from these situations, so let’s see what harm Premier League defending does to his overall production
Leicester
Takers
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 59%
Stephy Mavididi 19%
Issahaku Fatawu 10%
Shots
Jannik Vestergaard 9
James Justin 9
Wout Faes 4
Leicester were ranked 18th for xG created from set pieces last season
No more Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Steve Cooper has the work to do…
Southampton
Takers
Ryan Manning 38%
Stuart Armstrong 27%
James Bree 11%
William Smallbone 10%
Shots
Jan Bednarek 16
Taylor Harwood-Bellis 15
Adam Armstrong 11
Taylor Harwood-Bellis as a £4.0m playing defender?
Fine by me
Arsenal
Takers
Bukayo Saka 46%
Declan Rice 18%
Gabriel Martinelli 13%
Martin Odegaard 10%
Leandro Trossard 10%
Shots
Gabriel 19
Kai Havertz 8
William Saliba 7
Gabriel's bullet header can come at any time
Also, Kai is excellent in the air
Note that Arsenal scored 16 set-piece goals last season, tied second with Manchester City
Aston Villa
Takers
Douglas Luiz 41%
Lucas Digne 18%
John McGinn 17%
Leon Bailey 12%
Shots
Ollie Watkins 11
Boubacar Kamara 6
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo 6
Yes, Leon Bailey will be a bit busier this season
Bournemouth
Takers
Lewis Cook 42%
Marcus Tavernier 23%
Ryan Christie 15%
Alex Scott 11%
Shots
Dominic Solanke 11
Luis Sinisterra 8
Illia Zabarnyi, Dango Ouattara 6
Hi Dominic, meet Pedro…
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