by Brain Traysers »
31 Aug 2018 20:11
Has potential to be exciting, but ultimately wasteful going forward, while competent as a defensive midfielder. Looks relatively low risk, and a nice age.
The Russian league is one covered by a surprisingly level of detail - understat include it as one of only 6 leagues they show more advanced metrics for. Stats for his 36 appearances over 3 seasons (1919 minutes) are available
hereMy takes on this:
- he likes to shoots from outside the box - only 7 of his 26 open play shots came from inside the box. His 2 goals however came from about 5 (from a corner) and 11 yards out.
- he likes to shoot from direct free kicks 30+ yards out (unsurprisingly, 0 goals from 7 attempts)
- he is not especially creative - 0 assists, with half a key pass and 0.4 expected assists per 90 (xA90). Low xGChain90 and xGBuildup90 suggest he wasn't often involved in moves which led to chance but I think that can be put down to being in a poor Amkar team averaging only 0.7 gals per game. I suspect it would also be true for most of our players!
Personally I quite enjoy watching a player drive forward with the ball from centre midfield. Threatening to hammer it into the top corner from 30 yards is also exciting, even if in reality it always balloons into the stands. He wins around 2/3 of his headers, completes about 70% of his passes, gets booked 1 in 5 games and has mostly okay defensive stats (which aren't hugely informative imo).
Welcome Saeid!