The start of the 2020/21 season has been tough for Barcelona and there are many factors to explain this, one of them being their problems in front of goal.
As Junior Firpo recently stated, they need so many chances just to score one goal.
Here, we look at the concerning stats regarding Barcelona‘s finishing.
The Catalan club are the joint-top scorers in LaLiga Santander along with Real Madrid, having netted 30 goals, but the problem is that they should have far more than that.
The below graph plots xG (expected goals) per game along the x-axis and shots per game along the y-axis and shows Barcelona to be way out in front.
Lionel Messi is part of the problem here, as the Argentine’s xG for the season is 4.89 more than the seven goals he has actually scored.
This is happening with Messi shooting more than ever, as he is shooting 6.43 times per game when his average over the past six seasons was 5.46. Read More
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