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Worst signing of summer? Willian’s shocking stats at Arsenal
Carlo Garganese
- Updated: 23 May 2023 08:47 CDT
- 3 min read
Arsenal’s crisis shows no sign of ending after yet another negative result at the weekend.
The 2-1 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park means that Mikel Arteta’s men have now gone seven games without a Premier League win.
They languish in 15th position, way off the Champions League places and only four points above the relegation zone.
Arsenal’s biggest problem this season has been their attack, having scored only 12 goals in 14 league games.
Summer signing Willian has been one of the biggest reasons for this impotence offensively.
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In 16 games in all competitions he has still failed to score, registering the three assists.
In 12 Premier League games, all of them starts, he has incredibly registered just a single shot on target from 890 minutes of football. Below is a graphic highlighting the areas where the ex-World Cup wideman is shooting from.
All of his key statistics are well down on what they were last season. He is averaging 0.88 key passes a game, down from 1.16. He is having 0.63 shots a match, down from 1.67 at Chelsea.
Most alarmingly, for a player who plays on the right wing, he is averaging just 1.5 dribbles a game. This has plummeted from the 4.3 dribbles per 90 minutes he was having last season.
His defensive work has also dropped off; 1.31 tackles down from 1.96 and seven challenges down from 12.
The only area of his game that has improved slightly is the number of crosses he is having; up from two a match to 2.3.
For a player set to earn up to £35 million during his three years in north London, Arsenal fans will be demanding more value going forward.
