Friday, December 27, 2013

Yaya Toure is currently Europe's top scorer from direct free-kicks


Key Soccerlytics Insights:
  • Yaya Toure's goal from a direct free-kick against Fulham on December 21st was his 9th goal of the season, but also his 4th directly from a free-kick (See dead-ball Specialist Charts from BSports below)
    • Yaya's stunning strike made him the only player in Europe's top 5 leagues with 4 free-kick goals so far this season
    • Andrea Pirlo (Juventus), Daniele Conti (Cagliari) and Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) have three free-kick goals each, and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) has 2
  • Toure also has the best free kick scoring rate of 80% (4 goals out of 5 direct freekick attempts)
    • Pirlo's FK scoring rate is 23.08% (3 out of 13 FK goals)
    • Conti's FK scoring rate is 23.08% (3 out of 13 FK goals)  
    • Rooney'x FK scoring rate 42.86% (3 out of 7 FK goals)
    • Ronaldo's FK scoring rate 10.53% (2 out of 19 FK goals)
Dead-ball Specialist Charts from BSports (Updated through 12/24/2013)

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