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Talking of walking, keep up, that was the last two articles, I also walked back from Central London (Victoria) to Dartford which is 18.5 miles, again on a hot summer's day.

I was a tad bushed at the end of it but you don't do stuff like that if you don't have the mentality to do what others won't do.

Right no chit chat in Tottenham Tittle Tattle today.

I thought I would delve into a few stats and see what surprises come out like Giovani Lo Celso creating more shooting opportunities with his passes per 90 minutes than any other player for Spurs.

Or the fact we win more points when Eric Dier is on the field than any other player!

Bet that surprises you.

These stats are all based on the 2019/20 season.

Harry Kane scores 0.63 goals every 90 minutes.
Son Heung-min scores 0.40 goals every 90 minutes.

Harry Kane either scores a goal or contributes an assist 0.70 times every 90 minutes.
Son Heung-min either scores a goal or contributes an assist 0.76 times every 90 minutes.

That rather underlines how important Heung-min Son is to Tottenham's play.

Let's look at the other attacking players and see how they fare to compare output.

Like I say, the end product is what matters, not what you look like.

Goals for dough, skills for show.

Lucas Moura scores 0.16 goals every 90 minutes.
Lucas Moura either scores a goal or contributes an assist 0.32 times every 90 minutes.

Dele Alli scores 0.39 goals every 90 minutes.
Dele Alli either scores a goal or contributes an assist 0.58 times every 90 minutes.

Erik Lamela scores 0.18 goals every 90 minutes.
Erik Lamela either scores a goal or contributes an assist 0.36 times every 90 minutes.

Tanguy Ndombélé has the same figures as Erik Lamela.

Giovani Lo Celso scores 0.00 goals every 90 minutes.
Giovani Lo Celso either scores a goal or contributes an assist 0.18 times every 90 minutes.

Steven Bergwijn scores 0.38 goals every 90 minutes.
Steven Bergwijn either scores a goal or contributes an assist 0.51 times every 90 minutes.

Serge Aurier scores 0.03 goals every 90 minutes.
Serge Aurier either scores a goal or contributes an assist 0.20 times every 90 minutes.

Christian Eriksen scores 0.16 goals every 90 minutes.
Christian Eriksen either scores a goal or contributes an assist 0.33 times every 90 minutes.

So to sum up a goal or assist per 90 mins

  1. Son Heung-min 0.76
  2. Harry Kane 0.70
  3. Dele Alli 0.58
  4. Steven Bergwijn 0.51
  5. Erik Lamela 0.36
  6. Tanguy Ndombélé 0.36
  7. Christian Eriksen 0.33
  8. Lucas Moura 0.32
  9. Serge Aurier 0.20
  10. Giovani Lo Celso 0.18

Goals per 90 minutes

  1. Harry Kane 0.63
  2. Son Heung-min 0.40
  3. Dele Alli 0.39
  4. Steven Bergwijn 0.38
  5. Erik Lamela 0.18
  6. Tanguy Ndombélé 0.18
  7. Lucas Moura 0.16
  8. Christian Eriksen 0.16
  9. serge Aurier 0.03
  10. Giovani Lo Celso 0.00

Dele Alli has taken a lot of criticism, yet he is still statistically our third most prolific player per 90 minutes.

Hugo Lloris played 1,807 minutes in the Premier League and conceded 21 goals.
Paulo Gazzaniga played 1,613 minutes in the Premier League and conceded 28 goals.

Hugo Lloris saved 74 shots a 79.6% success rate.
Paulo Gazzaniga saved 56 shots a 70.9% success rate.

Hugo Lloris had 6 clean sheets a 28.6% clean sheet rate.
Paulo Gazzaniga had 2 clean sheets a 11.8% clean sheet rate.

Next let's look at our Shots on Target percentages.

  1. Son Heung-min 48.1%
  2. Dele Alli 46.2%
  3. Steven Bergwijn 44.4%
  4. Tanguy Ndombélé 44.4%
  5. Harry Kane 43.6%
  6. Davinson Sanchez 37.5%
  7. Christian Eriksen 34.6%
  8. Toby Alderweireld 31.3%
  9. Serge Aurier 30.8%
  10. Moussa Sissoko 28.6%
  11. Eric Lamela 27.6%
  12. Lucas Moura 23.2%
  13. Giovani Lo Celso 16.7%
  14. Harry Winks 14.3%
  15. Ben Davies 14.3%
  16. Eric Dier 12.5%
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 21.3%

Next our Shot Creating Actions 

  1. Son Heung-min 95
  2. Lucas Moura 84
  3. Giovani Lo Celso 59
  4. Harry Kane 58
  5. Dele Alli 53
  6. Serge Aurier 48
  7. Erik Lamela 47
  8. Christian Eriksen 40
  9. Harry Winks 37
  10. Tanguy Ndombélé 28
  11. Moussa Sissoko 27
  12. Steven Bergwijn 36
  13. Toby Alderweireld 19
  14. Ben Davies 17
  15. Eric Dier 10
  16. Davinson Sanchez 6
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 63

Now let's look at the Shot Creation Actions per 90 minutes.

  1. Giovani Lo Celso 3.56
  2. Erik Lamela 3.48
  3. Son Heung-min 3.45
  4. Lucas Moura 3.37
  5. Steven Bergwijn 3.32
  6. Christian Eriksen 3.28
  7. Dele Alli 2.58
  8. Tanguy Ndombélé 2.50
  9. Harry Kane 1.84
  10. Serge Aurier 1.60
  11. Harry Winks 1.50
  12. Ben Davies 1.17
  13. Moussa Sissoko 0.99
  14. Eric Dier 0.67
  15. Toby Alderweireld 0.58
  16. Davinson Sanchez 0.22
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 2.06

Giovani Lo Celso sitting top of our shot creation stats per 90 minutes will surprise a few, but it demonstrates how sometimes statistics can reveal what you don't see with the naked eye.

All these stats show the value of Son Heung-min to us.

They also show Erik Lamela to have greater output than most think.

Ok, next, let's look at these shot creation actions that actually lead to a goal (per 90 mins).

Son Heung-min 22 (0.80)
Dele Alli 12 (0.58)
Erik Lamela 9 (0.67)
Lucas Moura 8 (0.32)
Giovani Lo Celso 6 (0.36)
Harry Kane 6 (0.21)
Serge Aurier 6 (0.20)
Harry Winks 5 (0.20)
Christian Eriksen 3 (0.25)
Tanguy Ndombélé 2 (0.18)
Steven Bergwijn 1 (0.13)

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 5 (0.16)

Tanguy Ndombélé and Giovani Lo Celso have reportedly been competing for the same spot and the last few statistics per 90 minutes show why Lo Celso has been preferred with higher outputs.

For creating shots for others he is our best player and these passes lead to goals at twice the rate they do for the Frenchman.

OK, now let's look at how many points we win per game when a player is playing (min 30 mins).

  1. Eric Dier 1.95
  2. Hugo Lloris 1.86
  3. Steven Bergwijn 1.79
  4. Harry Winks 1.71
  5. Son Heung-min 1.67
  6. Toby Alderweireld 1.64
  7. Serge Aurier 1.64
  8. Harry Kane 1.62
  9. Moussa Sissoko 1.62
  10. Ben Davies 1.61
  11. Davinson Sanchez 1.55
  12. Lucas Moura 1.54
  13. Erik Lamela 1.52
  14. Gedson Fernandes 1.51
  15. Giovani Lo Celso 1.43
  16. Dele Alli 1.40
  17. Christian Eriksen 1.30
  18. Paulo Gazzaniga 1.11
  19. Tanguy Ndombélé 1.05
  20. Japhet Tanganga 0.83
For players who played 12 games or more, we conceded more goals than we scored when one player was playing.

Paulo Gazzaniga 25 - 26 (-1)

For the other players we scored more goals than we conceded when they were playing and top of the pile is a surprise.

Player - GF - GA - Diff

  1. Serge Aurier 51 - 32 (+19)
  2. Son Heung-min 47 - 31 (+16)
  3. Hugo Lloris 36 - 21 (+15)
  4. Toby Alderweireld 53 - 39 (+14)
  5. Harry Kane 49 - 36 (+13)
  6. Moussa Sissoko 44 - 31 (+13)
  7. Davinson Sanchez 49 - 37 (+12)
  8. Lucas Moura 39 - 29 (+10)
  9. Erik Lamela 22 - 12 (+10)
  10. Harry Winks 38 - 31 (+7)
  11. Giovani Lo Celso 24 - 18 (+6)
  12. Dele Alli 31 - 25 (+6)
  13. Ben Davies 24 - 19 (+5)
  14. Eric Dier 26 - 23 (+3)
  15. Steven Bergwijn 10 - 9 (+1)
  16. Tanguy Ndombélé 17 - 17 (0)

Next the total distance a player moves the ball towards the opponents goal.

  1. Son Heung-min 4,078
  2. Lucas Moura 3,822
  3. Giovani Lo Celso 3,770
  4. Harry Winks 3,746
  5. Moussa Sissoko 3,739
  6. Serge Aurier 3,135
  7. Toby Alderweireld 3,056
  8. Davinson Sanchez 2,571
  9. Erik Lamela 2,569
  10. Dele Alli 2,502
  11. Harry Kane 2,018
  12. Tanguy Ndombélé 1,847
  13. Ben Davies 1,578
  14. Eric Dier 1,466
  15. Steven Bergwijn 1,143
I could dig into plenty more stats but that'll do player wise for now.
 
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, by the way, finished 8th for tackles won in 2018/19 and 9th for tackles won in 2019/20.

Spurs Record:
16-11-11, 59 points (1.55 per game)

Home Record: 39 points (12-3-4) 
Away Record: 20 points (4-8-7)

Goals: 61 (1.61 per game)
Goals Against: 47 (1.24 per game)

Champions League: Lost Round of 16 to RB Leipzig
FA Cup: Lost Fifth round to Norwich City
EFL Cup: Lost Third round to Colchester United

There you go, a bunch of stats,no rhyme or reason to it but some you'll be able to use on social media to reinforce your point.

2 comments

  1. Thanks Clive, interesting stuff. Out of interest, where do you go for all of your stats? I assume you use one of the many websites out there? Thanks.
    • I don't just use one I use many and I'm always looking for new ones that can give me something different.

      USA is a stats based country so I want to tap into my American audiece and see if they can come up with something.