Analytics Report: Premier League Player Of The Week – Matchday 10 – Bruno Guimaraes

After scoring a brace and performing excellently against Brentford in Newcastle United’s 5-1 win at St. James Park, Bruno Guimaraes is our pick for the player of the week.

He is a key part of this Newcastle side under Eddie Howe and has been exceptional in a single pivot which allows his side to commit more players forward.

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Here we have the analytics chart with Bruno Guimaraes’s key statistics from the game against Brentford.

His finishing was exquisite on Saturday as he bagged a brace despite an xG of 0.2. The Brazilian took two shots in the whole game, and both of them ended up in the back of the Brentford net. He was involved in 3 shot-creating actions and 1 goal-creating action while also recording 2 key passes and an impressive 5 progressive passes.

Defensively, he was solid as well, and had to be given that he was deployed in a single pivot. He has become a critical part of Eddie Howe’s side, and completed an imposing 4 tackles and recorded 7 recoveries.

Here we have Bruno’s heatmap & attack map from the game against Brentford, which shows how impactful he was for Newcastle’s success. Guimaraes took up key positions all over the pitch including in the final third.

The maps show the exact positions Guimaraes was able to take up against Brentford and adding that to a pass completion of 80.4% further highlights his importance to this Newcastle side.

Energetic, composed, and a good reader of the game, it won’t be an overstatement to say he is quite a complete midfielder.