Analytics Report: Premier League Player Of The Week – Matchday 7 – Heung-min Son
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- September 21, 2022
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With 3 goals in thirteen minutes against Leicester City, Heung-min Son is undoubtedly our player of the week. After having an underwhelming start to the season with no goals in six games, the South Korean was benched by Conte. He replaced Richarlison in the second half and silenced his doubters in style.
Also read: Analytics Report: Premier League Match Of The Week – Matchday 7 – Tottenham vs Leicester City
Here we have Son’s shot map from the game against Leicester. All of his 4 shots were on target, with 3 of them being goals.
The 30-year-old overperformed his xG by scoring 3 goals with an xG of just 0.5. Son’s xG/shot against the foxes was 0.125.
Son recorded 4 progressive carries and 4 presses while the opponent was receiving the ball. All of his 3 goals were brilliant, but the 2 from outside the box were simply magnificent.
He was determined to return to his best and had quite an aggressive performance, winning 1/1 aerial duels and 2/3 ground duels.
Here is Son’s offensive map from the game against Leicester City.
The South Korean only had 18 touches and scored 3 goals. After being dropped from the starting eleven, he was committed to coming on and producing a stellar performance. The map above shows his impressive work rate, spreading his involvement across the pitch. Son also completed 1 tackle against Leicester.
After new signing Richarlison got picked over him and with Kulusevski also being in splendid form, there were serious doubts about Son’s place in the starting eleven.
Well, it’s safe to say that his place is not in any jeopardy after that performance against Brendan Rodger’s Leicester.
With Antonio Conte aiming for an unlikely title challenge and Champions League ambitions as well, he will need Son to now be consistent, and the Italian boss now has a wealth of options to pick his front three from.