Arsenal’s forward line has been highlighted as lacking speed in their attack, according to a new statistic.
Mikel Arteta has the option to deploy speedsters Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka on the flanks in a 4-3-3 formation. While both players are known for their pace, their speed has not translated into effective attacking play for the Gunners this season.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, a statistic measuring the speed of attack in the Premier League reveals that Arsenal ranks third from the bottom. The teams are measured by the distance covered per second during an attack. Liverpool tops the list, covering 1.93 meters per second, while Arsenal is at 1.54 meters per second. Notably, Manchester City occupies the last position, with a speed of 1.26 meters per second.
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This may not be considered an important stat by some fans, but it shows how important speed is to attacking play.
Liverpool tops the stat, and they are at the top of the Premier League table, which should make us add more speed to our attack.
We know Mikel Arteta knows the team’s problem, and we expect them to perform better after their mid-season break.
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But City are bottom and they will win the Premier.
Useless stats.
That’s the thing about stats, they can often be interpreted in many ways with or without an accompanying narrative.
Yes but what you are missing is this…when teams play the low block against City which is normal they have tactics and strategies to get through it
We don’t have that
Arsenals well known rapid movements and speed in attack, their trademark all of last season, has deliberately been hampered by the slow, slouchy, unintelligent involvement of Kai Havertz in their game. He can’t anticipate passes and take up positions that free up attackers, like Xhaka used to do. He has failed in all aspects of the game he is purported to be good at. The Question is, why is he still ahead of ESR in the team?
I suspect Liverpool are faster but a lot less accurate than city. Because of that Liverpool probably make a similar number of chances but concede lot more (chances, not necessarily goals) than city because they are less controlled. They are often less dominant and rely on a brilliant piece of play from trent to make the difference. In truth, they’ve been over performing in the league so far, and city have been under performing, based on xg etc – that doesn’t mean Liverpool will stop over performing, but i do expect city will catch up to them fairly soon.
I’m very comfortable with us sitting somewhere between the two of them. I think that makes sense based on the types of players we have. We just need to be far more potent in front of goal than we have been recently.