Suarez misses the most
Saturday 03 January 2008
The Eredivisie is halfway. Luis
Suarez is the king of misses, Blaise N'Kufo was offside
32 times and Danijel Pranjic only does it with his left
foot.
We look back with some remarkable
numbers.
Misses
Luis Suarez' philosophy seems to be that when you don't
shoot you can not score. The Ajax player scored 10 this
season, but he needed 52 tries to do so, meaning 42
shots did not reach the target. With that the Uruguayan
is the absolute king of misses.
Top-5 misses per player
1. Suarez
|
42
|
2. El Hamdaoui
|
25
|
3. Dzsudzsák
|
23
|
4. Afellay
|
22
|
5. Sibon, Pranjic, Loval
|
18
|
Top-3 misses per club
PSV
|
138
|
Ajax
|
132
|
Roda JC
|
113
|
Rather at home
The best advice for their coaches would be: do not play
Danko Lazovic (PSV) and Roy Beerens (Heerenveen) in
an away game. Both forwards scored six so far and their
entire production was achieved in home games. The same
in a way goes for FC Twente forward Blaise N'Kufo: eight
of his total of nine goals were scored in Twente's own
Grolsch Veste.
Top-5 Topsorers in home games
|
Home goals |
Total |
1. Demouge
|
9
|
13
|
2. N'Kufo
|
8
|
9
|
3. El Hamdaoui
|
7
|
15
|
4. Berg
|
7
|
13
|
5. Pranjic
|
7
|
11
|
Valuable
Many Dutch clubs depend on foreign input. Moroccan El
Hamdaoui (AZ) and Uruguayan Suarez (Ajax) are the most
valuable players. First Dutchman Demouge (13 goals,
0 assists) is just outside the top-5.
Top -5 most valuable players
|
Goals
|
Assists
|
Total |
1. El Hamdaoui
|
15
|
5
|
20
|
2. Suarez
|
10
|
10
|
20
|
3. Berg
|
13
|
5
|
18
|
4. Amaoh
|
12
|
2
|
14
|
5. N'kufo
|
9
|
5
|
14
|
Booked in full
On many occasions the referees were under a lot of flack.
Just think back to the rants of Foeke Booy, Ron Jans
or Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Roelof Luinge, the most experienced
referee stayed in the clear despite (or perhaps thanks
to?) his leading position in the cards ranking.
Top-5 Bookings
Referee
|
Yellow |
Red |
Total |
1. Luinge
|
52
|
2
|
54
|
2. Braamhaar
|
49
|
2
|
51
|
3. Nijhuis
|
48
|
2
|
51
|
4. Vink
|
44
|
2
|
46
|
5. Blom
|
43
|
2
|
45
|
Target
Mehmet Akgün and Loïc Loval had a tough time
in the first half of the season. Both were fouled 64
times. Ibrahim Afellay is also a popular target: in
only 13 games he got fouled 62 times.
Top -5 targets
|
Fouls |
Games |
1. Akgün, Loval
|
64
|
16, 16
|
2. Afellay
|
62
|
13
|
3. Büttner
|
53
|
16
|
4. Beerens
|
49
|
15
|
5. Demouge, Saidi
|
48
|
16, 15
|
Foul!
Willem II forward Frank Demouge was fouled 48 times,
but don't get too compassionate about the striker. Sturdy
Mister Demouge likes a physical game and fouled more
than he got fouled: a forward who makes more fouls than
any defender...
Top-5 fouls committed.
1. Demouge
|
63
|
2. De Lange
|
47
|
3. Bahia
|
46
|
4. Berg, Lovre
|
42
|
5. Poepon
|
36
|
Offside!
So often we see the disapproving gestures of N'Kufo
and the disbelieve in the eyes of Geert Den Ouden when
the flag goes up. Of course they were right on a few
occasions, but the figures don't lie.
Top -5 offside
1. N'Kufo
|
32
|
2. Den Ouden
|
25
|
3. Tuyp
|
19
|
4. Van Wolfswinkel
|
17
|
5. Demouge, Berg
|
16
|
|
