Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Premier League forwards Romelu Lukaku, Harry Kane, Mohamed Salah and more compared

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Kane scored almost double Lukaku's tally in the league last term, hitting 30 compared with the Belgian's 16 from a similar number of minutes on the pitch.

But which player is more clinical in front of goal when chances arise? We compared the two strikers against every forward who scored 10 goals or more in the top flight last season to find out...

Goals

The raw numbers suggest Liverpool's Mohamed Salah is the Premier League's top finisher right now - having scored a league-topping 32 goals last season - with Kane finishing two shy of the Egyptian.

Indeed, Salah also topped the chart for goals per 90 minutes with 0.99, followed by Manchester City's Sergio Aguero, whose 21 goals came at 0.96 per 90, with the Argentina international playing more than 10 games fewer than Salah and Kane.

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit the ground running after his January switch from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal with a 0.85 ratio - scoring 10 goals in just 1,058 minutes.

In terms of adaptability in front of goal, Kane recorded a diverse split of right-footed (13), left-footed (10) and headed (six) goals - while Salah scored 25 of his 32 goals with his favoured left boot.

Like Liverpool's talisman, Lukaku also tends to finish with his left, hitting 11 of his 16 goals - or 69 per cent - with his preferred foot.

Expected goals (xG)

Expected Goals (xG) measures the likelihood of a shot ending in a goal based on a range of variables, such as assist type, shot angle and distance from goal, whether it was a headed shot and so on.