Centre-forwards have dominated the 2025 summer transfer window at the top of the Premier League.
Two of the names that have been at the centre of transfer speculation all summer are Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, who’s been heavily linked with a move to big-spending Liverpool this summer, and Viktor Gyökeres, who’s moved to Arsenal from Sporting CP (Sporting Lisbon) for a reported €65.8m.
Both players are Swedish forwards with a history in Swedish club football—Isak with AIK, the club with which he climbed the youth ranks and went on to make 29 first-team appearances, scoring 13 goals, Gyökeres with IF Brommapojkarna, where he made 67 first-team appearances, scoring 25 goals.
The Swedish top-flight, Allsvenskan, has produced several elite forwards over the years.
Legends of the game like Zlatan Ibrahimović and Henrik Larsson join Isak and Gyökeres in getting their start with Swedish clubs.
Given the demand two Swedish strikers have commanded this summer, we at Total Football Analysis took it upon ourselves to conduct a data analysis of the current forwards scene in Sweden’s top-flight, looking for the best young attackers the league has to offer.
Using Wyscout’s raw data and custom-built metrics, we searched for different types of forwards: poachers, target men, link-up forwards, creative forwards and inside forwards.
Our search was limited to players 23 years of age or younger who have played a minimum of 400 minutes this season so far.
In the end, our player analysis led us to two main standouts: the poacher (Max Fenger of IFK Göteborg, eighth of 16 teams in Allsvenskan this term) and the inside forward (Montader Madjed of Hammarby IF, currently second in Allsvenskan).
This analysis will run through our process of identifying these players and provide an in-depth analysis of both, highlighting the pairs key traits, strengths, and weaknesses.
Finding The Best Poacher In Allsvenskan 2025
To start, let’s analyse Allsvenskan for goal poacher centre-forwards.
This section includes two scatter plots designed to highlight the best goal poachers in the top-right quadrant.
Our first visualisation combines the raw metrics of xG per 90 and shot conversion %.
This search is designed to highlight players who move intelligently and finish chances well.
When analysed through the lens of these metrics, four main standouts emerged: Max Fenger, Frederik Ihler, Sebastian Clemmensen, and Omar Faraj, in order, decreasing in conversion rate and rising in xG per 90.
We then also compared two custom-built metrics: Finishing Efficiency, which is a combination of goal conversion percentage and shot accuracy rate, and Attacking Impact Score, a weighted combination of non-penalty goals, xG and xA.
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