Famous strikers like Luis Suárez, Karim Benzema, Antoine Griezmann, etc. always tend to take away the spotlight for the best centre-forwards in Spain. One reason for it could be the number of chances they get to score or create opportunities that are dependent on the amount of possession their teams enjoy. In this data analysis lets find out the best centre-forwards who have been performing exceptionally well despite their teams having lower possession in the league.
In this analysis, we would compare players with their data and statistics under various metrics that are essentials for a good centre-forward. We are looking to find out the strikers who cause maximum danger with the little amount of possession they possess and hence we will only consider players who had performed well in most of our criteria and not just one.
Teams with lower possession values
Before we jump into our analysis of players, lets first find out the clubs in LaLiga this season who have lower possession values.
Nothing to our surprise as we see Barcelona being the team to enjoy maximum possession followed by Real Sociedad. Interesting to see that 13 out of 20 teams in LaLiga have possession value which is below league average. Alavés is the team with the least possession value. Atlético Madrid positioned third in the table also possess lower possession value which is pretty obvious as we know the tactics of Diego Simeone who prefer to sit back while defending and rely on counters to score goals most of the time.
The majority of the teams on this list are teams who dont prefer to build their game from behind. Instead, they press the opponents, wait for them to make mistakes, and convert these mistakes into chances. This is exactly why strikers in these teams have a very important role than in teams with higher possession value. Theyll have to make use of the minimum chances they get whereas teams with higher possession values can create chances very often. So the final set of shortlisted teams that we will be looking at are:
- Atlético Madr
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