Ivan Perišić Scouting Report 2019/20 – Technical Analysis

Fans of the Bundesliga will be familiar with Croatian winger Ivan Perišić, who has joined Bayern Munich on a season-long loan deal from Inter Milan.

Perišić played for Borussia Dortmund and VFL Wolfsburg over four seasons from 2011  2015.

He scored 27 goals and made 16 assists in 112 appearances in Germany.

However, it was his move to Inter Milan where he began to flourish.

He scored 37 goals and made 31 assists in 141 games for the Italian side.

He returns to Germany to compete with Kingsley Coman for the left-wing position vacated by Franck Ribéry.

Bayern Munich were pushed all the way last year in the title race by Borussia Dortmund.

Without the aforementioned Ribéry and newly-retired Arjen Robben, Munich had to swiftly replace the wingers.

Callum Hudson-Odoi, Leroy Sane, and Gareth Bale were all names linked with the reigning champions, yet they ended up signing Perišić.

This tactical analysis and Ivan Perišić scout report will look at how Perišić will fit into Bayern Munichs system and will give Bayern fans an idea of the type of winger they have signed.

Ivan Perišić Position & Style Of Play

Perišić is coming off of a very strong season for Inter.

Although not quite reaching the heights from the year before that led to Manchester Uniteds very public pursuit, he still managed nine goals and eight assists.

Despite scoring 11 goals in each of the two previous seasons, his xG for the 2018/19 season was his highest yet, at 11.88.

In many ways last year was his strongest season to date.

He also averaged his highest percentages for successful dribbles, cross completion, pass completion, and offensive duel wins, over his entire stay in Italy.

Bayern are signing a winger who is at the peak of his powers.

Ivan Perišić Heat Map

At the Nerrazzuri, Perišić became a serious goalscoring threat.

A reason for this is that he was simply taking up better positions.

Last season he made 110 more touches in the box than he did in his first season in Italy.

Inters tactics often revolved around using a 4-2-3-1 formation throughout his four seasons there, and Perišić was mainly used as a left-winger.

His increase in goals scored coincides with him taking positions further up the field, as well as staying less rooted to the wing.

Above is an image of Perišićs heat map from his first season.

We can see that he plays relatively deep and very wide, and rarely found his way into the opposition 18-yard-box.

If we compare that to his heat map from last season, we