Mario Götze is a name most recognized in the wider football world for his famous World Cup final goal in 2014, earning Germany their fourth title and individually the Man of the Match award.
Now, he is back in Germanys top flight, the Bundesliga.
This will be a tactical analysis, in the form of a scout report, of Mario Götze.
Additionally, we will discover Götze’s general style of play as well as detail three of his best abilities.
Then, we will proceed in this analysis to break down how he will benefit Eintracht Frankfurt’s overall tactics.
Mario Götze Data analysis
As you can see in the analysis dashboard below, Mario Götze is a very versatile and all-rounded player.
In 20 out of 33 metrics, Götze is far above the Bundesliga median.
He stands out in the attacking metrics.
Both his deep completions (2.29 per 90) and passes to the penalty area (3.87 per 90) rank him in the 91st percentile.
Despite being a goal threat in his younger years, Götze now focuses more on serving his teammates.
This is evident in his shooting data, as well as in his outstanding passing statistics.
His assists and second assists are on a very high level.
With 57.31 passes per 90, he plays more passes than 97% of all Bundesliga players.
87.10% of all these passes are successful.
Therefore, he here is in the 94th percentile.
In 90 minutes, Götze plays an average of 12.35 forward passes and therefore, more than 91.1% of all other Bundesliga players.
His success rate of 78.03% ranks him in the 97th percentile.
As you can see, the new Frankfurt player focuses on short, creative passes rather than long balls.
In the last years.
Götze changed his playing style step by step.
While he was not known for his defensive work in his younger years, he increasingly takes responsibility and improved his defensive statistics in the last seasons.
With 6.11 defensive duels per 90, Götze provides more defensive duels than 88% of all players in Bundesliga.
He wins almost 2/3 of these defensive duels.
Later in this report, we will take a closer look at how he recovers the ball and why this approach aligns with Frankfurts strategy.
In the early 2022/23 Bundesliga campaign, Götze is even ranked 1st in the overall passing index by Comparisonator.
