Who Is Olivia Smith?
Olivia Smith is a 19-year-old Canadian forward currently playing for Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.
She is certainly a name that will be on a number of teams wish lists for this summer’s transfer window, having already garnered interest from WSL clubs Liverpool and Arsenal.
Smith is a talent people have known about for a while, having made her debut for the Canadian national team at just 15 years of age in 2019.
However, this has been somewhat of a breakout season for the youngster.
Smith joined Sporting for the 2023/24 season, previously enrolled at Penn State in the US College soccer system, and this season played a major role as Sporting narrowly missed out on the title to Benfica.
This tactical analysis will provide an analysis of why the top clubs should be looking at Smith this summer.
This Olivia Smith scout report will outline the key statistics and tactics that make her one of the most exciting prospects in world football.
Olivia Smith Chance Creation
One of the areas in which Olivia Smith excels is in her ability to create goalscoring opportunities both for herself and for her teammates.
Let’s now analyse the statistics that can help illustrate this point.
This first graph compares xG and xA per 90 across the Campeonato Nacional Feminino this season.
The implication is that a player producing a higher number of goalscoring opportunities would score high in both categories.
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