I just posted this in the Bernard thread, so will repeat here.
I looked at his stats from Sunday on Opta.
Distribution wise, these were his numbers:
Total attempted passes 36 - that's the third most behind Davies (37) and Digne (38).
His overall passing accuracy was 86.1%. That's the second most of the whole team, with Walcott's 94.4% (from 18 passes) the highest.
Gylfi made 28 passes in the opposition half, more than any other player. Davies made 27 though so that shows he was also trying to push us forward.
Of those 28 passes, 85.7% were accurate. Compare that to 70.4% from Davies (purely comparable as they attempted a similar number of passes in the opposition half).
Gylfi played 4 'key passes' (passes that led to a chance, basically). That was the highest on our team, and also the highest in the game.
Arsenal's highest in that regard was Ramsey, with 2 key passes. Now, Ramsey got 2 assists from both his key passes, whereas Gylfi got none. That again backs up the point that Gylfi creates chances, we just don't put them away (i.e. Walcott on Sunday, Walcott v Southampton).
Gyfli put in 8 crosses in total, including set pieces. Digne put in the most (10).
Gyfli put in 3 'good crosses', 2 of which were from open play, so that shows his 5 of his set pieces were poor, which needs to improve. Digne put in 7 open play crosses, but only one 'good cross' in total (from 10 attempted). I know that's hard to validate because it's opinion sort of, but these are what the stats say.
Defensively, Gyfli won possession back 6 times. That's the second highest in our team behind Gana and Walcott (both 8). Gylfi conceded possession 16 times, level with Richarlison. Digne and Davies led the way in that regard (26 and 20 respectively).
Sigurdsson had a total of 62 touches, the third highest on the team. Digne and Kenny had more, which probably shows our issue - everything was to our full-backs too deep too often.
Finally, the player tracking stats.
Gylfi covered 11.99km, more than any other player on the pitch. Davies was the closest to him on our team, covering 11.83, with Digne not far behind.
Believe it or not, Gylfi was actually clocked as having the highest average speed in our side, with 7.39 km/h.
He sprinted 11 times.
Richarlison was clocked as the quickest player on our team in terms of top speed, as he reached 33.51 km/h. Richarlison sprinted 25 times.
Gylfi's top speed was 32.09 km/h. That is the fourth highest on the team behind Richarlison, Keane and DCL. So, just bare in mind, that's quicker than Walcott, Digne, Bernard, Gueye and Davies.
Aubameyang notched Arsenal's top speed with 33.9 km/h.
So, back to the point. I reckon Gylfi was a 6/10 on Sunday, but could easily have had two assists and was among our top players in the majority of the departments where we want him to have an impact.
I looked at his stats from Sunday on Opta.
Distribution wise, these were his numbers:
Total attempted passes 36 - that's the third most behind Davies (37) and Digne (38).
His overall passing accuracy was 86.1%. That's the second most of the whole team, with Walcott's 94.4% (from 18 passes) the highest.
Gylfi made 28 passes in the opposition half, more than any other player. Davies made 27 though so that shows he was also trying to push us forward.
Of those 28 passes, 85.7% were accurate. Compare that to 70.4% from Davies (purely comparable as they attempted a similar number of passes in the opposition half).
Gylfi played 4 'key passes' (passes that led to a chance, basically). That was the highest on our team, and also the highest in the game.
Arsenal's highest in that regard was Ramsey, with 2 key passes. Now, Ramsey got 2 assists from both his key passes, whereas Gylfi got none. That again backs up the point that Gylfi creates chances, we just don't put them away (i.e. Walcott on Sunday, Walcott v Southampton).
Gyfli put in 8 crosses in total, including set pieces. Digne put in the most (10).
Gyfli put in 3 'good crosses', 2 of which were from open play, so that shows his 5 of his set pieces were poor, which needs to improve. Digne put in 7 open play crosses, but only one 'good cross' in total (from 10 attempted). I know that's hard to validate because it's opinion sort of, but these are what the stats say.
Defensively, Gyfli won possession back 6 times. That's the second highest in our team behind Gana and Walcott (both 8). Gylfi conceded possession 16 times, level with Richarlison. Digne and Davies led the way in that regard (26 and 20 respectively).
Sigurdsson had a total of 62 touches, the third highest on the team. Digne and Kenny had more, which probably shows our issue - everything was to our full-backs too deep too often.
Finally, the player tracking stats.
Gylfi covered 11.99km, more than any other player on the pitch. Davies was the closest to him on our team, covering 11.83, with Digne not far behind.
Believe it or not, Gylfi was actually clocked as having the highest average speed in our side, with 7.39 km/h.
He sprinted 11 times.
Richarlison was clocked as the quickest player on our team in terms of top speed, as he reached 33.51 km/h. Richarlison sprinted 25 times.
Gylfi's top speed was 32.09 km/h. That is the fourth highest on the team behind Richarlison, Keane and DCL. So, just bare in mind, that's quicker than Walcott, Digne, Bernard, Gueye and Davies.
Aubameyang notched Arsenal's top speed with 33.9 km/h.
So, back to the point. I reckon Gylfi was a 6/10 on Sunday, but could easily have had two assists and was among our top players in the majority of the departments where we want him to have an impact.
