What started as an anecdote has long since become commonplace: Premier League speak spanish This was confirmed in the nomination for the best coach of the 23-24 academic year. The Premier has announced five candidates and four of them are Spanish coaches, something that has not been seen before: Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery, Andoni Iraola and Jürgen Klopp.
The first is the current champion and the second, in addition to his former assistant, the candidate for the title; Emery He turned Villa Park into a fortress, along with a record of victories, and Aston Villa would play in the Champions League; Iraola He also broke Bournemouth’s Premier League points record; and Klopp…is Klopp, now without a team after saying goodbye to Liverpool after nine memorable seasons.
From these five, the winner of coach of the year will emerge. Who is eligible? Usually, the winner usually goes to the person who lifts the trophy. In fact, Pep Guardiola He has four awards for the best coach, while Klopp has two. They are still far from Sir Alex Ferguson’s mark, with eleven. Let’s see what the data says about each other’s game proposition.
Offensive look
Guardiola (City), Arteta (Arsenal), Klopp (Liverpool), Emery (Aston Villa) and Iraola (Bournemouth) have something in common: they have their own seal. The seal of each, at the same time, is different and gives each team a unique character. Viewing advanced statistics allows you to know how these teams play and what path they used to achieve their goal.
On the ball and in possession, City are clearly unbeatable, with 623.12 passes per game. At the other extreme are Iraola’s ‘cherries’, which aren’t even half as average. City’s prolific passing doesn’t mean it isn’t vertical, with 55.75 progressive passes per encounter, although here Liverpool ‘win’ with 10 more passes than linesmen per game. In fact, Liverpool is the team that charges the most in the rival area of crosses and passes here, with 6 and 15.72, respectively. This translates into more shots, with almost 19. Aston Villa don’t even have 13 shots.
City, in any case, has efficiency on its side, with 2.44 goals, while Liverpool average 2.32 and Arsenal, 2.06. Guardiola’s team, barring a ‘Gunner’ miracle, will finish as the championship’s top scorers. The ‘skyblue’ also dominated in dribbling and ball handling, with 16.81 successful dribbles. This is what happens when you have footballers as solid as De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Doku, Foden, Grealish… If one day doesn’t unbalance one, another will.
Defensive aspect
Neither of those Emery or to those Iraola They achieved the desired two goals per game, but they had other weapons. Especially Bournemouth, who have had to struggle defensively to enjoy a quiet Premier campaign. Not in vain, among these five teams, Iraola won the most defensive duels (43.51), the most aerial duels (15.98), the most clearances (18.09) and fouls (13.05) and blocked the most shots. (3.67). Also the consequences of not having the ball: the more the opponent attacks, the more you have to defend, which leads to winning more duels.
The fact is that Arsenal is the team competing to be the team with the fewest goals scored in the championship. This can be explained because Arteta’s proposal is to take the initiative, giving rivals fewer opportunities to create chances. In fact, Arteta’s block receives the fewest shots on goal, with 2.63 per game. This means that the players trained by the San Sebastián coach only receive 0.82 goals.
The one in Unai Emery They don’t stand out by any particular measure, although they are clearly a team that knows how to wait and play at the opponent’s failure, being among the five the team that puts the least pressure and the one that wins the ball back the least times per match. In any case, it’s enough for Villa Park to become a fortress: Aston Villa have lost just three home games. The ‘villain’ fans already have in their memory the first eight consecutive victories.
The Premier League will play its final day this Sunday and the champion and the last places in Europe and relegation will be decided. The 23-24 season is about to close an exciting edition that will crown one of these five coaches.
Source: La Verdad
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