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Bossed the game
Bossed the game
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Our little puppetmaster with another fine display
He delivered another Scandinavian masterclass. No excessive ornamentation, just everything placed exactly where it needed to be.
The way he's moving the ball of late I'm expecting accusations of ball tampering
With the players we have and the form he is in now, he is probably harder to replace than Kane...
But on the topic of our great Dane... in the recent light of Ozil completing his 50 assists in EPL, I thought to revisit this issue of "Özil vs Eriksen" from perspective of numbers and results. So buckle up, stat attack coming your way.
Background a bit -
Özil joined our lousy neighbours at the very end of 2013 summer transfer window for remarkable 47 million euros from Real Madrid as very established player.
Eriksen joined at the very same time from Ajax for only 13,5 million. He has been marked as player "with great potential" etc. But not yet fully established star.
So we brought 3,5 years younger player for 3,5 times less money in this case
First off - let's start with mentioned assists stats.
It is true that Ozil has reached half-hundred milestone sitting at exactly 50 assists. Eriksen has managed 46 up to now. Özil reached the milestone with roughly 12 000 minutes making it around 1 assists for every 240 minutes of EPL football. Eriksen has played 13 700 minutes making his respective ratio of 1 assists per 298 minutes.
So that was creating stats, but how about finishing attacks themselves?
Across the same number of minutes played, Eriksen has scored 38 and Ozil 27. Dividing this up to per minute metrics then CE scores EPL goal on average per 360 minutes and Ozil per every 444 minutes. Combining the two numbers then Eriksen creates or scores one for 163 minutes and Ozil for 155. But at the same time we have to consider fact that they had exactly the same time to collect playing minutes. Yet the Dane has managed to collect 1700 more, that equals to 19 (!) full games more! That is half of the season across 4,8 seasons in the clubs. It makes it even more impressive that maximum time that either of them could have collected would have been 16400 minutes. So Eriksen has played 83,5% of possible maximum playing time (vs 73,2% of Ozil). So the Dane is clearly more dependable! In absolute numbers it reflects as CE has 84 goals+assists over 77 of Ozil.
Up to now we have established that Eriksen has been more dependable over his time in EPL and in turn for that has more goals+assists then Ozil... but where the real difference comes out is the overall contribution to the team. Hard work that is more difficult to measure.
In the midfield Eriksen has disposessed the opposition player in total of 123 times which is twice the amount that Ozil has managed it (66 times). Moving to more defensive positions - Eriksen has made 203 takcles with success rate of 75% (so 152 successful ones) vs Ozils 132 with 73% success rate (93 successful tackles). Clear winner. Moving even deeper into our own half, Eriksen (yes, our AM maestro) has blocked 150 shots! While Ozil has stopped 50. THREE TIMES DIFFERENCE.
I mean if you combine the last 3 stats, it is hard to argue, that CE has clearly avoided quite a few goals that opposition team could have scored. So his "net goals+assists" could be even way more better (meaning he has created and finished more himself but also prevented conceded goals).
Watching last season only (could not find aggregated stats) from Squaka, then Ozil pass completion was higher (87% vs 80% of Eriksen) but at the same time Eriksen pass lenght was 18,7 meters and Ozils 15,6 meters. And with all this passing CE managed to create 112 chances against Ozils 100. Where Ozil shines is that his "successful take on's" ratio is at 64% against Eriksens 43,5%. Also his "duels won" ratio is at 51% vs Eriksens 40% but it is partly explainable that CE actually did not shy away from defencive duties like Ozil did...
So shorter recap -
- Eriksen is more reliable (played 83,5% of total possible time vs 73,2% of Ozil)
- Due to first point his total output regarding goals and assists (84 vs 77) has been better, though per minute stats favor slightly Ozil
- He disposesses and stops opposition players from scoring remarkably better than Ozil
- Though in the category of take on's and duels won Ozil comes off on top
And at that he is 3,5 years younger and brought for 3,5 times less.
I don't think there is much questions who pulled the longer straw.
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To the left to the right
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He’s our midfield Dynamite.
Not to mention Ozil also earns £350k pw which is the best pay in the league and yet his performances don’t really reflect that earning. Eriksen has proven to be the excellent bargain all round.
Anyone want to have a bash at a video with his top 10 goals? Will be some highlight reel.
Top ten assists would be tasty too,
Quality!
Love this photo. It captures the precise moment where everyone is just waiting to see if Chris has scored (even CE himself). Everyone that is, except poor Willy C, who knows the net is about to burst above his shiny bald nut.
Love the expression on the Chelsea defenders faces. Guppy fish at feeding time....
When he is on top form, he has no equal. Can't be coincidence that when we play our best, he is the chief architect. He's also showing some personality, although still quite calm, he has a very dry sense of humour. Such an important part of the team - all our creativity comes from him.