Middlesbrough
EFL
Championship
Sheffield Utd
Norwich City
League 1
Peterborough
Portsmouth
Barnsley
strengths
weaknesses
&
League 2
Northampton
Swindon
Grimsby
(part 1)
All data from last three league seasons
of possible points won after scoring first
1st
of shots taken which were on target
27.9%
23rd
8.3%
of goals scored by substitutes
22nd
Rank
Weaknesses
Strengths
Key players
Based on goals and assists in English league matches over the previous three seasons
Goalscorers
Creators
Britt Assombalonga Martin Braithwaite Harry Chapman
Minutes per goal
Harry Chapman Marvin Johnson Ashley Fletcher
162 278 318
Minutes per assist
239 496 558
Player
85.6%
Protecting a lead
18.2%
of goals scored from corners
3rd
Exploiting corners
Aerial ability
Long range shooting
Shooting accuracy
bench Threat
of goals scored from outside the penalty area
10.5%
5th
of goals scored from headers
27.3%
Sharp shooting
defending corners
close range finishing
Defending long shots
Long range finishing
Bench strength
Billy Sharp Leon Clarke Caolan Lavery
156 179 215
369 390 431
Mark Duffy John Fleck Caolan Lavery
of shots which were on target
38.0%
9.2%
2nd
of goals conceded from corners
of goals scored from inside the 6 yard box
23.5%
of goals conceded from outside the penalty area
24th
10.0%
7.8%
30.5%
Norwich
Long shots
Fast starters
Aerial threat
Close range finishing
of shots taken from inside the 6 yard box
Nelson Oliveira Jordan Rhodes Tom Trybull
211 267 712
619 716 742
James Husband Marco Stiepermann Ben Marshall
Policing the area
46.1%
of shots faced from outside the penalty area
23.7%
shots taken per match in the first half
5.7
of shots taken from headers
13.5%
5.8%
21st
8.7%
20th
FINISHING GAMES STRONGLY
Close range defending
Defending corners
Falling behind
Wasteful finishing
of shots faced from inside the 6 yard box
6.4%
of time spent in a losing position
Kieffer Moore Tom Bradshaw Cameron McGeehan
208 236 263
477 674 862
Kieffer Moore Alex Mowatt George Moncur
2.9
shots taken per match in the last 15 minutes
29.2%
15.4%
26.7%
19th
shot conversion rate
9.5%
Aerial patrols
Defending late
of goals conceded in the last 15 minutes of matches
28.6%
first half shots per match
6.7
15.3%
of shots faced which were headers
Matt Godden Ivan Toney Marcus Maddison
206 214 351
218 334 392
Marcus Maddison Callum Cooke George Cooper
39.8%
4th
11.1%
of shots taken which were headers
5.5%
Scoring late
Scoring early
of goals scored in the last 15 minutes of matches
7.5%
17.0%
Conor Chaplin Brett Pitman David Wheeler
168 174 237
596 634 701
Jamal Lowe David Wheeler Lee Brown
87.6%
27.8%
of goals scored in the first 15 minutes of matches
16.4%
defending late
Coming from behind
76.4%
25.9%
7.3%
of possible points won after conceding first
17.9%
19.3%
Wes Thomas JJ Hooper Jordan Cook
252 295 591
506 589 788
Jordan Cook Andrew Fox JJ Hooper
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close range finishers
Pace-setters
Attacking late
Based on career goals and assists over the previous three seasons
40.7%
5.9%
22.0%
17.4%
of shots taken in the last 15 minutes of matches
36.9%
28.5%
of time spent in a winning position
Junior Morias Andy Williams Kevin van Veen
205 269 270
514 574 712
Junior Morias Kevin van Veen Daniel Powell
SWINDON
Finishing games strongly
Defending set pieces
of possible points recovered from losing positions
12.5%
21.3%
of goals scored in the second half of matches
63.4%
14.9%
of goals conceded from set piece situations
Marc Richards Keshi Anderson Matthew Taylor
204 381 439
311 369 531
Matthew Taylor Kyle Knoyle Jermaine McGlashan