World Cup 2014: 5 Reasons Jay Rodriguez Should Go Ahead Of Danny Welbeck
3. Data Suggests That Rodriguez Is More Creative Than Welbeck
Of course, when we are discussing two players that can operate in attacking midfield positions its important to evaluate their ability to create chances for others. Although, I would make the point that I think that both players real strengths is the ability to score goals from a number of different positions. Obviously, assists is going to be the key stat here and Rodriguez has managed two of them compared to one from Welbeck. Man Utd enjoy the better overall attacking performance with 33 goals scored compared to the 26 that Southampton managed this again shows the creative importance that Rodriguez has. Welbeck also does not perform as well in terms of key passes with 0.4 per game. In contrast, Rodriguez manages 0.7 per game. Finally, successful dribbles per game is another area that Rodriguez does better with 1.2 per game compared with 0.7 for Welbeck.
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