SOURCE: https://fbref.com/en/squads/d8b46897/LA-Galaxy-Stats (to compare each one in detail if you wish) Defenders: Maya Miki Jalen Caceres John Nelson Julian Aude Carlos Garces doesn't have enough stats to have a Scouting Report Eriq Zavaleta doesn't have enough stats to have a Scouting Report
Midfielders Delgado Puig Cerillo Brugman Reus (I think most of these stats are from Dortmund) Fagundez
Not enough stats for Johnny Perez Mauricio Cuevas Tucker Lepley Daniel Aguirre Isaiah Parente Ruben Ramos Brady Scott Gino Vivi
Riqui's and Pec's stats are mind boggling compared to their peers. Berry surprised me at how decent he was per 90, especially considering his salary. Also, for how flawed he is with our "eye test", Julian's stats are surprisingly good, even defensively, compared to his peers. Wonder if there are other reasons for that?
Pec's, too. I remember seeing his stats when we signed him from Vasco and being a little "underwhelmed" overall. But he just exploded this past season.
I had same reaction to Aude’s stats. My eyes usually match a players stats, but not in this case. Color me puzzled. I know that a bias we all have is that we tend to see what we are looking for. I “see” Aude laying off players & allowing opposing forwards too much freedom to operate, but the stats show him with a high tackle and block rates. Am I (and others) just looking for these mistakes and being too harsh? TBF, defensive stats are less precise & definitive than offensive stats. But they should still roughly correspond to what we see on the field, and Aude’s don’t. This one has me stumped.
Perhaps it's like Leonardo. Leonardo was surprisingly solid as a defender, I remember seeing his stats compared to Omar and he actually wasn't far off. It's just he had the tendency to make 1 or two mistakes a game that would cost us a goal or at least yield a dangerous chance for the opposition. Then there is more of our "eye test" that because he was usually so far up the pitch he was behaving more like a defensive midfielder instead of a fullback, and Nelson holding the position back more often mean less attacks went in his direction. Possibly one of those situations where the stats don't tell the whole story. Player positioning matters, too. Perhaps I'll add to this thread with whoscored as well(although I thi k reports would be difficult for a whole season).
My recollection with Aude is that he had a lot of blocks that resulted in corners or dangerous throw-ins. Blocks often happen for an outside back because you are beat down the line and the block is your last ditch effort against the cross. Nelson and Yamane do a better job containing their man until help arrives and forcing them to pass back if they can't win the ball back, or forcing them out of bounds or over the end line, but contain and forcing a player to recycle the ball isn't a defensive stat on these numbers and I don't think if an attacker loses the ball out of bounds it shows up as a tackle won (although I might be wrong there). Even clearances and tackles are a sign that Aude was targeted more. Some of that is because teams are often right-side dominant and that's why both Nelson and Aude have more clearances and interceptions than Yamane. On the left, there are more players who cut back, which is less likely to result in a block. Some of that is may be because Aude was perceived as the weaker link.
Interesting stat shared by Tom. I know that not every DP is an attacker, but its fascinating how we go from having almost zero DP contributions to having the best in the league. 1882440406149001258 is not a valid tweet id
Not FBREF but I'll share here instead of a brand new thread, as its still post-2024 Whoscored now has xG as part of its metrics. No surprise at the top 4 compared to the rest of the squad
Interestingly, he led in xG per shot and 4th in xG per 90. he only really took higher percentage shots (unlike our other guys), but he did find himself in more dangerous position per minute at least.