Improving Goal Conversion Rates
At the start of a new year or the beginning of a course, making a resolution and setting new objectives is a common practice. It’s an opportunity to reset and start anew, aiming to improve or correct various issues. For Abde, the pending issue for 2025 is undoubtedly converting the numerous opportunities he generates into goals.
According to statistics, Abde is the player with the most shots in LaLiga, with 44, and sixth in the entire championship. However, he has the worst ratio of goals scored in relation to expected goals due to the number and clarity of chances he has had.
Abde has barely scored a goal in the first 18 days of the domestic competition, with an average of 0.54 expected goals per 90 minutes of play. His achievement deficit is one of the main causes why Betis is not managing to convert their wealth of offensive play into points.
Of Abde’s 44 shots, eight were from outside the area, and 32 were inside the large area. Only the lack of precision at the time of finishing is depriving him of being one of the top scorers on his team.
Comparing Goal Conversion Rates
Bakambu, who has not yet scored in LaLiga, has the second-worst records in this section, with an expected two goals. Vitor Roque, with four goals in the domestic competition, has a number of expected goals close to six, so he is also in the red.
On the opposite side of the scale, Giovani Lo Celso is the team’s top scorer in the league championship with seven goals when, due to the number of opportunities and their clarity, he should barely be close to three goals.
Completion problems pointed out by Pellegrini are the main section to improve for Betis in 2025, either with greater success from the squad, especially from Abde and the forwards, or going to the market.
Data: BRAND Documentation, Olocip, Understat, Whoscored, OPTA