Foxes in the Box vs Long Rangers Update

Happy New Year! I just wanted to post an updated set of statistics exploring the best foxes in the box, who like to shoot from close range, and how they compare with long-range shooters. This is part of an ongoing series – here’s a link to the previous article. Hopefully now that we’re over the halfway point in the season a clearer picture will start to emerge as to the best attacking players in Fantasy Football.

FOX IN THE BOX STATISTICS

Top of the pile on goal attempts so far this season is Sergio Aguero (74), followed by Graziano Pelle & Charlie Austin (73), Wilfried Bony comes next (66), followed by Romelu Lukaku (56) and then Diego Costa (55).

Attempts inside the box look like this: Pelle (63), Aguero (59), Austin and Costa (47), Robin van Persie (44) and then Bony (43)

Leading the way on goals are Aguero & Costa (14), Austin (12), Bony & Papiss Cisse (9), Pelle, Saido Berahino, Diafra Sakho, Van Persie & Wayne Rooney (8)

Click here for the full table which also includes shot accuracy.

LONG RANGERS STATISTICS

Yaya Toure, Christian Eriksen, Stewart Downing and Kevin Mirallas have scored the most goals from outside the box (3)

Out of those four, Eriksen has had the most attempts from outside the box (37), closely followed by Toure (36), then Mirallas (24) and Downing (23)

Toure’s shot accuracy (combined shots both inside and outside the box) is 31.7%, with Downing on 30.8% and Eriksen and Mirallas on 25.9% and 25.8% respectively.

Impressively, Toure and Downing’s accuracy is not too dissimilar to that of Christian Benteke, Danny Ings and Diafra Sakho and is only slightly lower than Wilfried Bony (36.4%) and Charlie Austin’s (39.7%). Graziano Pelle is proving a poor finisher, though, with around three quarters of his shots failing to hit the target – maybe he needs some shooting practice.

Here’s a little more food for thought: Both Mirallas and Andy Carroll have had the same number of shots (31), with Carroll having fired most of his from inside the box (25), yet they have the same shot accuracy percentage.

Here’s the link to the full table.

BEST AND WORST DEFENCES FOR FOXES AND LONG RANGERS

Finally, the lists of the best and worst teams for chances conceded both inside and outside the box.

Worst inside the box:

• QPR – 195
• Leicester – 183
• Burnley – 181
• Totenham – 178
• Swansea – 165

Worst outside the box:

• Sunderland – 157
• Leicester – 138
• Hull – 136
• Burnley – 134
• Swansea – 129

Best inside the box:

• Chelsea – 91
• Southampton – 98
• Man City – 117
• Liverpool & Arsenal – 123
• Stoke – 129

Best outside the box:

• Man United & Tottenham – 79
• Arsenal – 82
• Southampton – 91
• Man City – 92
• Newcastle – 99

The full table can be found here.

I hope you can find some useful info and maybe even a few statistical gems hidden in the tables.