Viktor Gyokeres joined Coventry City from Brighton last summer in the EFL Championship. The Swedish international had a successful first season with the club, as he managed to score 17 goals and assist five others in 45 appearances. This season, his team started poorly and had just seven points in the first ten games. The striker scored three goals in these ten games. However, there was a sudden change in the form of the team as well as the player. Since then, Coventry City have managed to collect 22 points in the last nine games, thanks to the goal-scoring run of their striker. Viktor Gyokeres played a huge role in his side’s success, as he scored six goals in the last nine games. We now look at some of the stats that show how the 24-year-old has contributed to his side’s success and is the league’s leading goal-scorer.
After finishing as the top goalscorer for his side last season, Viktor Gyokeres was aiming to achieve the same feat and help his side to a top-six finish. Gyokeres is leading the charts with nine goals in his 19 EFL Championship appearances this season. The striker averages 2.8 shots per 90 minutes and has a 44.4% shot accuracy rate. Of the 54 shots shown in the above viz, 36 have been attempted from inside the penalty box, and 20 have been on target.
The current goal-scoring run
The Swedish international was in red-hot form before the long break. Coventry City won their last three games in a span of eight days, thanks to Viktor Gyokeres. The team managed to score five goals and take maximum points from these games. Gyokeres scored four of these goals. The above viz shows that he attempted 13 shots in these three matches, and eight of them were on target. All shots were attempted from inside the penalty box, and his stats were above average in these games.
The touch map of the last three matches shows that Gyokeres has been a constant threat inside the opposition penalty box. He averages 5.18 touches inside the opposition’s penalty box this season. In the last three matches, he attempted 46 touches inside the penalty box and successfully completed 24 of them. His average was higher than the season’s average, and that allowed him to take more attempts at the opposition’s goal. Most of his touches have been on the left side of the penalty box.
How has the season gone by?
The recent goal-scoring run has helped Viktor Gyokeres match the other strikers’ tally in the league. The above pizza chart shows the percentile rank of the player in comparison to other strikers in the league. In the attacking department, we can observe that Gyokeres is ranked highly for attempting shots, dribbling past opponents, and taking touches inside the penalty box. The average number of dribbles per 90 minutes is 8.61, with a 45.2% success rate. The passing stats haven’t been very impressive, but it looks like the Swedish player likes to take control of the ball and is involved in a few plays as his percentile rank is above average in the passing department.
These dribbles have allowed the player to win 24 fouls this season, with one of them leading to a penalty. Gyokeres has earned most of the fouls in the final third, and that has allowed Coventry City to create some chances from set-pieces.
Viktor Gyokeres has made his name in the EFL Championship and has over 25 goals in his second season with Coventry City. He will try to score more goals in the remaining season to boost his team’s chances of promotion to England’s top flight. The striker is also gaining the interest of some of the teams, and he might end up playing for one of the top teams next season.
Visuals via TFA data viz engine
