Harry Kane and his Bayern Munich teammates have had a difficult five-day stretch.
Following a disappointing loss to Bundesliga rivals Bayer Leverkusen, the place they had been defeated 3-0, Thomas Tuchel’s workforce suffered one other setback in a vital Champions League match towards Lazio.
Kane, previously of Tottenham, acquired criticism from German media retailers for his underwhelming performances in entrance of purpose throughout each video games, failing to attain in both match.
In the meantime Tottenham have skilled a revitalisation underneath present supervisor Ange Postecoglou. The Australian coach has made a rare affect on the north London workforce, even with out their all-time main purpose scorer.
Regardless of ongoing scrutiny of the England captain, Tottenham’s fortunes have considerably improved underneath Postecoglou’s management, with the membership witnessing a constructive transformation and the event of their youthful squad.
Within the 2022/23 season, the England captain delivered a powerful 30 Premier League targets, contributing to Tottenham’s eighth-place end.
What do the stats say?
In keeping with Opta Stats Carry out, Tottenham averaged 1.64 targets per recreation and had an anticipated purpose tally of 1.42 throughout all competitions that season. Nonetheless, since Kane’s departure, Spurs are actually averaging 1.96 targets per recreation, with an anticipated purpose tally of 1.66, showcasing their adoption of a extra fluid and attacking fashion of play.
In addition they display an elevated price of pictures per recreation, rising from 13.4 in 2022-23 to fifteen.1 at the moment, together with a rise in pictures on the right track per recreation from 4.9 final 12 months to five.7 this 12 months. Furthermore, essentially the most essential statistic, the membership’s win price, favours the 2023-24 Spurs aspect, boasting a 55.6% price in comparison with final 12 months’s 46%.
German powerhouse Bayern Munich have skilled contrasting fortunes this season, going through the prospect of ending the 2023/24 marketing campaign with none silverware for the primary time 12 years.
At present trailing rivals Leverkusen by 5 factors within the league standings and having been eradicated from the DFB Pokal, their hopes for a trophy relaxation totally on the Champions League, which seems to be their most real looking likelihood for fulfillment.
Within the earlier marketing campaign, which culminated in them clinching the Bundesliga title, Bayern maintained a mean of two.73 targets per recreation within the league. Nonetheless, with Kane on their workforce, they at the moment common solely 2.45 targets per recreation. This statistic is especially shocking provided that Kane has scored 28 targets in all competitions for Bayern from simply 29 appearances.
Nonetheless, the Englishman’s targets undeniably contribute to Bayern Munich’s improved anticipated purpose per recreation report in comparison with the earlier marketing campaign, with the present price of two.32 surpassing final 12 months’s complete of two.24. Regardless of this enchancment, Bayern averages marginally fewer complete pictures per recreation (18.4 final 12 months in comparison with 18.3 this 12 months), whereas their pictures on the right track per recreation have seen a big decline.
