{"id":1338844,"date":"2024-01-31T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1338844"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:44:16","slug":"premier-league-two-footed-players","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/premier-league-two-footed-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Diogo Jota the Premier League’s most two-footed striker?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some strikers seem to have no weak foot.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s no better example of this in the Premier League right now than Diogo Jota.<\/p>\n

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The Portuguese forward has had a rough time of late with injuries. But when he’s fully fit, he’s one of the most well-rounded players in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the 2018\/19 season in both the Premier League and European football, Jota has had 140 shots with his left foot, 162 with his right and 80 headed efforts. In terms of goals, this converts to 23 with his left, 35 with his right and 10 with his head — double figures for all three body parts.<\/p>\n

With his right foot, Jota has hit the target 71 times for a shot accuracy of 43.8% and an xG of 28.9, over-performing by 6.1 with his 35 goals. On his left, it’s 63 on target (45% accuracy) and an xG of 23.1, only slightly under-performing with 23 goals. And when it comes to headers, Jota has hit the target 29 times for an accuracy of 36.3% and an xG of 14.4 (under-performing by 4.4).<\/p>\n

“I think of some of the strikers I’ve played alongside: Michael Owen, Luis Suarez, Fernando Torres, Robbie Fowler. I think [Jota] is the best finisher,” former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher told Sky Sports of Jota.<\/p>\n

“Robbie [Fowler] maybe [could be ahead of him] in terms of pure finishing, hard and low, into the corner. But [his two goals against Bournemouth are] typical Jota. When he gets the chance he is so clinical.<\/p>\n

“When everyone’s fit, he’s probably not even playing. But I still think he’s a better finisher than the likes of Suarez, Torres, even Salah. The only one who can compete with him is Robbie Fowler at the start of the Premier League years.”<\/p>\n

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