Rasmus Hojlund’s tenure at his dream club has been a rollercoaster journey, with nightmare moments sprinkled in with some hope.
The Dane has had a tough start to at least the Premier League life, as he took to the Champions League like duck to water, scoring five in six before Manchester United got dumped out.
When watching the 21-year-old, it’s obvious how this is his first season in a top-five league as a proper, undisputed starter.
Raw stats aside, there are clear deficiencies in his game with his back-to-goal, link-up play, and even having the smell of goal in the final third sometimes.
However, that doesn’t mean he is a problem, far from it, as the latest stats show.
Statman Dave has posted on his account that United have created a grand total of five chances for their striker in their last eight games.
These include blanks against Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Bournemouth, and Burnley, while three of his chances came against Sheffield United.
It is no wonder then that Hojlund’s only goal in the last eight has come against the Blades. The same post references the fact that Manchester City created six chances for Erling Haaland when he scored four against Wolves in a recent game.
The current pact means Hojlund is at a 20% chance conversion rate, scoring one goal from five chances created for him.
For reference, as per Transfermarkt, Newcastle United lead the Premier League with a shot conversion rate of 12.2%.
While the chance conversion and shot conversion rates are not the same, the lesson here is that Hojlund is actually on par, or even exceeding the figures of an average player.
This is right in line with The Peoples Person’s recent report which said that some of his teammates are “reluctant” to pass to him due to his barren spell in front of goal.
It shows that Hojlund’s lean run isn’t a result of him being wasteful, he has been dealt an unwinnable hand, where the team doesn’t know what it is supposed to do in the final third.
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