Noticed this tweet
Twitter / SpursStatMan: Spurs have averaged 434 passes per game in the Premier League this season, compared to 514 per game last season.
Which ties in with some stats I posted in the Dembele thread showing how much we've missed Modric and VdV' creativity this season:
Average passes per game:
2011/12:
Modric -
70; Assou-Ekotto -
59; Parker -
59;
van der Vaart -
49; Walker
48
2012/13: Dembele -
54; Naughton -
49; Vertonghen -
48; Parker -
45; Walker -
44
Key Passes per game:
2011/12:
Modric -
2.7; Bale -
2.3;
van der Vaart -
2.3; Adebayor -
1.8; Lennon -
1.7
2012/13: Bale -
2.4; Lennon -
2.0; Dembele -
1.9; Walker -
1.7; Adebayor -
1.1
Accurate crosses per game:
2011/12: Bale -
1.3;
Modric -
1.3;
van der Vaart -
1.2; Assou-Ekotto -
0.7; Lennon -
0.6
2012/13: Bale -
2.0; Assou-Ekotto -
1.1; Walker -
0.9; Huddlestone -
0.5; Sigurdsson
0.5
Accurate through balls per game:
2011/12:
Modric -
0.5;
van der Vaart -
0.4; Bale -
0.3; Parker
0.3; Adebayor -
0.2
2012/13: Parker -
0.3; Lennon -
0.2; Defoe -
0.2; Dempsey -
0.2; Naughton -
0.2
And arguably has some correlation to our strikers poor form in the league this season so far, what with us attempting the highest proportion of shots from outside the 18 yard box in the league at home at 60% (compared to 32% for ManC, 34% for ManU, 38% for ARSEnal, 46% Chavski) which is certainly not one of Ade' strengths.
Bale' had a shot every 18 minutes with a conversion rate of 13.8% (17 goals from 132 shots over 2381mins)
Defoe' had a shot every 21 minutes with a conversion rate of 10.4% (10 goals from 104 shots over 2176mins)
Dempsey' had a shot every 31 minutes with a conversion rate of 9.6% (5 goals from 48 shots over 1477mins)
Adebayor' had a shot every 41 minutes with a conversion rate of 7.1% (2 goals from 28 shots over 1135mins)
Compared to our strikers in the league last season:
Adebayor had a shot every 28 minutes with a conversion rate of 17.0% (17 goals from 100 shots over 2827mins)
Defoe had a shot every 33 minutes with a conversion rate of 16.7% (14 goals from 66 shots over from 1301mins)
van der Vaart had a shot every 20 minutes with a conversion rate of 11.5% (11 goals from 102 shots over 2314mins)
Bale had a shot every 24 minutes with a conversion rate of 6.6% (9 goals from 136 shots over 3216mins)