From statsbomb, this data is from 22/23 season and groups passes into bins based on expected results.
Raya was consistently better on the harder passes than Ramsdale.
From statsbomb, this data is from 22/23 season and groups passes into bins based on expected results.
Raya was consistently better on the harder passes than Ramsdale.
I mean the whole point of plotting pass completion against expected is to account for those differences. Play style might explain a difference in the number of difficult/low-expected completion passes attempted but it can’t really explain away differences in completion rates of similarly difficult passes.
But that doesn’t take into account who they’re passing to, just the relative positions and distance.
Sure it’s not perfect, but I don’t think having to play a few games with Eddie Nketiah over the season explains a consistent 20 percentage point difference between the two, either
Why do you think that? Toney is well known for being brilliant in duels. Nketiah is quite poor. Why do you think that difference wouldn’t be explained by that?