From succesful understudy to confirmed Premier League marksman: Wissa reaches 50 purpose involvements in Arsenal draw
Yoane Wissa introduced up 50 Premier League purpose involvements in type on Saturday, as his swivel and volley earned Brentford a deserved 1-1 draw towards second-placed Arsenal at Emirates Stadium.Solely the second participant to achieve the milestone for the Bees, Wissa joined his companion in crime Bryan Mbeumo (38 targets and 26 assists) in an unique 50 and over membership courting again to Brentford’s promotion to the highest tier.
There are (now!) solely 20 gamers to achieve a half-century of Premier League purpose participations over this timeframe, simply to underline how spectacular an achievement that is.
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Playmaker highlighted the Gunners’ risk from set-pieces and Brentford’s experience at defending them previous to the competition, however – after Thomas Partey had put the hosts forward from a lightning-fast break – it was and the Bees who struck from a lifeless ball.
Thomas Frank and his bench had been clearly delighted by the best way the Bees recycled {a partially} cleared nook to assert their 74th-minute equaliser.
Nook taker Mbeumo cleverly waited for a rampaging overlap from Michael Kayode down the appropriate and, when the Fiorentina loanee’s finessed cross was headed again throughout purpose by Nathan Collins, Wissa pounced to attain his fifteenth league purpose of a prolific marketing campaign.
Extremely, Wissa (5) has now scored extra targets from set-pieces than some other participant within the division in 2024/25, and his quicksilver reactions and goal-scoring instincts imply solely Newcastle’s Alexander Isak (8) has been capable of web extra targets from contained in the six-yard field than the DR Congo worldwide (6).
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What makes the 28-year-old’s prowess from set-piece conditions much more exceptional is that each one 12 of Wissa’s strikes final season had been scored from open play.
Though Mbeumo stays the Bees’ prime scorer this season with 16 targets, it’s price stating that Wissa has scored extra non-penalty targets than his sidekick.
In reality, solely Erling Haaland (19), Mohamed Salah and Isak (each 18) have extra Premier League targets this time period excluding spot-kicks.
After his strike in north London, – and the information underlying his most prolific Premier League season underlines his standing as one of the vital harmful strikers within the division.
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Joint-seventh within the prime flight for pictures on track this time period with 31, the ahead has helped set up Brentford because the Premier League’s sharpest shooters in 2024/25 – the Bees with a league-leading shot-on-target share of 39.2.
A purpose roughly each 5 pictures is nice going from Wissa and the very fact he has carried out virtually precisely in step with his xG illustrates {that a}) his current strike price is sustainable and b) he’s incredible at sniffing out high-quality taking pictures alternatives.
Solely 4 gamers (Haaland, Salah, Watkins and Isak) have the next xG-per-shot than Wissa (0.59 xG) amongst gamers to play 2,000+ minutes this season, which solely serves to stress how recurrently he finds himself in good positions.
Sharp as a razor from free play and lifeless balls, Wissa’s evolution from succesful understudy to confirmed Premier League marksman has been extraordinarily spectacular, to not point out very well timed for the Bees given Ivan Toney’s departure and Igor Thiago’s harm setbacks.