Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus is not just a goal-scorer, and his all-round performances up front for the Gunners this season seem to have really benefited the team, who sit five points clear at the top of the Premier League table.
Still, there’s no doubt at all that Jesus should be doing better in front of goal, and the stats prove it.
See below as The xG Philosophy tweet just how far below his expected goals Jesus is so far this season, with the Brazil international clearly failing to put away chances of good quality that most other players in his position would be taking…
Gabriel Jesus has scored 5 goals from 9.38(xG) this season – the largest underperformance of any player.
— The xG Philosophy (@xGPhilosophy) November 17, 2022
Arsenal fans will hope Jesus can improve after the break for the World Cup, or else it’s hard to see them staying top of the table for much longer.
Jesus has shown from his time at Manchester City what a top player he can be, but Mikel Arteta might do well to bring in another attacking player who can provide a more reliable and consistent goal threat when the transfer window re-opens in January.
Everyone loves a negative arsenal write up eh
Wow, now they are turning to misinformation.
Now that beating us on the pitch has so far failed they are resorting to disrupt the team with misinformation by making us believe in misinformation that Jesus is underperformed. Rubbish!!!!
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Beautiful observation.
One of the things Arsenal fans ignored when Gabriel Jesus was signed was his relatively low goal scoring totals for Manchester City. Pro Jesus fans were quick to dismiss these concerns as nitpicking and hating on the player and team. That was not necessarily the case.
Jesus got off to a quick start and has scored important goals for Arsenal, with 5 goals and 6 assists in the league, there is no rational argument that Jesus has neen anything but excellent for the Gunners.
But. And this is important and not meant as a negative; Jesus has always been valuable for his all action, end-to-end contributions to the success of the Cityzens, as opposed to being a pure goal scorer. Before coming to London, Jesus’ beest league total for goals was 16. GJ’s last 5 seasons he contributed 8/9, 9/4, 14/8, and 7/3 in the league.
The argument among the Jesus lovers was; he’d score more playing in his preferred position as a lone striker, and he’d score because he would be playing lots of minutes. Those are not bad arguments, but based on Jesus’ current numbers, he is on pace for a very “typically Jesus” year.
In previous seasons for City he played 1,800, 2,000, 2,000, 1,000, 1,600 minutes. Thus far Jesus has played 1,200 minutes; on pace for his highest league minutes in the Premier League. doubling his current goals and assists, a fair number given Arsenal have played 14 games would give Jesus 10 goals and 12 assists. Good to great numbers for a #10 or winger, but very average for a striker. His minutes per goal is 245, the worst among strikers with 5 goals or more.
Some of this is a funciton for how Arsenal play, something Arsenal fans refused to accept as a reason for lower goal totals from Alexandre Lacazette or Pierre Emerick Aubameyang. The striker in Arteta’s team is expected to be a more complete player, and Jesus is, but that costs him and the club at the offensive end of the pitch.
The question is, will Arsenal’s fans accept that a striker who cost $50+ million is earning his pay at 10-12 goals a season when they would not accept that two forwards who scored similar to better numbers of goals and a winger who scored 10 goals a season (Pepe) had done enough to justify their prices.
So long as Arsebnal sit atop the league, everything will be hunky-dory, but if the Gunner’s slide down the table to third or fourth, expect the fickle fan to start wondering aloud if the Gunners need to make a move to bring in a “proper #9.”
I’m steady there. Doesn’t score enough goals. He support play is second to none. But we bought a number 9. Not a winger. We need a midfielder and pure in the box no 9. I know who I want…
I don’t think is about jusus i think is about the team, we needed someone slidly better than lacazatte and hear is he making the difference
Gabriel is one of the best player in Europe his performance is worth in the gunners team
Stop spreading misinformation is that prediction made by God? It only God who knows the future
If your imaginary friend and invented entity can see the future, then so can Mickey Mouse 😂
The way arsenal plays, even if you bring halaand or lewandoski they wont score as many goals. The wing and midfield dont play for no.9. They have eyes for goal more than the no.9. The evidence is that G.Jesus has to drop deep if he want to get himself into the game. By doing so he is contributing greatly for our team.