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West Ham’s Ukrainian winger Andriy Yarmolenko played in the match on matchday 15 of the England Championship, replacing Bowen at the start of the second half, his rival for a spot on the starting line. And based on the numbers, I was able to play more successfully.
First of all, it’s worth noting that David Moyes initially played 3-4-1-2 tactics, using Bowen in position below the forward and closer to the center, although he often moved a bit to the right. In the second half, the London club moved to the 3-4-3 tactic, in which Yarmolenko played on the right winger and with a greater focus on attack than his rival.
This restructuring allowed “The Irons” to reduce the number of long passes, switching to a more combinatorial football, which led to increased opportunities at the gates of “The Seagulls”, as well as significantly increasing the number of martial arts. won. It was the Ukrainian flank that was most active during the fight.
The player of the Ukrainian national team actively participated in the first goal of his team. Having received the ball on the right flank, he approached the penalty area, patentedly “twisted” his legs and made a canopy in the penalty area. Brighton’s defense against the West Ham players could not decipher it, causing some panic in the penalty area, which Johnson knew how to take advantage of, sending the ball to the upper corner of the goal without any problem. So we can say that the Ukrainian gave a canopy almost prior to the goal.
Statistics Yarmolenko
In total, Yarmolenko made four passes in the match (when Bowen is 1), gave 21 passes with a 9% marriage (Boeun – 7 with a 43% marriage), and performed a total of 31 actions, 22 of which were successful, 71% (Bowen – 28/9, 32% – a lot of flaws).
Unlike the competitor, the Ukrainian played more for the teammates, giving the ball more often forward or making lateral passes: two passes went to the last third. With the release of the Ukrainian, the right flank “came to life”, which began to lead to more occasions.
As I already noted, Yarmolenko was more focused on attacking, while Bowen often moved deep and helped the team with the selection. It’s no wonder that in this situation, he has more martial arts on his asset than the Ukrainian, and he also has interceptions. The English 4 entered individual matches on defense (twice successfully) and seven times on offense (also twice successfully). The Ukrainian, on the other hand, basically entered the fight closer to the opponent’s goal, six times (three times successfully), and only once did he work on defense, successfully.
But if you look from the attack actions, then the figures are completely in favor of the Ukrainian, although he did not have the opportunity to score, like the Englishman (with a fairly high xG, the moment was lost, approx.). He did more work on the constructive side, helping the team develop attacks quickly; this played a major role in the tie, when the Hammers lost twice during the match.
Strokes
Statistics provided by WyScout.
