After a disastrous season in the Premier League, Chelsea welcomes a quality player in Cristopher Nkunku. With a lack of good performances from the CF position, Nkunku could be the solution for Chelsea to make up for the lack of goals and good performances of that position. Nevertheless, looking at the average ratings obtained by C. Nkunku, the 2022-2023 season was a good display of his qualities (in all the competitions).
The squad led by Moreno finished the season in sixth place, a position that grants acess to the second qualifying round of the Conference League. In terms of the squad, Vitória has only a player with top of the class performance in his positions. To understand their individual impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 5 (primary formation) and in a Back 4. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).
Vitória’s eleven with the most minutes played this season (Primeira Liga).
Star Player:
B. Varela (GK) – 7.04
In this squad, Vitória’s Goalkeeper – Bruno Varela – was the player with the highest average rating. Being a goalkeeper, B. Varela had a great impact in the positive results archived by Vitória.
Other Key Players:
T. Silva (M) – 6.86
A. Silva (W) & (CF) – 6.51 & 6.27 (respectively)
Zé Carlos (WB) – 6.56
With a few players having above average seasons, we need emphasise the average rating obtained by André Silva, the Brazilian winger (W) and centre-foward (CF) that arrived in the start of the season from Arouca.
Additional information regarding the team (Primeira Liga).
With more positive results at home than away (10 Home Wins & 6 Away Wins), it is possible to consider Vitória a better team when playing at home. Besides that, the negative goal difference highlights the poor offensive output (1 goal per game) with a good defensive setup (1,15 goals per game).
Vitória’s players in a Back 4 Defense (Minimum 450 minutes played in this competition).
In the 2022-2023 Season, Vitória used the Back 4 only a few times. Nevertheless, some of their players had more than 450 minutes in this type of defense. The obvious distinctions from these matches goes to André Amaro and Bruno Varela, player that obtained average ratings in the range of only the best players in their positions.
Positions most in need of strengthening:
W and CB;
With a lack of players with good average ratings in this positions, Vitória needs to reinforce their squad to be able to present a team that can secure, at least, the 5th place next season.
