As a summer of evaluation and further change begins, David Freezer takes a look at some of the keys stats which paint the picture of a frustrating Championship campaign for Norwich City.
Another season has come to an end for the Canaries and the analysis of a disappointing mid-table Championship finish is already well under way.
Today we bring you a statistical analysis of some of the key performance indicators behind a season which concluded in a 14th-place finish for Daniel Farke's squad.
City's head coach has arrived with stats fresh in his mind for many of his post-match interviews this season and some of those facts and figures today once again emphasise the failures in front of goal which undermined an improved defensive performance after an initially worrying first month.
Only one team, Brentford, created more goal-scoring chances or had more shots on target than Norwich yet the Canaries averaged just over a goal a game and just five teams scored fewer goals. Here's how City compared to their Championship rivals.
TEAM
• Championship finish
14th P46 W15 D15 L16 F49 A60 GD -11 Pts 60
• Average goals scored per game: 1.1
• Average goals conceded per game: 1.3
• Home record
17th P23 W8 D8 L7 F25 A25 GD 0 Pts 32
• Away record
12th P23 W7 D7 L9 F24 A35 GD -11 Pts 28
• Goals scored: 49 (ranked 19th)
• Goals conceded: 60 (12th)
• Shots p/g av: 14.1 (2nd)
• Shots on target p/g av: 4 (14th)
• Possession p/g av: 53.8pc (4th)
• Pass accuracy p/g av: 80.2pc (3rd)
• Key passes p/g av: 11 (2nd)
• Aerial duels won p/g av: 16.7pc (23rd)
• Tackles p/g av: 16.3pc (12th)
PLAYER PERFORMANCE
• League apps (as sub)
Angus Gunn – 46
James Maddison – 44 (2)
Josh Murphy – 41 (7)
Harrison Reed – 39 (3)
Christoph Zimmermann – 39 (9)
• Goals (cup)
James Maddison – 15 (1)
Josh Murphy – 11 (4)
Nelson Oliveira – 8
Timm Klose – 4
Tom Trybull – 3 (1)
• Assists (cup)
James Maddison – 11 (3)
Josh Murphy – 4 (1)
Wes Hoolahan – 4 (1)
Harrison Reed – 3
(Zimmermann, Stiepermann, Vrancic, Jerome, Pritchard, Watkins, Klose all on 2)
• Yellow cards (cup)
Alex Tettety – 9 (1)
James Maddison – 8 (1)
Harrison Reed – 7
Timm Klose – 7
Mario Vrancic – 7 (2)
James Husband – 7 (2)
• Red cards
Marley Watkins – 1
LEAGUE STATISTICS
• Pass success percentage
Alex Tettey – 89.2pc
Harrison Reed – 88pc
Tom Trybull – 88pc
Christoph Zimmermann – 87pc
James Maddison – 86.2pc
• Av shots per game (on target)
Nelson Oliveira – 3.2 (1)
Josh Murphy – 2.8 (0.9)
James Maddison – 2.8 (0.7)
Cameron Jerome – 1.7 (0.3)
Mario Vrancic – 1.3 (0.1)
• Av tackles per game
Tom Trybull – 2.5
Mario Vrancic – 2.4
Jamal Lewis – 2.2
Harrison Reed – 2.2
Marco Stiepermann – 2
• Av clearances per game
Grant Hanley – 6.9
Timm Klose – 6.5
Christoph Zimmermann – 4.8
Tom Trybull – 2.3
Ivo Pinto – 2.1
• Av aerial duels won per game
Cameron Jerome – 3.7
Grant Hanley – 3.5
Timm Klose – 2.9
Tom Trybull – 2.2
Christoph Zimmermann – 1.8
• Stats from WhoScored.com and ESPNFC.com
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