Not too long ago Serie A was typified as a league that focused and mastered defending while avoiding beautiful/attacking football. To be honest not much as changed except one major thing, defending got poorer. Nevertheless, Serie A can be proud of is its abundance of natural goal scorers. Serie A is currently the third highest scoring league (864) compared to the top five.
All of the top 10 scores this year in the Serie A were attakers. This says a lot about the league. Teams rely on their attackers to get the goals and expect their midfielders to labour the pitch, close down on opposition, and help the defense. This said, attackers have got to be good, and usually full of pressure from the fans and media.
Overall Performance (Top 10 Analysis)
Antonio Di Natale will finish as the “capocannoniere” (top scorer) in the league, unless Eto’o manages to pull some magic out of his hat and overtake 8 goals in two matches. The Udinese striker has bagged 28 goals so far this season, and has scored the most from outside the box (5) and direct free-kicks (3). His goal-scoring ratio is deadly scores a goal every 98 minutes. Edison Cavani, the leagues second top scorer with 26, is the “header” specialist. Out of the top 10 he has scored the most with his head (5). The Napoli hit-man can also boast the most “inside the box goals” (24).
Samuel Eto’o has scored 35 goals for Inter in all competitions this season, overtaking ex. Inter legend Ronaldo for a single season. In the Serie A Eto’o has so far managed 20 goals, he also hit the most posts (3) from the top 10. Roma Captain Francesco Totti currently lies 8th with 14 goals. He has scored the most from penalties, 8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic also with 14 goals is the highest assiting striker with 11 total assists.
Home Performance
Edison Cavani leads the home goal scoring charts with 17. Just like his overall record, he has scored the most from headers (4) and inside of the box (15). Inter Milan’s Eto’o is 3rd with 14 home goals and has scored the most home penalties (5). AC Milan’s Pato has the highest goal-scoring ratio, he scores every 77 minutes at home. His teammate Ibrahimovic continues his play-making trend with 6 assists, the highest in this group.
Away Performance
Antonio Di Natale is in no doubt the best away performing goal scorer in Serie A. He leads the charts with 12 away goals, including the joint-highest assists (5), inside box (10), outside box (2), and joint free kicks (2). His team made Alexis Sanchez sits 3rd with 10 goals, and has the joint most headed goals (2) and posts (2). Totti leads with the highest penalties (4) and best goal scoring ratio, a goal every 79 minutes away from home.
