Five things Liverpool & Arsenal fans need to know about Andre Silva

by Sam Cox @SamRCox_ share

4 minute read 16/12/2016 | 07:33pm

Free Shots!

Shooting for the sake of shooting isn’t a good thing, let’s just get that straight. So, you can interpret this stat in a number of ways, depending on your mindset.

Silva has averaged more shots-per-game than any other player in the Portuguese top flight to date this term, averaging 4.2-per-match. In fact, no other player has averaged higher than 3.3-per-match.

Either he shoots too much, he’s got a good amount of self-belief or Porto have been creating barrel loads of chances. Without other information, it’s not all that helpful, but it’s interesting nonetheless.