With the expansion of European competitions, teams are trying their best to play in at least one of the three tournaments. The top teams are competing for a place in the UEFA Champions League, while the other clubs are competing for a place in the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Bundesliga side Augsburg are also looking to make it to Europe and are pushing hard. They signed a Bosnian striker in 2022 from Freiburg. Ermedin Demirovic came and is leading the attack of the team. He is in the best form of his life and netting some regular goals. In the last eight games, he is on the top of his game. Demirovic already has 14 goals and five assists in the current season. This is his best season in his professional career. Here is a look at some of his stats that show how this Bosnian can take his side to Europe.
Leading the attack
Ermedin Demirovic spearheads the attack and covers a lot of areas in the final third. He averaged 3.9 touches inside the opposition penalty box per 90 minutes. In the last eight games, things have been a bit different. He has taken 42 touches inside the opposition penalty box and averages more than five touches inside the opposition penalty box.
This plot correlates the number of touches a player has in the opponent’s box with their goal-scoring rate, demonstrating their attacking presence and danger in the final third. This is a comparison to other left-wingers in the German top flight. Demirovic is clearly the best in the business when compared to other wingers.
Decent run in 2024
In the last seven games, Demirovic has netted six goals. The forward has attempted 50 shots this season and has a high accuracy rate of 54%. In these last seven games, the forward has attempted 15 shots and 10 shots have been on target. The xG rate is on the higher side as he has managed to take all his shots from inside the box.
In addition to his six goals are two assists. The 25-year-old can link the play with his teammates. Ermedin Demirovic has created seven shot assist chances. His involvement in the game is not that much but the player has five assists to his name in the current season.
Another key factor in Demirovic’s game is his ability to recover the ball in dangerous areas. The player averages 3.02 recoveries and half of them were made in the attacking half. By looking at the above viz we can observe that dangerous recoveries have taken place on the edge of the penalty box.
Ermedin Demirovic will look to score more goals and carry his team’s hope.
Visuals via TFA data viz engine