Houssem Aouar goes on good and bad for his fourth season with Olympique Lyonnais.
The Gones midfielder has a certain irregularity in his performances which does not call into question his starting status of course, so much his influence in the game near Memphis Depay is essential but his statistics question.
If we look more closely this season in Ligue 1, Houssem Aouar is 4 goals and 3 assists in 21 games.
A ratio already higher than last season when he scored 3 goals and delivered 3 assists in 25 matches but still well below the 2018/2019 financial year (7 goals, 8 assists in 37 games).
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The 22-year-old's offensive performance raises questions because his involvement in this area of play is more important than before.
Compared to the average number of shots per game, Houssem Aouar is hitting around 2.5 times this season, evolving attempts from the previous two seasons where he emerged at 1.8 last year and 1.9 in 2018/2019.
Also note an increase in the number of key passes each game.
This activity suggests that Houssem Aouar could naturally inflate his statistics, but his ineffectiveness in front of goal is quite common this season.
A still learning exercise according to him: “Personally, I have learned a lot of things, I have evolved, I try to be as regular as possible, to bring as much as possible, to help make the game more fluid. J 'try to make progress on all aspects'.
Aouar present against OM this Sunday
A lack of success which can be explained by recurrent pain in the adductors.
This muscular discomfort forced him to miss two meetings, while forcing Rudi Garcia to manage his playing time well in order to avoid a relapse.
A problem that does not prevent the main concerned from keeping in mind the end of the season goal, the title of champion of France.
“I dragged my adductor discomfort for a long time.
I would like to win something at OL.
We will do everything for this season.
Evolving at OL, normally, that means winning titles ”recalls the player from the Lyon training center in a press conference.
Considered as an executive in the Gones workforce, Houssem Aouar should unsurprisingly take his place in the Rhone midfield this Sunday against OM, shock of the 27th day of Ligue 1. The midfielder confided in this crucial meeting: “It's a big meeting at the Vélodrome.
Without an audience that changes a bit, but we do with it.
It has always been very close matches against them.
We are going to go there with a lot of ambition.
I like to play these kinds of matches, with rivalry.
We want to go as high as possible, so this weekend, we want to come home with the victory to continue our march forward.
We have already managed to manage sprints well, we will try to be inspired by them.
»The meeting is launched.
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