Suárez outshines Gyokeres, Sporting on alert | OneFootball

Sporting has already played 14 league matches and Luis Suárez has been one of the team’s standout players, most recently scoring twice against AFS. The Colombian striker has eleven goals and is in second place in the race for the league’s top scorer, only behind Pavlidis (13). This start to the season for the ‘number 97’, in his first year at Sporting, is actually better than Viktor Gyokeres’ when the Swede played his first 14 matches for the club.

In the 2023/24 season, the Swedish international had scored ten goals after the first 14 rounds, one less than Suárez has now. On the other hand, Gyokeres already had four assists, totaling 14 direct goal involvements, while the Colombian has two assists and 13 decisive actions.

The scenario changes when looking at all competitions. There, Gyokeres clearly stood out, as in his first 23 games for Sporting, he scored 20 goals and made nine assists. Luis Suárez, with the same number of matches played, currently has 14 goals and two assists.

Even so, it is still a very positive debut season for the Colombian international, who was signed from Almería in the summer transfer window for 22.1 million euros, plus bonuses that could reach up to 5.2 million. Those targets are getting closer to being achieved and could increase the cost of the transfer.

With 18 starts in 20 matches played, Luis Suárez is two games away from meeting one of his contractual goals. These matches could take place against Santa Clara, in the Portuguese Cup round of 16, and then against Vitória de Guimarães, in the league. Furthermore, if he scores or assists again to reach 25 direct goal involvements, another objective will be secured.

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