CIES: Benfica striker outshines ex-Sporting man Gyokeres | OneFootball

Vangelis Pavlidis is better than Viktor Gyökeres in the finishing department. The Benfica forward is also the most ‘lethal’ player in the entire Liga Portugal Betclic, and among the world’s top leagues, the Greek ranks sixth.

A study conducted by the CIES Football Observatory with Impect analyzed several footballers on a scale of 0–100 in some of the main areas of the game over the last six months, assessing only matches from their respective national leagues: Aerial defending, ground defending, defensive buildup, playmaking, ball carrying, assisting, finishing, and aerial attacking.

In finishing, Pavlidis scored 91.3, beating former Sporting player Viktor Gyökeres’s 90.9. Ahead of the Benfica goal-scorer are Julián Álvarez (91.4), Luis Díaz (92.3), Serhou Guirassy (92.3), Lionel Messi (92.5), Harry Kane (96.6), and Kylian Mbappé (100).

Vangelis Pavlidis is currently one of Benfica’s most important players. This season, the forward — valued at 35 million euros — has played 15 official matches so far. In the 1,221 minutes he has been on the pitch, the striker has recorded seven goals and one assist.

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