0.94 goals per 90: The Fulham player who is likely to attract transfer interest this summer

There is no doubt that Fulham were the dominant side in the Sky Bet Championship this season. 

Finishing the campaign as the Champions, the Cottagers scored an impressive 106 goals – 32 more than second-placed AFC Bournemouth.

Marco Silva’s side will now be looking forward to next season in the Premier League and planning to strengthen their squad during the summer, but first and foremost, they must keep hold of their star player – Aleksandar Mitrovic.

The Serbian striker had a record-breaking season in the Championship in 21/22, which won’t have gone unnoticed.

Here, we’ve looked at the numbers behind Mitrovic’s phenomenal campaign.

The most obvious place to start with Mitrovic is his goals – which broke the Championship goal record in 2021/22.

The previous record had been set by Ivan Toney last season, with 31 goals, but Mitrovic surpassed this number in February, with three months of the season remaining.

In the end, Mitrovic would go on to score an astonishing 43 league goals in 44 Championship appearances – breaking then Portsmouth’s Guy Whittingham’s second-tier record from back in 1992/93.

In doing this, Mitrovic overperformed his expected goals (xG), too.

Fulham were a creative side and thus Mitrovic had plenty of opportunities this season, resulting in an xG of 0.8 per 90.

The chances the Serbian got is further evidenced by the 3.94 shots he took per 90.

47.8% of these shots were on target, which, perhaps, helped Mitrovic overperform his expected goals and actually score 0.94 goals per 90 on average in the second tier this season.

Mitrovic’s fine form received plaudits from many across the season, and earned the 27-year-old a very impressive WhoScored rating of 7.72 for the campaign.

All things considered then,