77.4% pass success rate: Should Sheffield Wednesday seal fresh deal for 28-year-old?

Sheffield Wednesday have pulled out all the stops to try and get a promotion back to the Championship this season – including recruiting a former highly-rated Premier League talent in Saido Berahino.

The striker was once hailed as a player with tons of potential but then fell off the radar slightly and after a move to Belgium from Stoke, he is now back in England with the Owls.

The 28-year-old initially looked fairly bright off the bench and then after a few quiet fixtures, he has burst back into life. Being trusted in attack, he has scored four goals in his last two games and the side will be hoping he continues in this kind of form.

Berahino though isn’t committed to Hillsborough on a long-term basis right now – so should the club consider offering him fresh terms and tying him down? Or is this merely a flash in the pan and should they let him go at the end of his contract?

If we take a look at his stats, we can dig deeper and see just how well the player has been doing with Wednesday.

At a basic level, he has managed six goals and two assists in League One so far this year and those efforts have come in 1036 minutes of action (although only eight of his games have actually been starts).

Using WyScout to take a look at his stats at a more in-depth level, you can see how he thrives and the type of player he is. With an xG ratio of just 4.3, it suggests that he has scored more than he should have. That means that he has been clinical with the chances that have been put forward to him, showing that he still possesses that excellent finishing ability that we once saw. Whilst this might level out and mean he scores less, it does suggest he still knows where the back of the net is and can score plenty.

His passing is