Race for the Golden Boot; The Championship

4. Odion Ighalo (Watford): 17 goals

Odion IghaloOdion Ighalo has come to Watford via a loan deal from Watford’s ‘sister club’ Udinese. However, since Udinese signed him for £1.76m from Norwegian side FK Lyn, Ighalo has been on a succession of loan deals, primarily at a further ‘sibling club’ in Spaniards Granada FC. Hardly prolific in Granada, scoring only 12 goals in 39 appearances over 3 seasons, he has hit a rich vein of scoring form in the 18 appearances for Watford in this season’s Championship campaign. Bearing his 17 goals in mind, what can we draw from his return of 17 goals and what might his final tally be?

  • 17 goals in 1,584 minutes play (goal per 93 minutes)
  • Over season so far 1.00 goals per 90 minutes
  • Over season so far 28 shots on target (1.6 shots per 90 minutes)
  • Shots on target (SoTa) conversion 60.71%

Looking at the above season returns, it would suggest that Odion Ighalo would likely score: 7 more goals (using the ‘goals per 90 minutes’ return) or 6.80 more goals (using the ‘shots per 90’ to SoTa conversion).

Projected end-of-season tally: 24 goals

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