2. Troy Deeney (Watford): 19 goals
Troy Deeney first rose to prominence with back-to-back strong seasons with Walsall when he scored 12 goals (2008/09) and 14 goals (2009/10) which prompted Watford to pay £638,000 for his service and he has repaid the North London side with 79 goals and 34 assists in 213 appearances since. This season’s current total of 19 goals comes on the back of his 3rd place and ‘Bronze’ boot with 24 goals in last year’s Championship top scorer race. When looking at his 19 goals so far this term, what can we digest from this and what might his likely end-of-season tally be?
- 19 goals in 2,793 minutes of play
- Over season so far 0.60 goals per 90 minutes
- Over season so far 43 shots on target (1.4 shots per 90 minutes)
- Shots on target (SoTa) conversion 44.18%
Looking at the above season returns, it would suggest that Troy Deeney would likely score: 4.2 more goals (using the ‘goals per 90 minutes’ return) or 4.3 more goals (using the ‘shots per 90’ to SoTa conversion).
Projected end-of-season tally: 23 goals
