Comparing Federico Chiesa’s 2019-20 stats to Man Utd’s current forwards

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Planet Football
1st October 2020

Fiorentina forward Federico Chiesa has become the latest name touted as an alternative to Jadon Sancho for Manchester United.

Chiesa, 22, has already racked up over 150 senior appearances for his boyhood club and is now into his fifth full season, with last term proving his best yet.

Now might be a time to take the next step up from the Serie A club, and The Telegraph have reported that United have made a late push to bring him in on loan for the 2020-21 season.

But how does he compare to the options Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s existing options? Here’s how his stats from the 2019-20 Serie A campaign compare to Daniel James, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood’s output in the Premier League.

Odion Ighalo has been excluded because the Nigerian international only featured for 122 minutes in the league last term.

Goals
Marcus Rashford – 17
Anthony Martial – 17
Federico Chiesa – 10
Mason Greenwood – 10
Daniel James – 3

Chiesa makes it 3-2 to Fiorentina! 😲

What an incredible pass that was from Franck Ribery to provide the assist 🤤 pic.twitter.com/90s5dravbk

— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) September 26, 2020

Assists
Marcus Rashford – 7
Federico Chiesa – 6
Daniel James – 6
Anthony Martial – 6
Mason Greenwood – 1

Minutes per goal or assist
Marcus Rashford – 110
Anthony Martial – 114
Mason Greenwood – 119
Federico Chiesa – 165
Daniel James – 254

Chances created per 90 minutes
Federico Chiesa – 1.6
Marcus Rashford – 1.1
Daniel James – 1.0
Anthony Martial – 1.0
Mason Greenwood – 1.0

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Successful dribbles per 90 minutes (success rate)
Marcus Rashford – 3.2 (62%)
Federico Chiesa – 1.8 (58%)
Anthony Martial – 1.7 (51%)
Mason Greenwood – 1.4 (63%)
Daniel James – 1.1 (45%)

Passes per 90 minutes (passing accuracy)
Marcus Rashford – 37.0 (77.3%)
Mason Greenwood – 33.9 (86.3%)
Daniel James – 27.4 (78.7%)
Federico Chiesa – 24.5 (76.7%)
Anthony Martial – 24.3 (80.6%)

Shots per 90 minutes (inside penalty area)
Federico Chiesa – 3.8 (2.0)
Marcus Rashford – 3.2 (1.6)
Mason Greenwood – 2.7 (1.7)
Daniel James – 1.6 (1.0)
Anthony Martial – 2.7 (1.7)