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Stats prove Albion are pass masters [The Argus]



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[h=3]Stats prove Albion are pass masters[/h]4:00pm Wednesday 18th December 2013 in Albion By Andy Naylor
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Oscar Garcia
THE manager has changed, the method has been modified, but the recipe for success remains essentially the same.
Albion are one of the pass masters of the Championship under Oscar Garcia.
They are also laying the foundations for another promotion challenge by enjoying more possession than their opponents.
Albion get the ball forward a bit quicker at times than was the case last season under Gus Poyet.
They also press teams higher up the pitch and get more balls into the box but the alterations introduced by Oscar have not been at the expense of the identity established by Poyet.
Albion’s passing accuracy stands at 80.2 per cent, according to figures provided by WhoScored.com.
That puts Albion third behind only Watford (81.3) and Queens Park Rangers (80.6).
Albion also lie third in the possession table supplied by the football statistics website on 54.8 per cent.
Only QPR (58.5) and Derby County (54.9) have a greater share of the ball.
It is one thing having the ball, another what you do with it, especially in the final third.
The Seagulls have been much better in that respect under Oscar than Watford under Poyet’s departed former Chelsea team-mate Gianfranco Zola.
Watford are also fourth in the possession table, just below Albion, yet Zola’s reign at Vicarage Road ended with a horror nine-match run without a win which included a 1-1 draw at The Amex and four straight home defeats without scoring.
Zola’s side must have been guilty of some wayward finishing. They are second in the shots per game ratings on 16.1, beneath Leicester (16.9), with Albion outside the top five listed.
Albion’s strengths and weaknesses, caculated by WhoScored.com from this season’s stats, make interesting reading.
The Seagulls are regarded as strong at counter-attacks, attacking set-pieces and attacking down the wings.
There has been recent evidence of all three in the goals scored against Barnsley, Leicester and Middlesbrough.
On the debit side, Albion are viewed as weak in aerial duels and avoiding fouling in dangerous areas.

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