Why Ferran Torres is more suited to ST than Jesus is[A THREAD]:

(likes and rts appreciated)
Ferran Torres (PL+UCL):
11 starts
6 goals
1 assist

Gabriel Jesus (PL+UCL):
9 starts
3 goals
1 assist

But this doesn't really tell the whole story as Jesus has had a quite a disrupted season due to injuries.
We need to check more underlying numbers to find out who's better:
Ferran Torres (UCL+PL):
Expected Goals:5
Goals:6

Jesus(UCL+PL)
Expected Goals:3
Goals:3

Torres outperforms his expected goals while Jesus doesn't which proves that Torres is more clinical
Ferran Torres (UCL+PL):
Goals per shot:0.22

Gabriel Jesus (UCL+PL):
Goals per shot:0.13

hence Torres takes less shots to score a goal than Jesus does, indicating he has better finishing than Jesus
Positioning:
In the left pic you see Torres'(highlighted with orange circle) average positioning when playing as a striker

In the right pic you see Jesus'(highlighted with orange circle)average positioning when playing as a striker

Clearly Torres is the more advanced of the 2
Jesus sometimes drops to the midfield when he doesn't get the ball for a period of time but Torres stays up and makes runs,great strikers like Aguero and Suarez never drop deep,they stay high up and make runs hoping for balls to be played through and that's why they score so many
As for their work off the ball you can't really tell who's better , both work hard-Jesus averages 13.7 presses per 90 while Torres averages 13.5 presses per 90.
hence we see Torres is better than Jesus in finishing and positioning and that's why I think Torres would be more suited to striker than Jesus.
Also I think Jesus should be played as a winger,he seems to have the right qualities for a winger, excellent dribbling and ball control
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