Martin Ødegaard Profile

As an Arsenal fan I'm pretty happy with this loan deal, & with @OfficialFPL revealing his price of £6.0, I want to look at his profile & see if he could become a viable #FPL option.

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Martin Ødegaard Profile

In this thread I look at:

Career Stats
Style of Play
Strength v Weakness
Competition in AFC squad

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Martin Ødegaard Profile

To start off, here's a quick overall player profile:

Martin Ødegaard
Norwegian
22
CAM, LM, RM
Left Footed
216 matches (since 2014)
31 G
40 A

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Martin Ødegaard Profile

Overall stats by club:

Real Madrid (inc B) -73, 5, 8
Sociedad -36, 7, 9
Vitesse -39, 11, 12
Heerenveen -43, 3, 5
Strømsgodset IF -25, 5, 6

Stats 20/21:

Real Madrid -9,0, 0

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2019/2020

Sociedad
36 games
2,934 mins
7 G
9 A
1.6 shots p/g
85% pass success p/g
2 key pass p/g
2 drib
xG 3.41 (-0.45)
xA 7.68 (+2.01)

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2018/2019

Vitesse
39 games
3,288 mins
11 G
12 A
2.4 shots p/g
80% pass success p/g
3.5 key pass p/g
2.9 drib

x/G & x/A not available

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2017-2018

Heerenveen
24 games
2,079 mins
2 G
1 A
2.1 shots p/g
81% pass success p/g
1.9 key pass p/g
2.8 drib p/g

x/G & x/A not available

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2016-2017

Heerenveen
16 games
864 mins
1 G
3 A
1.2 shots p/g
85.4% pass success p/g
1.5 key pass p/g
1.2 drib p/g

x/G & x/A not available

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STYLE OF PLAY

Ødegaard is known for his excellent passing capabilities as well as extraordinary technique & dribbling skills. He mostly positions himself just behind the striker & can either drift wide or stay centrally.

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STYLE OF PLAY

He's very forward-thinking when in possession. At every possible occasion he attempts to advance the ball. His intelligence & understanding of how to access his teammates in more advanced positions is a key strength

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STYLE OF PLAY

His skills allow him to attack from both central & wide channels, as well as drop deep to help progress the ball. Below he receives the ball deeper & then cuts inside for his teammate to overlap and burst into space.

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STYLE OF PLAY

His passing range allows him to speed up attack play by using long & accurate balls into space, as seen in the 1st picture, through balls & key passes behind defensive lines in the 2nd & 3rd pictures below.

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STRENGHTS & WEAKNESSES

Likes To Dribble
Like To cut inside
Very Strong Key Passes
Strong Through Balls
Counter Attack Threat
Long Shots
Poor Tackling
Poor Aerial Duels

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COMPETITION v ESR

With ESR playing a similar position to Ødegaard, ESR could see his minutes managed more. ESR can't play every game. Ødegaard has already shown he is able to create. Last season he was in La Liga's top 7 chances created.

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COMPETITION v ESR

Ødegaard's output compares favourably not just to ESR's early outings in the Premier League, but also to the Mesut Ozil in 2019/2020 (when he played).

There's every chance Arteta could play both ESR & Ødegaard in a 433 too.

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Key Findings

71 goal involvements in 216 games
0.32 contribution p/g
Avg 1.8 shots p/g
Avg 83% pass success p/g
Avg 2.3 key pass p/g
Avg 2.2 dribbles p/g
Excellent Passing
Excellent Dribbling
Always wants to advance ball

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Conclusion

Ødegaard will need time to settle & adapt, but has all the skills needed to make a big impact.

At £6.0, if he settles quickly & keeps up his GI p/g, he could become a very viable option.

I'll be watching with great interest

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Info and stats used in this thread from:

https://www.whoscored.com 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk 

https://www.footballcritic.com 

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/article/tactical-analysis-martin-odegaard-scout-report-tactics

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/martin-odegaard-arsenal-loan-analysis-how-can-the-real-madrid-playmaker-improve-mikel-artetas-side

@WGTA_FPL @FPLNym @Gooner_fpl @JamesDrewery @FPLNima

Hi guys, as fellow Gooners, this might be of interest to you. Put together a thread looking at our new no.11

Let's hope he can hit the ground running.

@FFCommunity_ @FPLMatthew @FPL_Swe @yonkersfpl @FPL_Connect @lateriser12 @BigManBakar @MattFPL01

Hi guys, I've put together a thread looking at the new addition to FPL - Martin Ødegaard, that might be of interest.

Hope you enjoy. Any/all feedback much appreciated as always