Reviews On Romelu Lukaku And Alvaro Morata
Both in the age of 24 years, there are also plenty of differences between the players, which will make following their career paths from here onwards very interesting.
Morata is the frustrated understudy lifting trophy after trophy at a big club but contributing less than he’d like to those successes, Lukaku is the undisputed star of a mid-table side and will feel he’s earned the chance to compete for bigger things at one of Europe’s super clubs.
Here’s a look to see if we can work that out from some of their key stats over the 2016/17 season…
Romelu Lukaku
With 25 Premier League goals, Lukaku truly had one of the finest seasons of his career to date. While many continue to question his tendency to go missing in the big games, he managed five more goals than Diego Costa across the whole campaign, and finished second only to Harry Kane in the running for the Golden Boot.
Lukaku career summary
373 games
165 goals
2 trophies
The Belgian scored his 25 goals with fewer shots than Costa, and that while he got one fewer assist, he managed to create more chances and achieve ten more take-ons than the Spaniard.
Alvaro Morata
Due to being a squad player for Real Madrid, it is little surprise that Morata’s figures are lower than his rivals above.
Morata career summary
208 games
58 goals
13 trophies
Not only is Morata scoring more despite less time on the pitch, he’s also been clinical to do so despite taking on average 3.62 shots per 90 minutes, in comparison to Zlatan Ibrahimovic who took 4.28; for all his goals, it was clear throughout the campaign that the veteran Swede was far from shy of having a pop at goal, but just not effective enough to turn a few more of those 15 draws into wins.
Going back to Lukaku as well, the Everton hit-man also averaged a higher goals-per-90 than Costa, and also did so while taking fewer shots.
In short, there’s not a lot to pick between them and both have gone down very different paths to be where they are now. What separates the pair from here will be largely down to the success of their respective teams, as well as their own temperament. Lukaku may have to do better than in the past at coping with the higher expectations of a more illustrious club, while Morata will be used to that side of things but could come up short due to settling in a new country and coping with the physical demand of playing 90 minutes week in, week out.
Morata is the frustrated understudy lifting trophy after trophy at a big club but contributing less than he’d like to those successes, Lukaku is the undisputed star of a mid-table side and will feel he’s earned the chance to compete for bigger things at one of Europe’s super clubs.
Here’s a look to see if we can work that out from some of their key stats over the 2016/17 season…
Romelu Lukaku
With 25 Premier League goals, Lukaku truly had one of the finest seasons of his career to date. While many continue to question his tendency to go missing in the big games, he managed five more goals than Diego Costa across the whole campaign, and finished second only to Harry Kane in the running for the Golden Boot.
Lukaku career summary
373 games
165 goals
2 trophies
The Belgian scored his 25 goals with fewer shots than Costa, and that while he got one fewer assist, he managed to create more chances and achieve ten more take-ons than the Spaniard.
Alvaro Morata
Due to being a squad player for Real Madrid, it is little surprise that Morata’s figures are lower than his rivals above.
Morata career summary
208 games
58 goals
13 trophies
Not only is Morata scoring more despite less time on the pitch, he’s also been clinical to do so despite taking on average 3.62 shots per 90 minutes, in comparison to Zlatan Ibrahimovic who took 4.28; for all his goals, it was clear throughout the campaign that the veteran Swede was far from shy of having a pop at goal, but just not effective enough to turn a few more of those 15 draws into wins.
Going back to Lukaku as well, the Everton hit-man also averaged a higher goals-per-90 than Costa, and also did so while taking fewer shots.
In short, there’s not a lot to pick between them and both have gone down very different paths to be where they are now. What separates the pair from here will be largely down to the success of their respective teams, as well as their own temperament. Lukaku may have to do better than in the past at coping with the higher expectations of a more illustrious club, while Morata will be used to that side of things but could come up short due to settling in a new country and coping with the physical demand of playing 90 minutes week in, week out.
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