Morata has a better goal-scoring ratio than the BBC
Morata's goals this season make for better reading than the Bale, Benzema, Cristiano combo's, with the Spaniard finding the back of the net every 104 minutesRussia vs Egypt live: World Cup 2018 Group A
The BBC, Real Madrid's staple striking structure, established in 2013, has always accounted for 56% or more of the goals scored by the whole team. This campaign, however, the numbers paint a different picture, with the trusted trio dropping to 40%.
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Improving every season
The Bale, Benzema, Cristiano combination has consistently improved its goalscoring numbers season upon season: 56% in 2013-14 (93 goals out of a total of 160), 61% in the 2014-15 campaign (100 out of 162) and 69% in the 2015-16 (98 out of 141) last year. This season, however, the Real strikeforce has dropped off, and have only managed 48 goals of the team's total of 120 (40%).
REAL MADRID 2015-16
141 goals
Goals
Percentage
Cristiano
51
36%
Benzema
28
20%
Bale
19
13%
BBC
98
69%
Morata's minutes
Within this context, Morata, 17 on the list of players to have played the most minutes this season, has a better goals-per-minute ratio than the BBC, seeing the net bulge every 104 minutes - Cristiano is currently scoring one every 119, Benzema a goal every 149 and Bale one every 173. "I spoke to Zidane and he told me I was going to be an important player and that I would play a lot," was the promise Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane made to Morata to convince him to return to Los Blancos from Juventus. Unfortunately for the Spaniard, he has only had more game-time than Pepe, Asensio, Danilo, James, Mariano and Yáñez in a 24-man squad, and that number is even more damning given Bale's absence in35% of Madrid's games through injury. The numbers speak for themselves.
