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Robin Roefs 🇳🇱 compendium


Got a huge shout-out of acknowledgement in the Opta article that @woodlebert posted elsewhere:

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All of this is helped by having a reliable goalkeeper, and it’s fair to say Robin Roefs is probably in contention for signing of the season at the moment. The 22-year-old was by no means a household name when Sunderland signed him in a deal apparently worth an initial £9 million, but he’s made a strong impact.

According to Opta’s expected goals on target conceded (xGOT) model, Roefs’ saves have seen him concede 3.5 goals fewer than the average goalkeeper would expect to let in based on the quality of chances faced – his 3.5 ‘goals prevented’ is the best of any goalkeeper this term.

He is aided in that respect by facing more shots than most, but we can standardise for the number of shots each goalkeeper in the league faced by looking at their ‘goals prevented rate’. Roefs’ goals prevented rate of 1.2 means he was expected to concede 1.2 goals for every goal he actually let in – that is tied with Emiliano Martínez and Dean Henderson for the best record in the division.
 
The calmness and assured authority he has in pretty much everything he does belies his 22 years on this planet!

£9m which will surely be quadrupled if we do sadly have to part ways with him
 
He's going to the very top this lad. Immense presence in his goal and his kicking seems to be getting a lot better especially the longer ones.
 
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