Unable to win for 8 games, the Girondins de Bordeaux are going through a major crisis. If the Bordeaux defense has lost its splendor, the Gironde attack has never really started its season.
With 28 goals scored in 28 contested days, the Girondins de Bordeaux are the 17th attack in Ligue 1. On average, the Bordelais manage to target 3.6 shots per game. Only 5 clubs are doing less well: Dijon, Lorient, Nantes, Reims and Marseille. This statistic emphasizes the technical awkwardness of the Girondins forwards.
Since they have not experienced victory, that is to say on January 24 against Angers, the Navy and White have scored only 3 goals in 8 games played. A performance much too low to be able to stop the bad dynamics and hope to gain points.
Hwang Ui-Jo, symbol of this inefficiency
The South Korean striker had achieved in the image of the team, two good months of December and January. The Bordeaux striker had scored 5 goals in 7 games played as recalled South West. Before that, Hwang Ui-Jo had participated in 12 meetings without scoring. The South Korean symbolizes the lack of efficiency of this Bordeaux team.
Yet irreproachable in his behavior and his investment, the Girondins striker does not weigh heavy enough statistically speaking. He has also scored only one goal in his last 7 games, against Brest, on February 7. With 6 goals in 26 games played this season, Hwang Ui-Jo is averaging 0.23 goals per game. Too low a ratio. Last year, the South Korean striker scored 6 goals in 24 league games. But Hwang Ui-Jo alone does not represent this Bordeaux inefficiency.
The number 9 position difficult to assume
Jimmy Briand may have recalled the good memories of Jean-Louis Gasset. Placardized since the start of the season, due to his contract for some, or his level for others, the former Lyonnais could have equalized with a magnificent header in the last minutes of the match against PSG. It was without counting on a superb stop by Navas.
Nevertheless, the position of number 9 raises questions this season in Gironde. With Hwang Ui-Jo ineffective, but not stingy with effort, Jimmy Briand placarded and at the end of his career, and Josh Maja gone to England, the solutions are few and not very reliable. Unfortunately for the Girondins de Bordeaux, the other attackers are not at the level this season either. Samuel Kalu scored 4 goals in 17 games, Rémi Oudin 4 goals in 28 games and Hatem Ben Arfa, 2 goals in 19 games. After 28 days, the Girondins de Bordeaux have therefore scored 28 goals, 12 less than the previous season at the same stage of the competition.
Gasset is still looking for his game organization
Thus, with the same players, Paulo Sousa managed to get more of his workforce offensively compared to Jean-Louis Gassett. If the quality of the players can be discussed, it is a question of animation and organization of the game that makes the difference. In addition, a player like Nicolas De Préville who scored 6 goals last season, has still not found the net during this exercise.
In addition, with few offensive possibilities, not sure that the Girondins made the right choice by letting Josh Maja go. In the end, the Bordeaux coach will now have to find a solution quickly, to stop the bad dynamics and hope to gain points. With such a blazing attack, the maintenance mission promises to be complicated.
Combined: Hwang and Oudin are the Girondins’ most decisive players
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