Real Madrid acted quickly to seal a loan for Kepa Arrizabalaga after Thibaut Courtois' injury. How do the two keepers compare?
to accelerate towards him. Instead of playing a short pass to one of Madrid’s defenders, he is forced to go long:
This is not one of Courtois’ strong suits, although Madrid do not tend to use their goalkeeper to construct attacks as much as other teams.This can be explored in the numbers when looking at his goals conceded versus the goals he has been expected to concede, using “expected goals on target” , a stat that considers the quality of the on-target attempts a goalkeeper has faced, accounting for factors such as the ball placement in the goal and the angle from which the shot or header is taken.
Across a 50-shot rolling average, Courtois has barely faltered during his time at Madrid, consistently preventing a higher number of goals than expected over the past four seasons. Arrizabalaga’s shot-stopping in that same period has been far less impressive. At his worst, in the 2019-20 season, he was conceding as high as six goals more than expected. He barely featured in the following two seasons as Mendy was signed that summer and took his starting spot, but the Spaniard reclaimed his status as No. 1 early last campaign — dramatically outperforming his xGOT by eight before experiencing a dip in form at the end of the season.
“I’m coming at one of the best moments of my sporting career,” Arrizabalaga said at his presentation as a Madrid player. “I’m ready for this challenge and for a great year. Commitment and hard work will not be lacking.”This is where Arrizabalaga struggles the most in comparison to Courtois. Few goalkeepers dominate their area as convincingly as Courtois does with his 6ft 7in frame — at 6ft 2in, Arrizabalaga will struggle to impose himself in the same way.Courtois made 0.
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