Latest words of wisdom from our manager, claiming we create lots of chances but miss lots as well. How true is this? I thought I'd have a look.

Earlier in the season we were one of the leading goalscorers in the Championship. After a less than productive few months our goals for is ranked 18th. Given the last few seasons in the division, that's maybe to be expected. Scoring goals is an issue.

Bulut is claiming that we do create chances but miss too many. Of all the chances we create that lead to an attempt on goal, 89.1% don't get converted. That might seem high, but that's ranked 13th in the Championship. Leicester (at the top) miss 84.5% of their chances, while Sheffield Wednesday miss 93.2%. That would suggest that we're average in our division for converting chances. It's clear that all teams miss lots of chances. Leicester score a goal with every 6.5 attempts, we score with every 9.1, Sheffield Wednesday score with every 14.6. Chance conversion wouldn't appear to be a major issue.

I thought I'd break things down a bit further.

We are ranked 9th at the number of chances converted inside the 6 yard box, 13th inside the box and 17th outside the penalty area.

From set pieces:

28% of our chances come from set pieces, surprisingly that is only ranked 10th. 44% of our goals come from set pieces and, unsurprisingly, 17% of all chances created from set pieces end up in the net. That's almost double any other side.

From open play:

We're ranked 14th for chances from open play (68%). However, only 41% of our goals come from open play, the worst in the division. We score only 6.7% of our chances from open play - only Stoke are worse.

Unsurprisingly, 30% of our goals have been headers, the highest percentage in the Championship. 16% of our headers find the net, the second best record in the Championship. It would then come as no surprise that we have one of the worst records in the division scoring from shots, not headers.

A summary:

Overall Bulut's claim that we create lots of chances but miss a lot doesn't hold much water. From open play and goals scored with feet, he has a point, but that is countered by how ruthless we are from set pieces and in the air. I would suggest this is as a result of a squad with little quality. We don't create many good chances from open play and don't finish off those we do create. As for us creating lots of chances, we have managed 329 attempts on goal - the third worst in the division, so we don't create lots of chances overall.