Son Heung-min scored two goals out of five shots in '2nd place in the EPL'
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Son Heung-min 32, Tottenham is still showing his world-class determination.
Son has scored two goals so far in the 2024-2025 English Premier League, which he played through the third round, and is now tying for sixth in scoring. He has multiple goals in the second round match with Everton, equalling nine players including Kai Havertz Arnal.
Erling Holan Manchester City, who scored hat tricks in two consecutive games, is leading with seven goals, while four players, including Mohamed Salah Liverpool, have scored three goals to form the second place.
Son does not try many shots. However, he has shown high shooting accuracy ratio. Such outstanding scoring ability has been proven through various records including xG expected score.
Son Heung-min's decision-making power is also evident in the statistics released by the Premier League secretariat on the 8th. Son Heung-min has 40% of the shooting success rate, ranking second along with João Pedru Brighton and John Duran Aston Villa.
Son made a total of five shots during this season. He made two of them with goals. Assuming that he shot 100 times, he successfully completed 40.
The top contenders were Holan and Brian Mbommo Brentford. Holan shot 14 times, scoring seven goals, while Mbommo scored three of his six shots into the net.
Among Son Heung-min's teammates, offensive midfielder James Maddison and winger Timo Werner and center back Christian Werner are listed in the top division of the league.
Madison has two assists, tied for fourth in the assists category, with Cole Palmer Chelsea, four, Saka Asnar, and Salah Liverpool, three more. He also made six crosses to rank fifth in the category.
Werner shot 35.69 km/h in the top speed category, ranking second behind Holan 35.74 km/h. Romero has 226 passes to rank sixth in the category, second with nine tackle successes, and second with through ball.