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Stats that suggest Tottenham’s Kane is about to go on goal-scoring tear

By Gary Pearson

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 05: Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on February 5, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 05: Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on February 5, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images) /
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Tottenham’s Harry Kane is showing distinct signs of returning to top form, including a run of four goals in his last six Premier League matches. 

Take his — and Spurs struggles — against Chelsea out of the equation and Kane has netted seven in as many matches. His brace against Brighton in the FA Cup was his first multi-goal performance since scoring a hat trick off the bench against Mura in the Europa Conference League on Sept. 30.

It’s not just his recent goal-scoring surge that offers a harbinger into Kane’s likely future exploits. Spurs’ talisman has been omnipresent of late, showcasing a tireless work rate and an unparalleled ability to impact the match in various ways.

If you’ve watched him play lately — which I’m sure almost every Tottenham supporter has — you don’t need any statistics to tell you what you can plainly see with your own two eyes. But I’m gonna provide you with some anyway, as they further reinforce the case that Kane is on the verge of going on a goal-scoring tear.

The stats also make a case for Kane’s goal-scoring turnaround

Kane is fourth in the Premier League in total shots (61), sixth in shots per 90 minutes (3.41), second in shots on target (24), fifth in shots on target per 90 minutes (1.34), fifth in xG (8.9).

Kane is near the top of the division in most shot-related categories, other than the ones that matter most, success rate. The Englishman is getting good looks and firing from basically everywhere, which is quintessential Kane.

It’s only a matter of time before Kane’s success rate on the heaps of shots he’s taking starts, at least incrementally, improving. In the 2020-2021 campaign, Kane, who won his third Golden Boot, scored 23 goals on 53 shots on target, a 43 percent success rate.

Compare that to this season’s five top flight goals on 24 shots on target, a 21 percent success rate. Going one step further, Kane has scored on just eight percent of his attempted shots at goal. Last season, Kane scored 23 goals on 137 attempted shots, a 17 percent success rate.

Oh, and the legendary English captain has scored just one goal from the spot in 19 top flight appearance. The last time he scored just one penalty was in the 2015-16 season. He scored four from 12 yards out last season. Tottenham need to find a way to draw more penalties, as Kane could use a freebie here and there to spearhead his goal revival.

The stats clearly show that Kane either isn’t getting any luck around goal or isn’t as clinical as he was in previous seasons. I think we can agree that his meagre goal tally thus far is down to a bit of both.

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And as the old adage goes, “form is temporary, class is permanent”.

Rest assured, Kane is on the cusp of going on a goal-scoring tear, the early stages of which have probably already began.

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