The gift of opportunity

Employ Nany dimata in a match is antonym of defeat for a Espanyol that, with the Belgian in the field since he landed at the close of the winter market, has reaped seven victories –Five of them, consecutive in the last month–, five draws and not a single game lost. Nothing is usually accidental, beyond some point of fortune (or misfortune), in the world of football, not for a striker who personifies the Gift of opportunity.

His goal last Monday against Almería, just one touch after an excellent personal action by Raúl de Tomás, his duo in Vicente Moreno's current 4-4-2, only confirms that Dimata wastes no time. 587 minutes has played in LaLiga Smartbank since his signing spread over 12 games (seven as a starter) and He has only tried to shoot nine times, of which three have ended up in someone else's networks: the one of this past day that gave a golden point, the 1-2 in Mallorca that reversed the fate of the team and the 4-0 against Logroñés. A success rate of 33.3 percent, which is by far the best of the squad.

They follow him Raúl de Tomás, with a more than meritorious 20.2% success (20 goals in 99 shots), Nico Melamed with 20% (five goals in 25 shots), Fernando Calero with 16.6% (one of six) and Javi puado, with 16.2% (seven of 43).

But it is that, in addition, of those nine shots of Dimata, only five have gone on goal, increasing their accuracy to a whopping 60 percent, in this case it is surpassed by a partner: Óscar Gil, who scored his only shot between the three clubs of the entire season –And that has participated in 26 matches–: the 1-0 against Zaragoza last November. On the sidelines, only Melamed, with its 55.5 percent accuracy (five targets in nine kicks on goal) follow closely to a winter reinforcement that adds a lot to the increasingly defined path to the ascent.