A predatory striker can make all the difference to a football club. If you’ve got someone who regularly puts away chances at a higher rate than the goalscorers on the clubs around you, then it can typically lift a team above their rivals to the title, to Europe, to the top six or above other strugglers in a relegation battle.
Now, there are other factors to consider, but one of the easiest and most obvious ways to judge whether a player is good at finishing or not is to the look at their shooting stats. Strikers who hit the target more often than not are going to end up with a strong goals-to-game ratio.
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