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Is Bellingham's rate of scoring likely to continue? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by microMe1_2@alien.top to c/talk@soccer.forum

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I don't watch Real Madrid too often. Is he scoring loads because they haven't got much of a striker right now? Is it an extreme purple patch? Or is he simply this good and the scoring rate is likely to continue? His rate was significantly lower at Dortmund (though still very good for his position) after all.

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[–] RandomFluffyBoi@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

As a Madrid fan, his goalscoring record is definitely unusual and I expect it to drop after a bit, simply because it’s impossible to maintain 1 goal/game from midfield. However, I also expect him to consistently score 15-20 goals/season for Real Madrid in future seasons, because his finishing, positioning, technique, and game IQ is absolutely elite.

[–] Timmo1984@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He's way more dynamic than Lampard ever was but Lampard was consistently getting 10-20 a season with what I'm guessing would have been a similar heat map. No reason Bellingham can't continue it for his career. His biggest enemy will be burnout.

[–] microMe1_2@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Lampard did take lots of penalties too, worth remembering. A crazy stat to me is that Odegaard got more non-penalty goals in the premier league last season than Lampard ever got in a single season.

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