Unbeaten Shock use furious rally to beat Gladiators at Kickoff qualifiers
Also on Saturday, Shanghai Dragons and Seoul Dynasty rebounded from their initial losses by posting 3-2 wins over Hangzhou Spark and Los Angeles Valiant, respectively. The Dragons answered a 1-0 setback on Colosseo with a 3-2 win on Watchpoint: Gibraltar and 2-1 victory on Eichenwalde. The Spark countered with a 2-1 triumph on Lijiang Tower before the Dragons secured the match with a 1-0 win on New Queen Street.
Forsberg finished this season with an incredible 15.1 goals above expected, the fifth-highest number in the league, pointing to an unsustainable goalscoring season from him. While it’s true that the league’s elite goalscorers can routinely outperform their expected goals number by a wide margin, his previous career high of 5.3 goals above expected back in 2014-15 would not leave me confident in his ability to replicate his 2021-22 season.
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
44 | D | |
17 | C | |
33 | RW | |
22 | LW | |
7 | D | |
23 | RW | |
55 | C | |
24 | C | |
8 | D | |
50 | D | |
2 | D | |
91 | LW | |
19 | LW | |
34 | RW | |
9 | RW | |
11 | C | |
89 | C | |
48 | LW | |
46 | C | |
10 | C | |
6 | D | |
12 | RW | |
57 | D | |
40 | G | |
32 | G | |
3 | D | |
53 | D | |
51 | D | |
71 | D | |
13 | RW | |
26 | D |