{"id":432315,"date":"2025-09-17T23:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/432315\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T23:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:38:14","slug":"farke-must-get-more-crosses-to-calvert-lewin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/432315\/","title":{"rendered":"Farke must get more crosses to Calvert-Lewin"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re yet to see a goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a> in a Leeds United<\/a> shirt, but once the service comes, the goals should flow more regularly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A key talking point of the season so far for Leeds has been their attack, and how they look to add more goals to their front line.<\/p>\n

The attacking portion of the summer window was seen as a failure, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin is eager to shoulder a lot of the burden at Elland Road.<\/p>\n

Most Read on LeedsAllOver<\/p>\n

Leeds United striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin second in the Premier League for \u2018near post runs\u2019<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been encouraging signs from Calvert-Lewin\u2019s start to life in a Leeds shirt, looking lively in both Premier League appearances so far.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dominic Calvert-Lewin has only started on game for Leeds United this season. (REUTERS\/Jaimi Joy)<\/p>\n

While he will believe he should have opened the scoring at Craven Cottage when his free header from around 10 yards went straight into the palms of Bernd Leno, it\u2019s a sign of what Calvert-Lewin is in the team to do.<\/p>\n

So much so, that The Athletic<\/a> have broken down each striker\u2019s received crosses to the near-post since the start of the 18\/19 campaign. In which, Calvert-Lewin ranks second out of all Premier League players:<\/p>\n

Daniel Farke must apply more focus on Dominic Calvert-Lewin\u2019s strengths at Leeds United<\/p>\n

What does a player\u2019s ability to make a run to the near post actually mean? Well, looking at Calvert-Lewin, there\u2019s plenty that fans are quick to criticise about his game.<\/p>\n

However, if Leeds intend to get the best out of him, it\u2019s abundantly clear that crosses are a massive part of it.<\/p>\n

So far this season, United have averaged a rate of 15.3 crosses per 90<\/a> (granted only a four-game sample), which has them 15th out of 20.<\/p>\n

In order to maximise Calvert-Lewin\u2019s influence in the final third and ultimately for goals, more crosses are required in general, but potentially into the area this report highlights.<\/p>\n

Given Leeds\u2019 regular starters out wide, Jayden Bogle, Willy Gnonto and Gabriel Gudmundsson all boast a strong delivery low and in the air, it seems an obvious tool Farke must lean into. This should start at Wolves on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Harking back to some analysis I initially wrote on Calvert-Lewin when he first signed<\/a>, his best season in 20\/21 is the prime example of what Leeds must focus on:<\/p>\n

\"\"Dominic Calvert-Lewin\u2019s 20\/21 shot data pulled from\u00a0FotMob<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see here, in Calvert-Lewin\u2019s most prolific campaign, 41% of the shots he took were with his head. If Leeds want Calvert-Lewin to reach the same heights, launch the ball into the box and onto his head as much as possible.<\/p>\n

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re yet to see a goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin in a Leeds United shirt, but once the service…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,33761,25764,393,4884,1860,2922,142361,142362,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-432315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-dominic-calvert-lewin","11":"tag-elland-road","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-leeds","15":"tag-leeds-united","16":"tag-lufc","17":"tag-the-whites","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115222276620432353","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}