Tottenham are about to get the Savio and Pedro Porro synergy test they were waiting for
Just when he was starting to heat up as one of the best creative wingers in European football, Savio became the latest key player on Tottenham Hotspur to go down with an injury, and the Brazilian international has missed the last couple of weeks. Meanwhile, star right back Pedro Porro has just come back from an injury, and while he did not look good in his return to the starting 11 against Leeds United just before the November international break, the truth is nobody else really did either.
Porro was the best right back in the world this summer en route to Spain winning the World Cup, but he has definitely suffered from a bad case of the post tournament hangover with hamstring issues and recurrent fitness questions marks. But coming off the break, a healthy Porro can help Spurs in so many ways.
One of the biggest is chance creation. Tottenham Hotspur are actually creating enough chances to be in the top half of the Premier League, but most of them are not quality chances and Spurs are in the bottom four in expected goals and goal scoring metrics.
Tottenham want Savio to help score goals
Meanwhile, Porro's 58 chances created since the start of last season, despite being down on football and playing under a relegation level side under Thomas Frank before getting injured this season, are literally tops of any right back in the Premier League.
Savio has been on fire as a chance creator, too, and even though Mohammed Kudus has been a good chance creator since his own injury return, Savio clearly has him beat in key passes per game and other attacking metrics.
But what Tottenham Hotspur really want to see amidst their major scoring issues is Savio, who once was a quality scoring option for Girona, cutting inside and supplementing goals to the incompetent carousel of Spurs striker options.
Pedro Porro, by focusing on more of that chance creating burden with his crossing and work rate, can help Savio cut inside more and be more decisive in terms of goals, shots, and even assists and key passes with higher quality chance in the penalty box.
Tottenham fans have yet to see the full synergy of Porro and Savio working together on the same flank, and the two injury returns occuring simultaneously after the break can give Spurs a chance at seeing if these two are a solution to the attacking problems together.
