This season we have seen many players hit the woodwork and miss out on goals. We look at the top 5 players to have hit the woodwork the most times.
Across the top 5 European Leagues this season, there have been plenty chances gone a begging due to the frame of the goal.
The woodwork behaves as the last-ditch defender for the goalkeeper. It either assists the ball into the net or denies it. Its those small margins that count.
This season the players who have hit the woodwork the most times are:
OLLIE WATKINS
The Aston Villa has been the unluckiest player in the Premier League this season.
Watkins has hit the woodwork 8 times this season.
In 32 matches, he scored 12 goals and is very unlucky not to have added to his tally.
DUVAN ZAPATA
The Atalanta forward has missed the goal due to the woodwork’s interference 8 times this season.
His form has helped Atalanta rise to the occasion in the league and compete.
They are currently 2nd in the league table.
Zapata has scored 14 goals in the Serie A this season and has been one of the standout performers for his side.
He would feel hard done by due to the chances missed.
ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI
The Polish striker has not put a foot wrong this season and still has this record to his name.
In the Bundesliga, he has hit the woodwork 9 times.
Lewandowski scored 36 goals in the league this season and has his eye on Müller’s 40 goals record.
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The Frenchman has hit the woodwork 12 times in the La Liga season.
The top-scorer in the La Liga this season has hit the framework 12 times as well.
