There have been 6003 shots in this season’s Premier League and 664 goals, which means, broadly speaking, that one in every nine attempts ends up in the net.



Things aren’t quite that simple, of course — many players have attempted more than nine shots and yet remain goalless for 2019-20. Here’s the five worst offenders in ascending order, and why they’re failing to score…



1. Theo Walcott, 26 shots



Walcott’s shot look map looks somewhat damning — these are exactly the type of positions Walcott wants to shoot from, the positions he’s made a career of converting chances from. When you study footage, however, something becomes clear.



Whereas during his Arsenal days, Walcott was a specialist at running in behind the defence to receive a through-ball played between left-back and left-sided centre-back, he isn’t receiving that type of pass at Everton. Instead, Walcott is generally receiving the...