Premier League Betting Tips

Having started his early Arsenal career as an attack-minded left-back, today Bukayo Saka is one of their most prominent players in attack. Capable of playing on either wing with gusto and flair, the 19-year-old has quickly become one of the most important players at Arsenal.

However, despite his rapid rise to the top, it is the rounded nature of his game that ensures that Saka stands out as one of the most complete young players in England at the moment. How far could the youngster go?

What makes Bukayo Saka worth watching?

Despite not being an out and out natural forward, Saka has contributed an impressive 11 goals this year in all competitions. IN doing so, he has taken over 2 shots per game and tends to take the opponent on with aggressive, consistent dribbling. His ability to play in numerous roles within the team, too, is veery impressive. He has even played in the centre of the park a few times, offering Arsenal a versatile youngster who can attack from all angles.

By far and away his best position, though, has been on the right-hand side of attack, transforming the way that Gunners push forward. Really, his ability to attack, play one-twos, dribble past opponents, take opportune shots, and win set pieces is hugely impressive.

Things to improve for Bukayo Saka

For Saka, the main weakness definitely stems from staying in the game. He can flit out the game, to be expected at 19, but also tends to commit the crime of fading out of games quite badly on the defensive end. While this can be improved over time, it is the primary concern for the player.

If Saka can become more consistent defensively then he definitely stands a chance of being a quality box-to-box wide option for Arsenal for a long time to come.

When watching a game of football, perhaps for the first time, one thing you might notice is that time is added on at the end of each half. At the end of the 45-minute half, a referee will add on a set amount of time to help make up for any time lost during the game. But why? And how is the time worked out by the referee?

Unlike many other sports that stop the clock during a stoppage in play, football does not take this route. Instead, the match clock continues at all times and time is simply added on at the end of try and make up for any lost time. However, the methods used to try and determine how much time should be added on is often subjective and controversial.

Many times, it’s easy to find disagreement for or against the stoppage time that has been included. The time will be added on across various ways, but typically the referee will look to try and keep track of any kind of stoppage in the game. This could include things such as:

• Injuries, when a player requires a significant amount of time to be treated for injury.
• Serious fouls, such as a player striking out off the ball or making an outside-the-rules tackle.
• Disputed play or goals, when a goal has to be checked over for a potential foul or mistake.
• Crowd-based stoppages, such as someone running on the pitch and/or illicit chanting.

These factors all make it hard for a crowd to accurately gauge how much time a referee will add on to any given game. Try and keep this in mind when watching football as many times the amount of added on time might not correlate with what you had expected.

Like many other parts of football rulings and regulations, it’s subjective!