Sparkling since leaving AS Saint-Étienne, Franck Honorat has the best conversion rate in Ligue 1.
Faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, AS Saint-Étienne had to make concessions last summer to replenish the club’s coffers. Among the departures, one in particular risks leaving Claude Puel with regrets. Not really excited about the player’s profile, the manager of the Greens let Franck Honorat slip away at the Stade Brestois. A big ball considering that in Brittany, the 24-year-old winger has fully revealed himself.
Having scored 8 goals this season, he has above all the best conversion rate in the Ligue 1 championship. According to expected goals (xG) statistics, he should have scored three times less. Proof of his effectiveness against goal, which puts him ahead of several players from AS Monaco (Volland, Golovin, Diop) and Montpellier (Delort, Mavididi). Claude Puel has enough to bite his fingers.