Thumbs Aloft

On 30^th August Leigh Griffiths became the 29^th Celt to score 100 goals. The 4^th direct free kick of his Hoops career saw him join many Celtic greats like McGrory, Lennox, Larsson, Dalglish, Murdoch and more.

Opponents

Griffiths scored in his second appearance for Celtic on 22^nd February 2014, away to Heart of Midlothian in the SPFL. It was the first of 6 goals against The Jambos. But his most favoured opponent is Inverness Caledonian Thistle against whom he has racked up 11 goals.

Goal Calendar

Griffiths has managed 20, 40 and 18 in his full completed seasons. He has only failed to score in 13 of the months Celtic have had matches since February 2014. His best tally was 8 in January 2016. From the initial goal versus Heart of Midlothian to the last goal versus FK Suduva, here is his productivity by month.

By Competition

It is safe to say that Griffith’s terrorises Scottish teams’ defences. His Goals per 90m rate domestically is almost 1 per game. In Europe it is more than respectable also.

By Venue

Griffiths is happy to score on any ground and has almost a 50/50 split between home and away goals. He has 1 goal at Hampden in a League Cup Semi Final versus The Rangers.

Shot Accuracy

Not shy of shooting, he nevertheless has a respectable shot accuracy of 44%.

* Please note the key is the wrong way round! Shots on Target is 44% and Off Target 56%.Duh.

Shot Conversion

Griffiths converts 15% of all his shots. Celtic as a team are only managing 11% this season.

Goal Miscellany

Despite reputation he has only scored from 4 direct free kicks. His success rate from shots taken from direct free kicks is 6% which is slightly above average. He hits the target 38% of the time from free kicks which is 6% worse than his accuracy from all shots. He has scored 4 hat tricks including in consecutive matches he played in April 2015. The last one was in January 2016 though.

Well done Leigh! Here’s to the next 100!