His penalty save against Clint Dempsey in the dying stages of his club’s weekend 2-0 home win against Fulham, was his second penalty save of the season, making him the #1 in that category along with Howard, Hennessey and Al-Habsi, and his 59th save of the season. Only David de Gea, Hennessey and Brad Friedel have made more saves, but what they can’t brag is a home record that stands at only two goals conceded.
In Michel Vorm ’s 15 games in goal for The Swans this season, in the Premier League, only two of the twenty goals they’ve shipped have been at home and they’ve kept six of Vorm’s seven clean sheets at the Liberty Stadium. No ‘keeper has kept as many clean sheets as Vorm has so far this season and none can brag as many home clean sheets either. At home, Michel Vorm ’s side has only lost once – a 1-0 loss to Manchester United , thanks to an acute header from the Mexican, Javier Hernandez. Vorm has kept a clean sheet whilst making over five saves, three times too.
The rest of the contenders – who else is shutting teams out or letting leads slip?
Brad Friedel ’s debut saw the most saves in one game so far this season with 13 shots being stopped by the aging American, but he let 3 past him, meaning that save success rate for one game comes in at 81%. Over the campaign, Friedel’s only been on the losing side three times, but in the top six, only Arsenal have conceded more and 8 of them were in one game.
David de Gea has conceded fewer than all other #1s bar Pepe Reina, who has conceded the fewest in the whole Premier League with 13, and this is down to his own handy work, not his defence; Manchester United’s Spaniard’s saves-to-shot ratio was 79% 10 games into the Premier League, 33% better than his Top 4 rival’s, Petr Cech , who at the same point in the season had the then worst saves-to-shot ratio, since taken by Paul Robinson . Since then the Czech has kept 3 clean sheets in his last five games.
The weekend highlighted the enormity of contribution a ‘keeper can have, with Victor Valdes showing how you can give away a goal 22 seconds in and Michel Vorm showing how you can take all three points with a penalty stop 87 minutes in. Whether you’ve got Paul Robinson, John Ruddy or Joe Hart in goal, who’s been the best between the sticks for you?
This article was written by Jordan Florit and is courtesy of our partner website thisisfutbol.com. Read the latest news and blogs about European Football at TiF. – ed
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