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Tottenham Son Heung-min. Reuters 

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[Sports Seoul | Reporter Kim Yong-il] The power of Tottenham's SON TOP, which is heating up the early days of the English Premier League this season, is proven by artificial intelligence data. Son Heung-min is clearly filling in the void of striker Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) who left for Germany's Bundesliga.

Son not only wears the captain's armband under new coach Andrzej Postecoglou this season, but also plays the role of a scorer. In the first three matches of the EPL, Brazilian striker Hishalisson served as Kane's substitute, but he remained silent without scoring a goal. Postecoglou first brought up Son's one-top card in the fourth round of the EPL (5-2 win at Tottenham Hotspur FC) against Burnley on April 2, and fired a hat-trick as if he was proud to win. Son also kept the front line and scored two goals in the sixth round of the North London derby (2-2 draw) against Arsenal on April 24.

Postecoglou had Hishalisson on his left side in the seventh round (Tottenham 2-1 win) against Liverpool on the 1st, and he made a joint venture in the 36th minute of the first half to live up to expectations. Son finished the ball that Hishalisson hit from the left side and scored his seventh goal in the league. 

A comparison table of Tottenham's overall scoring involvement in the last season of the English Premier League and rounds 1 to 7 of this season released by Aimbroad, a soccer AI company. The overall scoring involvement data is calculated by weighing the shooter (5 points), Assistant (3 points), Maker (1.5 points), and Builder (0,75 points).

 Courtesy | Aimbroad 

According to data from domestic soccer AI company Aimbroad, Son Heung-min was the only one who accounted for more than 20% of Tottenham's total score (17 goals) involvement until the seventh round of this season. Last season, Tottenham scored 70 goals, with Kane alone accounting for the largest percentage with 29.6%. Son Heung-min was 13.9%, which is a 8.1% increase this season, making Kane feel that he is filling his place.

Ambroad provides real-time digital content based on soccer AI. With its own technology developed, soccer AI has analyzed 12,000 soccer games around the world over the past nine years independently and has a soccer AI algorithm completed with 100 billion digital codes and technology patterns. It partnered with Korean terrestrial broadcasters to provide real-time artificial intelligence content during the World Cup in Qatar last year. The total score involvement data released by Ambroad is calculated by weighing the shooter (5 points), assistant (3 points), maker (1.5 points), builder (0,75 points).

Son Heung-min is involved in many attacks as well as scoring this season, which can be seen from the data. After Son Heung-min, James Madison, who has four assists this season, is ranked second in overall scoring with 16.7%.

Tottenham AI stat change.  Courtesy | Aimbroad 

Tottenham is showing strong forward pressure under Postecoglou, showing an attack-oriented attitude. According to Ambrose, Tottenham's total attack points (TAP), including shots, passes and dribbles, amounted to 857 in the past seven games, up from 692 on average last season. The number of deep attack points (DAP) also stood at 456, up from 306 on average last season. The number of DTP (Deep Tactical Points) also stood at 15.6, up more than five from 10.5 in the last season.

Tottenham is in second place in the EPL with five wins and two draws (17 points) unbeaten so far. It will play an away game in the eighth round of the EPL against Luton Town (4.17th in points) at 8:30 p.m. on the 7th (Korea time). 

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