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Manchester United loanee Joe Hugill suffered a disappointing evening on the south coast of England.
The Youth Cup winner has endured a troublesome mortgage spell at Burton Albion however has began the final two matches and grabbed an help on the weekend.
Sadly Burton have been in horrible kind and regardless of a courageous effort got here out 2-1 losers at Fratton Park in opposition to Portsmouth yesterday.
It was a troublesome task as Pompey sit high of the desk whereas Hugill’s facet languish in nineteenth place, simply 5 factors above the relegation zone in League One.
As their league positions recommend, the leaders have been the higher facet, having fun with 70% of the ball and having 13 pictures to eight of their favour.
In fact, Hugill was unable to get entangled within the recreation in any respect and was subbed off after 69 minutes. It has been a troublesome studying curve for the striker however then once more, it’s all the time exhausting to come back right into a struggling workforce and make an impression as a teenager.
Sofascore gave the participant a disappointing 6.7 ranking as he toiled however to little reward.
The extent of the previous Sunderland’s ahead’s incapacity to affect the sport could possibly be seen in his statistics for the match.
He couldn’t get a shot on or astray. His solely try in anger was blocked by the resolute Portsmouth defence.
Strikers feed off objectives and after making the proper begin with a profitable strikeon his debut off the bench, the participant has not discovered the again of the web within the earlier eight video games, regardless of offering two assists.
To say the striker is determined for a aim is an understatement.
The Durham-born ahead was hardly concerned within the match, with solely 16 touches to his title and a poor passing accuracy of 55% with six of his 11 passes discovering their meant goal.
He did nevertheless have one key cross within the recreation which sadly didn’t find yourself as a aim for his facet.
The large striker was additionally poor within the air, solely profitable three out of his seven aerial duels and none of his floor battles.
To compound a depressing night, he additionally misplaced the ball six occasions on an evening the place his facet might barely preserve a foothold within the match.
Hugill will probably be praying that the poor efficiency doesn’t lead to him dropping his place within the beginning line up because the Albion journey to Exeter Metropolis on Saturday, searching for their first win in 5.
