Al Wakrah striker Sasha has been announced as the QSL player of the month for February. The player is set to receive the award on Wednesday evening at Al Wakrah’s training ground.   
The Argentine hit-man has been on fine scoring form this month, scoring crucial goals against Al Sadd and Al Sailiya, helping his side into ninth place in the QSL rankings. His record of six goals in five QSL games has helped him pick up the coveted trophy.

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Statistics from Prozone, The QSL’s statistical partner show how Sasha dominated the month of February. Firstly the striker sprinted more than many of his peers, on average he clocked up 438m sprinting per match, significantly higher than the QSL average of 330m for a striker.

Whilst the striker also kept up a high intensity running level over the course of his games, Sasha clocked an average 1316m of high intensity running per game. This dwarfs the 1123m of high intensity work completed by the average QSL striker in February.

Sasha’s game is all about poaching goals in the box, and this was typified in his sides 3-1 victory over Al Sadd in February. With Sasha capitalizing on a Sadd defensive error to calmly score the third goal past Sadd stopper Saad Al Sheeb.



It’s unsurprising then that the Al Wakrah man excelled at shots in the penalty area. In February he averaged an impressive four shots in the box per game, significantly higher than the QSL average of 1.97. Importantly most of his efforts found their target, with 2.6 shots hitting their mark again much higher than the average tally of 0.99 for the QSL strikers.


Importantly this lead to an average of 1.2 goals per game inside the box in the month of February, proving that his poachers instinct has helped Al Wakrah pull away from the QSL relegation zone.