He has a greater shot save proportion than Onana – 72 in comparison with 65 – and has but to make any large errors immediately resulting in objectives, in comparison with three for Onana.
In mitigation, De Gea has confronted fewer photographs (90 to 111) and Onana has additionally needed to take care of a change in formation from 4-3-3 to 3-4-3 below a brand new supervisor in Ruben Amorim.
The Portuguese boss can be but to call an unchanged beginning XI in any of the 23 matches he has taken cost of and has had a behavior of substituting one in all his three central defenders after about an hour.
That may hardly assist construct relationships and understanding on the again and nor can Onana be blamed for a number of the static defending in entrance of him.
It also needs to be famous Onana has at instances made essential saves this season.
What’s extra, Fiorentina are in higher kind than United, difficult for a Champions League spot in Italy whereas United are a lowly 14th within the Premier League.
Nevertheless, a maybe shocking statistic in opposition to Onana centres round passing accuracy, given he was introduced in because the calatyst in direction of a possession-based model of play.
De Gea was not famous for his dexterity along with his toes however trails Onana by simply 1%, though he has made considerably fewer passes. His move completion statistics in his last season at United (73%) have been additionally larger than Onana’s this yr.
Former United goalkeeper Massimo Taibi, whose well-known howler in opposition to Southampton in 1999 hastened his personal departure from Previous Trafford, believes Onana could possibly be on borrowed time.
“I feel subconsciously the United atmosphere is not best for him and when a wedding is displaying cracks, it is pointless to proceed,” he advised the Solar in December.
“I would be straight to the purpose and inform him, ‘Andre, you’re among the finest keepers in Europe however within the Premier League, you’re under-performing. Block out criticism, do some soul-searching, press the reset and go once more. And if issues do not change by June, transfer on’.”
Onana will maybe be questioning if his newest error will result in his exit from Previous Trafford after simply two seasons in Manchester.
