Passing

Garner has an array of passes under his belt, especially if we look at his eye for finding his teammates. He excels in long passes. It reminds you of Wayne Rooney's ability to find his Man Utd, DC United, Everton and Leeds teammates. He has made 43% of long passes or 1.50 per 90. He has made a total of 80% passes out. He had 8 assists to his name which proves that he plays as a playmaker while having the free reign

He is a set-piece specialist as his 3 goals and 2 assists have come from the dead ball. Garner poses a danger from the dead-ball situations. Apart from assisting his teammates, he had made 7 big chances which led to shots or goals.

His creativity trait is finding his teammate who is running down the right wing through long diagonal balls. He usually plays on the left side of the midfield, showing his creativity from the left or middle of the pitch, finding his teammates who are running to the right wing or through diagonal passes or crosses.


Moving to his progressive passes, we can see that his passing range is very good. Whether it may be long passes, diagonal passes or through balls he seems to find his intended target. He likes to spray his passes all over the pitch as we can see from the figure.

Garner is a typical box to box midfielder rather than a deep-lying midfielder. He operates mostly to help his team in creating chances rather than sit back and build up the game. He is very dangerous from set-pieces, creativity, and long diagonal balls are some of his attacking traits.

Defensive Aspects

Looking at his defensive side of the game, the Englishman does not shy away from defending. His off the ball movements are amazing. He runs to recover the ball and puts pressure on the opponents to commit errors. He launches himself on the opposition to either tackle them or dispossess them. He is athletically well built so he can muscle out the ball from the opponent's feet.