Hannibal has been brought into Burnley’s squad with the idea of him playing as an attacking midfielder, ahead of Josh Brownhill and Josh Laurent, at least this is the way that Burnley set up in their last match before the international break against Blackburn Rovers, as seen below.

Hannibal’s shooting record is not stellar, and that is probably the reason why bet365 have priced him as almost an even money shot to fire off a shot against Leeds.

Hannibal played a number of games in the Championship for Birmingham in the 22/23 season and his data from that spell shows that he took 14 shots in 21.6 90s, around 0.65 shots per 90.

However, this was for a Birmingham team that finished 17th in the league and played a very different type of football to what we would expect of Burnley. Hannibal’s role in that team was also slightly different from what he would be expected to do from a #10 role at a promotion-chasing club. This position will be expected to contribute a goal threat, and he did take a shot from range in the East Lancs derby, as well as having a number of touches in and around Blackburn’s defensive area, as seen below.

It is rare to see an attacking player priced up at such a big price for a single shot. Indeed, bet365 rate that Burnley left-back Lucas Pires has an equal chance of taking a shot in this match, and part of this will be down to the shot data from Hannibal’s time at Birmingham, and Manchester United, but it is clear that there is some disagreement even in the gambling firms.

Sky Bet price the same market as 1.25, so they clearly believe that there is a much bigger chance of Hannibal taking a shot in this match.

Even if Hannibal wasn’t as frequent a shooter at Birmingham, his shot map does show that he is the type of player who is happy to shoot from a distance, but also a player who is capable of getting into excellent goalscoring positions as well.

Leeds conceded 17 shots at home to Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup, and nine shots in their last home league match against Hull, a team that would be classed as inferior to Burnley in the bookmaker’s ratings. Burnley should get a number of shots off against Leeds, and it would be a surprise to see that their #10, as long as he starts there as expected, would not be able to claim one of those.