Angelito wrote:^ Auba prefers to play centrally. But he's willing to play wherever Arteta wants him to.
Auba is less productive when starting centrally.
Not by much, but the idea he would score more if he was central is not supported by any evidence.
According to Wyscout in minutes that Aubameyang has played on the left wing for Arsenal his per 90 minute Premier League averages are 0.68 goals and 0.13 assists with 2.48 shots per game.
His expected goals per 90 are 0.46, as you would expect from a forward of his quality he is outperforming what a league average player would do given the chances that are presented to him, though such a sizeable gap between xG and output does also beg the question over whether there may at some stage be a regression to the mean for Aubameyang.
Numerically the gap between his output out wide and through the middle is negligible. As a centre forward Aubameyang averages 0.65 Premier League goals per 90 and 0.11 assists.
Moreover, it's not like he is a winger when starting wide. far from it. He drifts into the centre a lot.