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[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Premier League stats

Opta look at the league's best and worst. Who's hot and who's not following the latest matches.

 

By Opta Sportsdata Last updated: Monday 25th January 2010

Who are this season's Premier League star performers?

 

You can find out who are the top keepers, tacklers, passers, scorers and most efficient sides.

 

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Category Player/Team Total

Top Shooter Wayne Rooney (Man Utd) 92

Top Passer Lucas (Liverpool) 1200

Top Tackler Hendry Thomas (Wigan) 105

Most Dribbles & Runs Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan) 126

Most Crosses Andy Reid (Sunderland) 213

Most Offsides Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) 36

Most Fouls Kevin Davies (Bolton) 67

Team with most fouls Hull 332

Team with most shots Chelsea 370

 

Goalkeepers Team Saves Saves/shots

Jensen Burnley 90 69%

Jääskeläinen Bolton 82 66%

Green West Ham 79 68%

Robinson Blackburn 73 65%

Myhill Hull 71 68%

 

Tacklers Team Tackles Success rate

Thomas Wigan 105 78%

Mascherano Liverpool 101 81%

Lucas Liverpool 93 65%

Palacios Tottenham 86 73%

Petrov Aston Villa 80 79%

 

Passers Team Passes Accuracy

Lucas Liverpool 1200 85%

Mascherano Liverpool 1195 84%

Fabregas Arsenal 1176 80%

Huddlestone Tottenham 1134 79%

Evra Man Utd 1098 82%

 

Scorers Team Goals Goal/shots

Rooney Man Utd 19 21%

Bent Sunderland 14 26%

Defoe Tottenham 14 22%

Drogba Chelsea 14 16%

Torres Liverpool 12 29%

 

Team Goals Shots On Target Shot Accuracy Succ Passes

Arsenal 59 286 150 52% 9228

Aston Villa 29 189 76 40% 4927

Birmingham 21 170 86 51% 4493

Blackburn 23 223 93 42% 4829

Bolton 28 229 88 38% 3661

Burnley 22 195 85 44% 5305

Chelsea 52 370 164 44% 8850

Everton 30 241 104 43% 5823

Fulham 26 213 94 44% 6396

Hull 20 163 71 44% 4557

Liverpool 40 281 126 45% 8492

Man City 42 233 114 49% 6667

Man Utd 53 324 146 45% 9773

Portsmouth 18 215 80 37% 5109

Stoke 19 172 62 36% 3604

Sunderland 30 188 83 44% 4357

Tottenham 42 300 136 45% 7391

West Ham 28 231 104 45% 6340

Wigan 23 233 111 48% 5898

Wolves 17 172 65 38% 4857

 

BAD BOYS Team Fouls Yellows Reds Points

Kevin Davies Bolton 67 7 0 88

Fellaini Everton 60 6 0 78

Cahill Everton 58 5 0 73

Lampard Chelsea 8

Lennon Tottenham Hotspur 8

Milner Aston Villa 8

 

ASSISTS Team Assists

Fabregas Arsenal 11

Giggs Manchester United 8

Lampard Chelsea 8

Lennon Tottenham Hotspur 8

Milner Aston Villa 8

 

First Half PL Table P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Arsenal 22 13 5 4 27 12 +15 44

2 Manchester City 21 10 6 5 20 14 +6 36

3 Chelsea 21 9 8 4 21 10 +11 35

4 Aston Villa 21 9 8 4 15 7 +8 35

5 Manchester United 23 9 8 6 16 9 +7 35

6 Tottenham Hotspur 22 9 7 6 15 10 +5 34

7 Liverpool 22 7 10 5 14 12 +2 31

8 West Ham United 21 7 8 6 16 14 +2 29

9 Birmingham City 21 6 11 4 9 7 +2 29

10 Stoke City 21 5 13 3 12 8 +4 28

11 Bolton Wanderers 20 7 6 7 15 16 -1 27

12 Sunderland 21 7 6 8 13 17 -4 27

13 Everton 21 6 8 7 12 16 -4 26

14 Fulham 21 6 6 9 8 13 -5 24

15 Blackburn Rovers 22 5 8 9 11 15 -4 23

16 Burnley 21 5 8 8 10 18 -8 23

17 Wigan Athletic 20 4 9 7 7 13 -6 21

18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 5 4 12 5 18 -13 19

19 Hull City 22 3 8 11 11 19 -8 17

20 Portsmouth 20 4 5 11 8 17 -9 17

Second Half PL Table P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Manchester United 23 16 3 4 37 10 +27 51

2 Chelsea 21 15 3 3 31 8 +23 48

3 Arsenal 22 14 3 5 32 13 +19 45

4 Liverpool 22 11 7 4 26 14 +12 40

5 Tottenham Hotspur 22 10 6 6 27 14 +13 36

6 Manchester City 21 9 9 3 22 16 +6 36

7 Aston Villa 21 9 6 6 14 11 +3 33

8 Fulham 21 8 8 5 18 11 +7 32

9 Everton 21 5 11 5 18 18 0 26

10 Birmingham City 21 5 10 6 12 12 0 25

11 Wigan Athletic 20 7 4 9 16 31 -15 25

12 Portsmouth 20 5 8 7 10 15 -5 23

13 Burnley 21 6 5 10 12 25 -13 23

14 Sunderland 21 5 7 9 17 21 -4 22

15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 2 15 4 11 13 -2 21

16 Blackburn Rovers 22 5 6 11 12 24 -12 21

17 Stoke City 21 3 9 9 7 18 -11 18

18 Hull City 22 5 3 14 9 27 -18 18

19 West Ham United 21 4 4 13 12 23 -11 16

20 Bolton Wanderers 20 2 8 10 13 26 -13 14

 

Sly Sprats

[Sion]

Sign Lucas!

[johngibo YPC]

Some interesting ones. Particularly the tackling top 5

It also reminded me that some mental people on here don't think Fabregas is that good

Edited January 25, 2010 by johngibo YPC

[smithdown]

Sign Lucas!

 

 

I was only saying to our kid the other day I'd like to see Lucas's opta stats.

 

I don't know anything.

[stressederic]

Torres' goals to shots ratio is pretty impressive.

Edited January 25, 2010 by stressederic

[Redray]

I was only saying to our kid the other day I'd like to see Lucas's opta stats.

 

I don't know anything.

 

 

Cue the "bet all his passes are backwards etc. etc." posts.

[Cobs]

reminds me of when Phil Babb was the top passer in the premier league

[smithdown]

Cue the "bet all his passes are backwards etc. etc." posts.

 

 

Well they deffo aren't assists

[pipnasty]

Well they deffo aren't assists

 

Any stats to back up that outrageous claim?

 

 

Ah, right - yeah.........

[matty]

Cue the "bet all his passes are backwards etc. etc." posts.

If only Lucas himself was as fast as his crack team of forum knights!

[Saithip]

Well they deffo aren't assists

He has exactly the same number of assists as his midfield partner Mascherano - 1 each - and last season provided two assists to Mascherano's one in far fewer appearances.

 

Kind of what would be expected from defensive midfielders. Alonso, our other defensive midfielder last season, only provided 3 assists out of 77 league goals last season, so it's clear that assists aren't what should be expected from players in that role, like Lucas this season

 

 

 

[Mike]

reminds me of when Phil Babb was the top passer in the premier league

 

i remember that...95/96 season? 99% of stats, as they say...

[Rory Fitzgerald]

 

 

Passers Team Passes Accuracy

Lucas Liverpool 1200 85%

Mascherano Liverpool 1195 84%

Fabregas Arsenal 1176 80%

Huddlestone Tottenham 1134 79%

Evra Man Utd 1098 82%

 

 

We should consider offers from Wenger that seek to swap Fabregas + money for Lucas.

 

i remember that...95/96 season? 99% of stats, as they say...

 

Did he hit the post with the other 1% ?

[smithdown]

He has exactly the same number of assists as his midfield partner Mascherano - 1 each - and last season provided two assists to Mascherano's one in far fewer appearances.

 

Kind of what would be expected from defensive midfielders. Alonso, our other defensive midfielder last season, only provided 3 assists out of 77 league goals last season, so it's clear that assists aren't what should be expected from players in that role, like Lucas this season

 

 

Be f*ckin nice though, wouldn't it? So would the odd goal.

 

We know Mascherano's game, and we know Alonso's. Just trying to figure what Lucas's is cos it's no use watching him. His stats are boss, though. On the pitch it looks like he struggles to control anything, slows everything down, half-trips himself up then knocks off a bouncing ball to someone who is already being closed down.

[Rory Fitzgerald]

We should forward those stats to MARCA so that Madrid can see what they missed out on

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

i remember that...95/96 season? 99% of stats, as they say...

99% of Gargoyles...

[Zoob]

It's as if it doesn't matter that Lucas does the job he's selected to do better than pretty much any other player in the league. He's not as dynamic as Mascherano, and can't dictate play like Alonso (but then few can). He's a water carrier, but he does his job well, and he's still got time to improve. The biggest problem with his game - and this can't be improved - is that he lacks pace.

 

Played an important - unspectacular but steady - role last season when we were flying, and has been the same this season when we've been struggling.

[surf]

Torres Liverpool 12 29%

HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES

(well, alomost)

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

He's a water carrier, but he does his job well

 

I think that's accurate, but in a season in which we've struggled, it's fair to ask whether that is, in some part, down to the presence of a mere water-carrier in midfield.

 

Of course it's not Lucas's fault that he is what he is.

[Zoob]

Torres Liverpool 12 29%

HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES

(well, alomost)

 

12 in 15 or so games is what's so phenomenal, particularly since for a good few of those he clearly wasn't fully fit..

 

:ifitwasn'tforinternationalfootball :

 

I think that's accurate, but in a season in which we've struggled, it's fair to ask whether that is, in some part, down to the presence of a mere water-carrier in midfield.

 

I don't think so. Certainly there have been some games where Lucas and Mascherano didn't both need to play, but our defending has been shocking - not in terms of our midfield letting runners into the box who score, but the basics of defending - from our defenders - has been missing and there has been too many individual mistakes. Our attacking play has been poor, but I blame this on the team and the tactics - we're slow and cumbersome, and our attackers haven't been moving off the ball enough. When we play with 2 holding midfielders, it's largely up to the 4 attacking players to create and score, and they haven't done it enough.

 

But even with this poor attacking play, if our defenders had been as solid as they have been the last few years (and able to defend for 90 minutes) we'd be in a much better position.

[Tones]

Some interesting ones. Particularly the tackling top 5

It also reminded me that some mental people on here don't think Fabregas is that good

 

fabregas is a great player. arsenal are s*** without him in the team. Hes an annoying little s*** but a great player.

[johngibo YPC]

fabregas is a great player. arsenal are s*** without him in the team. Hes an annoying little s*** but a great player.

 

There are people on here who think he's average. I'm sure Hassony is one

[Spike]

Torres Liverpool 12 29%

HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES

(well, alomost)

 

 

That means, statistically speaking, If Torres just took 12 shots a match we'd win get at least 4 goals a game.

 

I'd consider an 8-1-1 formation with Gerrard behind el nino.

 

Each game @ 4-0 = 152 goals for, 0 against and 114 points.

 

We'd win the bloody league!

[surf]

That means, statistically speaking, If Torres just took 12 shots a match we'd win get at least 4 goals a game.

 

I'd consider an 8-1-1 formation with Gerrard behind el nino.

 

Each game @ 4-0 = 152 goals for, 0 against and 114 points.

 

We'd win the bloody league!

 

part of our problem this season is to get torres in a position where he can actually take a shot. it took us 93 minutes against villa to give torres a decent opportunity and he took the first one he got

[cymrococh]

There are people on here who think he's average. I'm sure Hassony is one

I don't think he is, but I don't think those stats prove that he isn't either.