Thursday, August 28, 2014

Gerrard breaks into top ten of most efficient EPL players, Lovren falls and Yaya takes top

Top attacking efficient players in the Premiership 
(must have played at least 120 minutes thus far)

ape
Y. Toure0.878
S. Nasri0.859
D. Fletcher0.825
Cesc FĂ bregas0.822
F. Coloccini0.817
N. Bentaleb0.805
Eden Hazard0.804
S. Gerrard0.797
E. Adebayor0.795
T. Blackett0.795

Fletcher is a bit shocking, but he has posted a 87.3% pass rate and has only averaged 7 caused possession changes a match.  Blackett has managed an even better successful passing percentage at 88.4%.

If all players are included, despite the amount of minutes played, Sergio Aguero is king with a ridiculous 0.938 attacking efficiency.  That's what happens when you score 2 goals, post a 3/4 shot accuracy and are 10/10 on passing in 29 total minutes on the pitch.  Only a matter of time before they play the Argentine, Jovetic, and Dzeko up front at the same time and have the minnows of the Prem soiling their shorts.

Leicester's Andy King is a good example of 'levelling off''.  The Welsh midfielder dropped 22 places in rankings after facing Chelsea, the 2nd most efficient side in the EPL.  The Foxes next host Arsenal, which could go either way for King as he should have the amount of touches to show if he's as good as he was against Everton.

Top defensive efficient players
(must have played at least 120 minutes thus far)


dpe
C. Chambers0.914
R. Ferdinand0.914
M. Skrtel0.905
D. Lovren0.896
F. Coloccini0.894
Y. Toure0.884
P. Jagielka0.878
Fernando0.877
V. Kompany0.871
T. Blackett0.865

Chambers continues to impress, but I did change up the formula to be more possession-friendly, meaning the 19-year-old right back benefits greatly from playing for Arsene Wenger.  That shouldn't help Rio though as QPR is the fifth-worst possession side.  Man United should have let him stayed another season.  Skrtel leap frogs Lovren and having both centre backs in the top for says a lot about Liverpool's somewhat deficient defence. Save Gerrard, only Jordan Henderson is  ranked in the top 75 at 74.

Top overall efficient players
(must have played at least 120 minutes thus far)

ope
Y. Toure0.881
F. Coloccini0.856
C. Chambers0.840
S. Nasri0.835
T. Blackett0.830
D. Fletcher0.829
Fernando0.825
G. Barry0.821
S. Gerrard0.820
N. Bentaleb0.817

No Chelsea players? Fabregas is closest at 18th, but they are tied with City with a league best 8 players in the top 100.  It is a team sport after all.  Lovren dropped to 13th, one ahead of Skrtel.

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