According to Opta's latest ratings, Cristiano Ronaldo's 90 shots are more than any other player, while Arsenal playmaker Cesc Fabregas supplies the most passes:

Opta break down the Premier League season for an in-depth look at the star performers. A selection of statistics from their latest tables shows the following:

Top Shooter - Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) - 90
Top Passer - Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) - 1676
Top Tackler - Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) - 129
Most Dribbles & Runs - Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) - 128
Most Crosses - David Bentley (Blackburn) - 306
Most Offsides - Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) - 54
Most Fouls - Kevin Davies (Bolton) - 76
Team with Most Fouls - Middlesbrough - 422
Team with Most Shots - Man Utd - 420

EMPortuguese wrote:


According to Opta's latest ratings, Cristiano Ronaldo's 90 shots are more than any other player, while Arsenal playmaker Cesc Fabregas supplies the most passes:

Opta break down the Premier League season for an in-depth look at the star performers. A selection of statistics from their latest tables shows the following:

Top Shooter - Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) - 90
Top Passer - Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) - 1676
Top Tackler - Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) - 129
Most Dribbles & Runs - Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) - 128
Most Crosses - David Bentley (Blackburn) - 306
Most Offsides - Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) - 54
Most Fouls - Kevin Davies (Bolton) - 76
Team with Most Fouls - Middlesbrough - 422
Team with Most Shots - Man Utd - 420

Thug

We foul more than Man Utd shoot..

The tackles stat is deceptive. Reo-Coker has 127 tackles with an 80% success rate, which is surely better than Mascha's 128 with a 77% success rate.

Reo-Coker = best dm in the premier league

That's what the stats say

Roger Hunt wrote:The tackles stat is deceptive. Reo-Coker has 127 tackles with an 80% success rate, which is surely better than Mascha's 128 with a 77% success rate.

Same as the passing one. It gives nothing for accuracy.

Parks lives wrote:

Roger Hunt wrote:The tackles stat is deceptive. Reo-Coker has 127 tackles with an 80% success rate, which is surely better than Mascha's 128 with a 77% success rate.

Same as the passing one. It gives nothing for accuracy.

And shooting then.

But Ronaldo's goals-to-shots is also better than Ade's or Torres's.

EMPortuguese wrote:
Top Shooter - Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) - 90

No surprises there.

Top Passer - Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) - 1676

Or there.

Top Tackler - Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) - 129

Or there.

Most Dribbles & Runs - Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) - 128

Or there, though Hleb must be nearby (not that his dribbles ever produce anything mind, but he does hog the ball like Ronaldo)

Most Crosses - David Bentley (Blackburn) - 306

And to think Agooner wrote him off...

Most Offsides - Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) - 54

Slightly surprised, and kinda disproves the 'teams always sit deep and park the bus against Arsenal' propaganda.

Most Fouls - Kevin Davies (Bolton) - 76

Absolutely no surprise here, except that it's Davies and not Diouf

Team with Most Fouls - Middlesbrough - 422

Good on them.

Team with Most Shots - Man Utd - 420

So Ronaldo takes almost 1 in every 4 shots Man U have? No wonder he's scoring so many...

Category Player/Team Total

Top Shooter Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 131
Top Passer Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) 2318
Top Tackler Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa) 178
Most Dribbles & Runs Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 191
Most Crosses David Bentley (Blackburn) 416
Most Offsides Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 66
Most Fouls John Carew (Aston Villa) 100
Team with most fouls Blackburn 583
Team with most shots Man Utd 547

Goalkeepers Team Saves Saves/shots
Hahnemann Reading 152 70%
James Portsmouth 138 79%
Taylor Birmingham 134 71%
Friedel Blackburn 123 72%
Green West Ham 116 70%

Tacklers Team Tackles Success rate
Reo-Coker Aston Villa 178 80%
Mascherano Liverpool 165 76%
Malbranque Tottenham 158 76%
Muamba Birmingham 156 76%
Butt Newcastle 151 72%

Passers Team Passes Accuracy
Fabregas Arsenal 2318 81%
Clichy Arsenal 1975 83%
Flamini Arsenal 1710 87%
Gerrard Liverpool 1652 78%
Butt Newcastle 1630 75%

Scorers Team Goals Goal/shots
Ronaldo Man Utd 31 24%
Torres Liverpool 24 25%
Adebayor Arsenal 24 23%
Santa Cruz Blackburn 19 25%
Yakubu Middlesbrough/Everton 15 28%

Creators Team Assists Key passes
Fabregas Arsenal 17 95
Young Aston Villa 14 64
Barry Aston Villa 10 68
Kalou Chelsea 10 46
Rooney Manchester United 10 42

Bad Boys Team Fouls Yellows Reds Points
Davies Bolton 95 10 0 125
Carew Aston Villa 100 5 0 115
Smith Newcastle 80 9 1 113


Team Goals Shots On Target Shot Accuracy Succ Passes
Arsenal 74 473 208 44% 15672
Aston Villa 71 404 181 45% 7983
Birmingham 46 315 143 45% 6779
Blackburn 50 421 185 44% 10112
Bolton 36 339 149 44% 8047
Chelsea 65 454 199 44% 14007
Derby 20 288 116 40% 7900
Everton 55 361 169 47% 8597
Fulham 38 367 154 42% 8905
Liverpool 67 535 214 40% 12613
Man City 45 323 143 44% 11549
Man Utd 80 547 260 48% 14026
Middlesbrough 43 351 151 43% 8671
Newcastle 45 359 154 43% 10124
Portsmouth 48 411 160 39% 9410
Reading 41 332 132 40% 6722
Sunderland 36 358 137 38% 8922
Tottenham 66 425 196 46% 11979
West Ham 42 383 153 40% 10204
Wigan 34 363 141 39% 8046



I think we can conclude several things from this:

ReoCoker>Mascherano
Villa = most creative side in the league
Carew = victimised by the referees

What counts as a key pass?

I guess it should come as no surprise to find out that Arsenal like to pass the ball a lot!

debaser wrote: I think we can conclude several things from this:

ReoCoker>Mascherano

Liverpool - second highest shots on target for the second season running I believe...

Roger Hunt wrote:

debaser wrote: I think we can conclude several things from this:

ReoCoker>Mascherano

He puts in more tackles, at a higher success rate. The stats speak for themselves

Stats

Javi has 1 goal for us and 2 for Argentina.
Reo-Joker has never even played for England at a senior level.

Seriously - NRC has looked like a new player this season. Full marks to O'Neill for the rehabilitation.

Got 2 assists yesterday, too. I was half-expecting him to get sent off

Davies and Smith in the dirtiest players list...no surprise! And Smith didn't even play the last 10 or so matches.

Most Dribbles & Runs Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 191
Top Shooter Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 131

so what happened the other 60 times?

Would be interesting to know how many times the 'winger' put in a cross.

debaser wrote:
Passers Team Passes Accuracy
Fabregas Arsenal 2318 81%
Clichy Arsenal 1975 83%
Flamini Arsenal 1710 87%
Gerrard Liverpool 1652 78%
Butt Newcastle 1630 75%

I think we can discard these stats as useless.

Glenn Hysén wrote:Most Dribbles & Runs Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 191
Top Shooter Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 131

so what happened the other 60 times?

Would be interesting to know how many times the 'winger' put in a cross.

threw is arms up in the air looking for a free kick?

Berbatov is missing From the Assists list.

I demand Malbranque becomes our new DM.

Jon Stewart™ wrote:Berbatov is missing From the Assists list.

I demand Malbranque becomes our new DM.

Malbranque's stats are deceptive, there's a 5 minute spell in every spurs game when Malbranque loses the ball, then tackles it back, then loses it again and so on until he gets tired - he never actually wins the ball back properly.

Berbatov's stats are deceptive, where's the 'great first touch' stat? And everyone knows that goals against top teams count double.

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Jon Stewart™ wrote:Berbatov is missing From the Assists list.

I demand Malbranque becomes our new DM.

Malbranque's stats are deceptive, there's a 5 minute spell in every spurs game when Malbranque loses the ball, then tackles it back, then loses it again and so on until he gets tired - he never actually wins the ball back properly.

I know. For someone who is meant to be quite technically gifted, his second touch ends up being a tackle an awful lot of the time...

Roger Hunt wrote:Berbatov's stats are deceptive, where's the 'great first touch' stat? And everyone knows that goals against top teams count double.

Hence why I've become a Torres appreciator after Chelsea.

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO POINT THIS OUT TO YOU PEOPLE ?!

21 & 3

what's the 21 and 3? Has Torres really only scored 3 away goals in the league?

I just love prodding you with a stick...

Roger Hunt wrote:Berbatov's stats are deceptive, where's the 'great first touch' stat? And everyone knows that goals against top teams count double.

Berbatov has the advantage of playing in a midtable side too, so half of his games are against better sides.

Roger Hunt wrote:

I just love prodding you with a stick...

Suppose I've had it coming.

As it looks like he's definitely on the move, I wish we had the cash to sign him.