Raheem Sterling Vs The Premier League
[quote]Raheem Sterling creates a chance every 38.57 minutes for Liverpool FC this season…
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Raheem’s gone on to create 7 chances in the league and he now sits 16th most creative in the Premier League as a whole – another excellent achievement for the boy who is playing at the highest level of competitive football at the age of 17. He is third in the Liverpool squad for this stat with Suarez creating every 30 minutes and Gerrard every 32 minutes. Eden Hazard creates a chance every 33.4 minutes so Raheem isn’t very far behind well renowned players.
[quote]Raheem Sterling attempts a challenge on an opponent every 4.15 minutes so far this season.
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Where Raheem has shocked everyone is with his tackling and duel statistics. When analysing the stats in the EPLIndex’s brilliant Top Stats area we found that Raheem had compared very well against other strong tacklers in the league so far. Here’s a look at the Ground Duels Total (GDT):
In what is pretty unbelievable for us, at AnfieldIndex, Raheem sits at number 4 for the most ground duels and matches Mohamed Diame even though he’s played 70 mins less than him this season. That’s not all it gets better for Raheem when looking at how often he attempts these duels and how often he wins them.
As shown above Raheem attempts ground duels (50-50’s) the most often in the league (MGD – Minutes per Ground Duel) – every 5 minutes which no one would even contemplate when this young lad started the season. Out of the top five shown there he also wins ground duels the most often (MGW – Minutes per Ground Duel Won), winning one every 10.38 mins. Where does he place in the whole league for winning 50-50 ground duels?
As shown above Raheem comes second only to Moussa Dembele in the most often wins for 50-50 ground duels. You will be asking why are we so impressed with his battling qualities? Well a part of Brendan Rodgers’ system is to have players that work hard and win possession back high up the pitch. Raheem is certainly trying his best to do this. A final look at over challenges and how often Raheem is putting himself in these battles:
Raheem comes third in the minutes per challenge (MPC) Top Stats list. He attempts a challenge every 4.15 minutes and has someone like Marouane Fellaini for company who was topping these charts last season. It’s an amazing set of stats to say the least and we hope he can continue at this level for the rest of the season.
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All of the stats from this article have been taken from the Opta Stats Centre at EPLIndex.com – Subscribe Now (Includes author privileges!) Check out our new Top Stats feature on the Stats Centre which allows you to compare all players in the league & read about new additions to the stats centre.
