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A Premier League player standings. What to expect

English premier league is going on right now. The analysis of players who are on top of the table of goals, clean sheets, passes.

By Daisy lanePublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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A Premier league is a top league in the English football league system. It takes place between August and May where 20 teams compete with each other to win the title. Each team plays 38 matches during the season. All team play with each other twice, once at home and once on the road. A team is awarded 3 points for the win, 1 point for the draw and 0 points for the loss. After all the 38 games all the points are tallied and whoever has the most points win the Premier League championship. It is the most-watched sports league in the world, it is broadcasted in over 200 countries with around 4.7 billion viewers. Every year after the league is over, the bottom 3 teams get relegated to EFL Championship and the three teams in EFL Championship gets promoted to the premier league for the next year games. Liverpool was the premier league champion of 2019-2020. Manchester United has the most win with 13 titles.

English premier league 2020-2021 is still going on with Manchester City on top of the table with 44 points. Manchester United is second on the table also with 44 points. Both having 5 pints of Goal Difference.

Goals

In this year’s premier league as of now, Mohamed Salah of Liverpool Club has a total goal of 15 putting him at top of the table. He has scored 90 goals in all the seasons of the premier league. With scoring 2 goals for Liverpool's win 3-1 against West Ham, there is no stopping for this player. Bruno Fernandes, Harry Kane, Son Heung-Min all three of them fighting for position 2 on the table hold the same position with 12 goals each. Bruno Fernandes who joined Manchester United 2 years ago has a total of 20 goals in all two seasons. Harry Kane who plays forward for Tottenham Hotspur has scored 12 goals this season. With 155 goals of the total in all season, the player was unstoppable until the injury on the ankles playing against Liverpool. For now, the player is out of the game and is hoping for a return in the next few weeks. Son Heung-Min who also plays forward for Tottenham Hotspur is competing against his teammate Harry Kane for the second position on the table with 12 goals. The player has a total of 65 goals in all the season. After Harry Kane injury Son has a lot of opportunities to prove himself and be a great asset to his team.

Assist

An assist is a contribution by a player which helps to score a goal. In English Premier League an assist will be counted towards whichever teammates touched the ball before the scorer, regardless of other circumstances of the play. As of now, Harry Kane is topping the Assist table with 11 assists. He has a total of 31 assists in all seasons with 21.1 of average passes per match. Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City holds the second position with 10 assists this season. This midfielder has a total of 76 assists with an average of 53.24 passes per match. Bruno Fernandes and Jack Grealish are fighting for third place with 9 assists each. The Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has assisted a total of 16 assists in all season with 55.97 of average passes per matches, whereas Jack Grealish, midfielder of Ashton Villa has assisted 16 goals in total. 31.90 of total passes average.

Passes

Passing the ball is the key part of football. The purpose of passing the ball around different players is to get close to the opposing team's goal post and help in preventing the ball from the opponent. This year EPL passes table is topped by Andrew Robertson with 1575 passes. The Liverpool Defender has overall 9575 passes in all seasons with 56.75 of the average of passes per match. Rodrigo of Manchester City is second on the table with 1557 passes. This midfielder has a total of 4136 passes in all two seasons he has played with an average of 76.59 passes per match. Ruben Dias is third on the table with 1519 passes this season. Manchester City's defender has joined the club this season and has an average of 84.39 passes per match.

Clean Sheets

Clean Sheets in football means, when a goalie is successful to prevent a single goal in the whole match then it is known as a clean sheet.

Ederson of Manchester City is on the top of the clean sheets table with 12 clean sheets. The goalkeeper has managed a total of 64 clean sheets in all season. Emiliano Martinez is second on the table with 10 clean sheets. The Aston Villa Goalkeeper has 16 clean sheets in all the seasons. Edouard Mendy is third on the table with 9 clean sheets. The goalkeeper has just joined Chelsea playing his first season.

The English Premier League is still going on. Therefore the stats are going to change as the matches are played. Many players still have time to change the stats table and outshine the top players. That being said football is the game of skills and can change its course at any time. Manchester United, the winner of the EPL title 13 times has a tough fight from Liverpool, the winner of 2019-20 premier league and also Manchester City.

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