(Heading downwards, the categories are: passes attempted - pass completion rate - pass completion rate in the opposition half - individual duels won - individual duels lost - % of individual duels won - aerial duels won - aerial duels lost - %
of aerial duels won - balls recovered
However with the game that Chelsea encourages their defenders to play, it is slightly tempting that Vincent Kompany leads the race in terms
of aerial duels won while there is no particular area mentioned above where the Brazilian leads the race.
In terms
of aerial duels won per 90, only 17 attackers in the Premier League can better his 3.88.
Krychowiak recorded 70.80 %
of his aerial duels won compared to Coquelin's 63.53 %.
Not exact matches
The stats on the Arsenal website show that the French midfielder did not
win a single tackle, make any blocks or clearances,
win any
aerial duels, or really influence the game much, with the fewest touches
of the starting midfielders.
I have also noticed in a couple
of games now that Xhaka is actually not that good
winning aerial duels, although his passing and through balls are excellent.
The table shows the amount
of tackles
won, take - ons and
aerial duels — and also their percentages.
really happy for the big
win, needed it to boost our goal difference, ox played okay but misplaced way too many easy passes, walcott was anonymous had no impact what so ever, mustafi is an amazing defender
wins most
of his
aerial duels and for his height wow, xhaka is gonna come good, and thank God ramsey did nt start
He
won an impressive 15
of his 18 attempted tackles and 5
of his 6
aerial duels, both in a defensive as well in an offensive sense.
The 20 - year old Spaniard has
won 56 %
of his 39 attempted tackles and 44 %
of his
aerial duels.
Giroud: slow but good in
winning aerial duels, settibg passes for run ins (now he'll lots
of it for theo), you and i know his one touch is sublime and i noticed he score goals we do nt think he's capable
of, He's a green snake under the green grass in football, he can be deadly when you do nt expect him.
That is better, but should go further and look at the percentages
of duels won, being
aerials, tackles, take - ons and fouls committed and against.
Wins an obscene amount
of aerial duels % and per game 5.
Wayne do you consider fighting for position and
winning aerial duels while having knees put in your back part
of a strikers job?
Baines and Monreal are tied for first on pass completion so the Spaniard is not just about defending, although it is clear that this is his real strength, with more blocks, clearances and interceptions than his rivals as well as
winning an amazing 62 percent
of his
aerial duels.
The duo can not be separated aerially having each
won an average
of 2.2
aerial duels per game.
He is also ahead for both ground
duels and
aerial duels with 59.1 %
of his battles on the floor
won to the Chelsea man's 49.6 % and an impressive 68.9 %
of his contests in the air successful to Matić's 62.5 %.
Also I have now found out that Mertesacker actually
wins 2.2
of aerial duels each game.
The French midfielder
won 9
of his 18
aerial duels in three Premier League games, further indicating his significance in a defensive sense to this Arsenal side.
Winning an excellent 89 %
of his take - ons and 66 %
of his
aerial duels, the midfielder's work - rate and influence to Arsenal's recent upsurge in form is unquestionable.
In a defensive sense: Chambers
won 62 %
of his 13 attempted tackles, while also
winning 6
of his 7
aerial duels on the day.
In 15 Premier League games he has played in so far, Coquelin has
won 51 %
of his attempted tackles and an impressive 68 %
of his
aerial duels.
He managed to
win 6
of his 9 attempted tackles over those 2 games, while
winning 4
of his 7
aerial duels and completing 6
of his 9 attempted take - ons.
Over the course
of 90 minutes against the reigning English champions, Coquelin
won all
of his attempted tackles (3) and an astonishing 7
of his 8
aerial duels, indicating the control he had over proceedings that day.
He can Tackle, Intercept play,
Wins a lot
of Aerial Duels, He's strong and powerful, He can Block, Clearance, Can Create Chances, Assist and score goals too.
Having
won just 17 %
of his
aerial duels this season, Alexis is failing in this area.
Coquelin had the best overall defensive score, most tackles
won, most
aerial duels won, highest %
of total
duels won, most interceptions and most clearances.
Oulala's data shows that the 35 - year - old made 2 successful tackles, 4 interceptions,
won 3
aerial duels and made a total
of 10 clearances during his side's 1 - 0 away
win at Norwich.
But the part
of our game that needs improving is our defensive play, that's why we need a proper defensive midfielder — a player with power, quality, the ability to
win aerial duels and a defensive mind to snuff out attacks before they happen.
Very dominant in the air too —
wins 71 %
of aerial duels — that's even higher than Matic and Fellaini, Coquelin too but he's a different style
of DM.
The 31 - year - old made the most clearances (445), the most blocks (52) and
won the third most
aerial duels of any player (152).
Despite playing just 24 games this term, the Australian made the most interceptions
of any midfielder (82) and also
won the fourth most
aerial duels too (106).
In 2013/14, no Premier League defender
of any nationality made more interceptions (104) or
won more
aerial duels (171) than Davies; those disparate disciplines show his equal comfort reading the game or reacting to physical presence, while he contributed the second - highest number
of tackles
won for a centre - back (56, one behind Swansea's Chico Flores).
The big Belgian scored a hat - trick from 4 shots, but he also
won 9 out
of 15
aerial duels and successfully received 44 passes as the focal point
of Villa's attack.
Dropping back often to operate as a third center back, the 22 - year - old recorded 16 successful clearances - 11 with his head - and
won a ridiculous 12 out
of 13
aerial duels.
(WhoScored.com) «Lolo»
won 10 out
of 12
of his
aerial duels, showing...
Monreal
won 10 out
of 11
aerial duels (91 %), with...
In 16 appearances for West Ham, Fonte contributed 141 total defensive actions, 79 % pass accuracy, and
won 69 %
of aerial duels.
Henderson also has the best
aerial duels won percentage with 57 % with Ramsey, Fabregas and Toure all with figures
of 50 %.
He
won a lot
of his
aerial duels, put his foot in and defended well so we didn't really look in too much trouble.
He also
won more
aerial duels than Vertonghen and Dier over the course
of the season, backing up the common feeling that he dominates in the air which works in his favour considering the reputation the Premier League has for it's physicality.
Former Burnley player Keane completed 10 clearances — the most
of any player on the pitch — while Jagielka
won eight
aerial duels, a total bettered by only Brighton & Hove Albion striker Glenn Murray and Wes Morgan
of Leicester City in the Premier League all weekend.
Chirches only
won 20 %
of his
aerial duels, although he could be forgiven for this as many were lost to Christian Benteke.
Michu's
duel battles were key for Swansea yesterday — he
won 56 %
of his nine
duels and he
won 80 %
of his five
aerial duels.
Norwich were scared
of his pace and hence stayed deep which allowed Benteke to occupy the deeper positions and
win the
aerial duels.
As a result, he's
won a massive 74.6 %
of his
aerial duels this season.
Bayern also
won 62 %
of the
aerial duels in the game at the Allianz Arena, whilst they fired 23 crosses into the box.
Carvalho has also
won 52 per cent
of his total
duels this season and 64 per cent
of his
aerial duels.
Jordan Henderson completed only 75 %
of his passes,
won 0 tackles, 0
aerial duels and completed 0 dribbles.
Despite his seamless height, he did not
win all his
aerial duels, and his rate
of 63 % can be considered disappointing.