⭐️ Most perfect 10 ratings recorded since we started collecting Opta data in 2009/10:
🥇 Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 - 118
🥈 Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹 - 38
🥉 Neymar 🇧🇷 - 33
🏅 Luis Suarez 🇺🇾 - 27
🏅 Robert Lewandowski 🇵🇱 - 19
Most perfect 10 ratings recorded since we started collecting data in 2009/10:
◎ 118 - Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
◎ 38 - Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹
◎ 33 - Neymar 🇧🇷
◎ 27 - Luis Suárez 🇺🇾
◎ 19 - Robert Lewandowski 🇵🇱
#WhoScoredAnswers
🤯 Edouard Mendy has kept more clean sheets in the Champions League this season (8 in 11 apps) than Alisson has managed in the Premier League (7 in 28 apps)
#UCL
✅ Bundesliga
✅ DFB-Pokal
✅ Premier League
✅ FA Cup
✅ Carabao Cup
✅ Europa League
✅ Champions League (final)
✅ Nations League
✅ European Championships
⚽️ Kai Havertz has scored in every senior tournament in which he has played
🤯 He only turned 22 last week!
🅰️ Leandro Trossard has registered as many assists in the Premier League for Arsenal (6) as Bruno Fernandes has for Man Utd in the Premier League this season
😳 Today was only Trossard’s 10th appearance for Arsenal
🤯 Thibaut Courtois made 55(!) saves in 13 games in the Champions League this season. For context, Ederson only made 57 for Manchester City in the Premier League
📈 Top rated players in Europe's top 5 leagues this season:
🥇 Lionel Messi - 8.65
🥈 Neymar - 7.96
🥉 Erling Haaland - 7.90
4⃣ Kylian Mbappe - 7.87
5⃣ Kevin De Bruyne - 7.76
😏 We can see a trend here...
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi's 2022/23 campaign:
🥇 Highest rated player in Europe's top 5 leagues (8.28)
🥇 Highest rated player at the 2022 World Cup (8.25)
⭐️ Most WS POTM awards (16)
🏆 World Cup winner
⚽️ 28 goals
🅰️ 23 assists
👏 The Argentine has won the 2023 Ballon d'Or, per reports
🤯 Most accurate through balls per game in Europe's top five leagues in 2023:
1.1 - Lionel Messi
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5 - Bruno Fernandes, Harry Kane, Frenkie de Jong
🦶 Most touches in the opposition box by a team in a single Premier League game this season:
🔴 Arsenal vs Bournemouth - 78
🔴 Arsenal vs Man Utd - 64
🔵 Man City vs Brentford - 62
🔴 Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest - 59
🔵 Man City vs Southampton - 56
🏆 Cesar Azpilcueta has won the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League, Europa League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Word Club Cup. Won every major trophy on offer for Chelsea. Completed the game.
👶 Most appearances by outfielders currently aged 21 and under in Europe's top five leagues since 2016/17
🇩🇪 Kai Havertz - 118 (Chelsea 🎯)
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappe - 106
🇺🇸 Christian Pulisic - 106 (Chelsea ⭐️)
🇫🇷 Malang Sarr - 102 (Chelsea 🎯)
😏 Just one missing off the list
#CFC
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🤯 Nick Pope's rating of 4.27 vs Germany is the lowest ever received by an English player in an international since we started receiving Opta data in 2009
🇦🇷 Alexis Mac Allister player characteristics:
✅ Strengths:
🟢 Crossing
🟢 Holding on to the ball
🟢 Passing
🟢 Direct free-kicks
🟢 Tackling
❌ Weaknesses:
𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨
⭐️ Lionel Messi has 345 Player of the Match performances since 2009/10
🤯 He has played 673 matches in that time, meaning he has won the award in 51.3% of them
#WhoScoredAnswers
🤯 Leo Messi has made 12 accurate through balls in seven league games for Paris Saint-Germain this season. No player managed more than that across the WHOLE of last season in the Premier League...
😱 Cristiano Ronaldo was the only player to score more than one hat-trick in the Premier League last season, doing so in back-to-back matches at Old Trafford
🔝 Best pass accuracy of central midfielders in the Premier League last season (more than 10 starts)
🥇 Rodri - 91.3%
🥈 Enzo Fernandez - 89.1%
🥉 Moises Caicedo - 88.8%
🔵 Chelsea keen to take control in midfield...
Best dribble success rate in Europe's top five leagues this season (50+ dribbles attempted):
🥇 T. Partey -- 88.3% (
@Atleti
)
🥈 M. Kovacic -- 86.6% (
@ChelseaFC
)
🥉 Thiago -- 85.5% (
@FCBayern
)
😬 Christopher Nkunku has registered just 32 minutes of game time and has already scored more league goals (1) than Rasmus Hojlund (0) in 945 minutes of action...
🙃 Of the 165 players to be presented with 10+ big chances, Lionel Messi has the worst big chance conversion rate (8.3%) in Europe's top 5 leagues this season
Most chances created from open play in Europe's top five leagues this season:
◎ 59 - Martin Ødegaard
◎ 55 - Florian Wirtz
◎ 52 - Bruno Fernandes
◎ 50 - Ilkay Gündogan
◎ 50 - Phil Foden
◎ 50 - Dejan Kulusevski
Arsenal's skipper leads the way! 🪄
👀 Lionel Messi made 4 accurate through balls in PSG's 5-0 win over Metz on Saturday; no player has made more in a match in Europe's top 5 leagues this season
🥇 Messi has made more accurate through balls (19) than any other player in Europe's top 5 leagues in 2021/22