Once again the Barclays Premier League stats this season has thrown the world for a curve. One of the fascinating parts of soccer is how quickly teams and players can raise to the top or fall. Rookies are constantly gaining fame, and the favorites fall into ditches. As mentioned in a previous blog, Chelsea had a very difficult past season as Leicester rose to the top. However, this season shows the reverse once again, for the stats show Chelsea returning to their former glory. In this blog we will just go over some of the dangerous players paving the way to success in the league so far.
The number one goal scorer in the league shows a great representation of how league has been playing out so far. Diego Costa is from Chelsea and has experienced the same road in the past few years as the club. Just two years ago Costa came out of the season with 24 goals, a high amount for the premier league. Last year he fell down to 12 goals. Now he seems to be returning to his old self with 11 goals only half way into the season. With 15 weeks left of play we can assume his count will rise much further.
Kevin de Bruyne is another interesting story, as he transferred two years ago from Chelsea. Evidently this was a strong move for him given that his goals scored increased from 0 to 7 after the transferring year. In terms of teams, de Bruyne represents a solid team whom have generally found themselves in the top of the league.
The next player acknowledged for his major contributions is Jordan Henderson, who could be overlooked since the most passes is not as exciting as the most goals or assists. However, any true soccer player knows how important it is to have a strong distributor. Again it is not surprising that he comes from Manchester United, a very solid team that tends to knock the ball around a lot.
The final player that needs to be watched out for is Tom Heaton, from Burnley, who has been the keeper to beat this year. You will notice lower down the line we see some of our usuals such as Petr Cech, but a major absence is David de Gea. He has been often hailed as one of the best keepers in the world, but evidently he is in a slump this year not making the top ten. Whether he makes the leaderboard by the end of the season will be another story.
To learn more about stats in the Barclays Premier League, check out their website here.
"Premier League Club Statistics, Team & Player Stats." Barclays Premier League. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2016.
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