Heroes and Zeros: Spurs star’s surprise stats on matchday 33

Erik Lamela: Some surprising stats

Erik Lamela: Some surprising stats

There were some surprising stats for a Tottenham star, while a Manchester United man was top of the ‘most times dispossessed’ list and there was almost a perfect 10.

Erik Lamela scored in the 3-0 win over Manchester United and gained the second highest player rating of the weekend, but he was also surprisingly joint-top of another category and managed the worst pass completition of the weekend.

Here, WhoScored.com look at Lamela’s crazy weekend and the other Premier League players who starred and those who hindered their teams.

Highest rated player

Carroll – 9.99
Lamela – 9.38
Pelle – 9.26
Cook – 8.74
Alderweireld – 8.69

Carroll

Most shots on target

Carroll – 5
Aguero – 3
Pelle – 3
Vardy – 3
10 players – 2

Most successful dribbles


Oscar – 6
Mahrez – 6
Gueye – 5
8 players – 4

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Most chances created

Cabaye – 5
6 players – 4
11 players – 3

Most touches

Fabregas – 127
Kolarov – 101
Oscar – 101
Milner – 96
Francis – 96

Best pass completion (minimum 15 passes)


Vertonghen – 96.8% (31 passes)
Nasri – 95.5% (67 passes)
Lingard – 95.5% (44 passes)
Wijnaldum – 95.2% (42 passes)
Lennon – 94.4% (18 passes)

Most aerials won

Kaboul – 10
Deeney – 9
Delaney – 8
Mbokani – 8
4 players – 6

Kaboul

Most tackles and interceptions (combined)


Rangel – 11
Kirchhoff – 11
Lamela – 11
Kante – 11
Williams – 10
Fosu-Mensah – 10

Most defensive clearances


Kaboul – 25
Kone – 15
Cook – 14
Williams – 11
Skrtel – 11
Alderweirled – 11

Worst pass completion (excluding goalkeepers)

Lamela – 50% (26 passes)
Bolasie – 50% (18 passes)
Brady – 50% (16 passes)
Jedinak – 51.1% (47 passes)
Borini – 51.29% (27 passes)

Lamela

Most unsuccessful touches

Borini – 6
Josh King – 5
7 players – 4

Most times dispossessed

Martial – 7
Mane – 6
Nasri – 5
8 players – 4

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All statistics courtesy of WhoScored.com, where you can find more stats, including live in-game data and unique player and team ratings. You can follow all the scores, statistics, live player and team ratings with their new free-to-download app.