Smalling stats show importance; Lukaku rated a perfect 10
Romelu Lukaku scored a perfect 10 in this weekend’s stats, while a Manchester United defender reminded Jose Mourinho of his importance to the side.
Belgian hitman Lukaku struck four times as Everton put Bournemouth to the sword 6-3 in a crazy game at Goodison Park, while Manchester United continued their fine recent form with a 3-0 win at deposed champions Leiecester.
Our player ratings from the King Power and thoughts on why Manchester United will be title contenders next season can be read here.
Here, Whoscored.com pick out the best and worst performers from the weekend’s Premier League action.
Highest rated players
Lukaku – 10
Barkley – 9.86
Obiang – 9.31
Kone – 9.24
Hazard – 9.21
Most shots on target
Lukaku – 4
Ward-Prowse – 4
7 players – 3
Most successful dribbles
Hazard – 10
Sane – 6
Alexis – 5
Lukaku – 5
7 players – 4
Most chances created
Silva – 4
Wilshere – 4
Pedro – 4
Henderson – 4
Eriksen – 4
Cleverley – 4
Son – 4
Most touches
Milner – 126
Kolarov – 122
Whelan – 110
Herrera – 110
Antonio Valencia / Wanyama / Fernandinho – 109
Best pass completion (minimum 15 passes)
Stones – 97.9% (95 passes)
Toure – 96.8% (95 passes)
Yoshida – 96.5% (57 passes)
Lookman – 96.2% (26 passes)
Cleverley – 95% (60 passes)
Most aerials won
Keane – 16
Smalling – 11
McAuley – 9
Benteke – 8
Llorente – 8
Most tackles and interceptions (combined)
Kouyate – 11
Mustafi – 9
Oviedo – 9
Clichy – 8
Dembele – 8
Livermore – 8
Most defensive clearances
Smalling – 19
Ranocchia – 15
Elabdellaoui – 15
Chambers – 13
Craig Dawson – 12
Worst pass completion (excluding goalkeepers)
Routledge – 40% (15 passes)
Tom Carroll – 42.9% (21 passes)
Llorente – 44% (25 passes)
Boyd – 46.7% (15 passes)
Barnes – 48.1% (27 passes)
Most unsuccessful touches
Zaha – 6
Grosicki – 5
Hernandez – 5
6 players – 4
Most times dispossessed
Costa – 7
Alexis – 5
Son – 5
Jesus – 5
4 players – 4
All statistics courtesy of WhoScored.com, where you can find yet 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 the new free-to-download WhoScored iOS app.