Pt. 1 Brief statistical analysis of strongly linked centreback targets & Arsenal’s current centrebacks by AidanGooner
Of course, different teams will have different amounts of defending required, so I have got the stats for one/two of their team-mates to look at for comparison.
Mehdi Benatia & Jerome Boateng & Holger Badstuber (below)
11 Bundesliga starts & 3 sub app – tackles per/game 1.2, interceptions 2.4, clearances 2.3, blocks 0.2
17 Bundesliga starts & 2 sub app – tackles per/game 0.7, interceptions 1.6, clearances 2.2, blocks 0.2
5 Bundesliga starts & 2 sub app – tackles per/game 0.7, interceptions 0.6, clearances 3.0, blocks 0.0
Aymeric Laporte & Xabier Etxeita (below)
25 La Liga starts & 1 sub app – tackles per/game 1.9, interceptions 2.7, clearances 3.5, blocks 0.6
28 La Liga starts & 2 sub app – tackles per/game 1.3, interceptions 2.6, clearances 4.1, blocks 0.7
Marquinhos & Thiago Silva (below)
20 Ligue 1 starts & 9 sub app – tackles per/game 1.4, interceptions 1.3 clearances 3.1, blocks 0.6
20 Ligue 1 starts & 9 sub app – tackles per/game 1.7, interceptions 3.1 clearances 4.8, blocks 0.7
Kostas Manolas & Antonio Rudiger (below)
36 Serie A starts & 1 sub app – tackles per/game 1.7, interceptions 1.9, clearances 4.1, blocks 0.8
29 Serie A starts & 1 sub app – tackles per/game 1.5, interceptions 1.5, clearances 3.2, blocks 0.3
John Stones & Phil Jagielka & Funes Mori (below)
31 Prem starts & 2 sub app – tackles per/game 1.4, interceptions 1.7, clearances 3.8, blocks 1.1
21 Prem starts & 0 sub app – tackles per/game 1.8, interceptions 2.4, clearances 8.1, blocks 1.0
24 Prem starts & 4 sub app – tackles per/game 1.5, interceptions 2.4, clearances 7.8, blocks 0.4
Daniele Rugani & Leonardo Bonucci & Giorgio Chiellini (below)
11 Serie A starts & 6 sub app – tackles per/game 1.7, interceptions 1.4, clearances 2.8, blocks 0.2
35 Serie A starts & 1 sub app – tackles per/game 1.1, interceptions 2.3, clearances 5.3, blocks 0.6
21 Serie A starts & 3 sub app – tackles per/game 1.5, interceptions 2.3, clearances 3.4, blocks 0.5
Kalidou Koulibaly & Raul Albiol (below)
32 Serie A starts & 1 sub app– tackles per/game 2.5, interceptions 2.5, clearances 3.6, blocks 0.6
36 Serie A starts & 0 sub app– tackles per/game 1.5, interceptions 1.3, clearances 4.4, blocks 0.5
Raphael Varane & Pepe & Sergio Ramos (below)
23 La Liga starts & 3 sub app – tackles per/game 1.5, interceptions 1.7, clearances 4.7, blocks 0.8
21 La Liga starts & 0 sub app – tackles per/game 1.6, interceptions 2.5, clearances 3.4, blocks 1.0
23 La Liga starts & 0 sub app – tackles per/game 1.5, interceptions 3.3, clearances 3.4, blocks 0.9
My snap judgements from these stats would be:
Benatia- top CB
Laporte- on his way, improvements needed, perhaps slightly overated at this stage in his career
Marquinhos- very overated
Manolas- top CB
Stones- very overated
Rugani- overated at this stage in his career
Koulibaly- top CB
Varane- well on his way, improvements needed, perhaps slightly overated at this stage in his career
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How our current CBs compare with each other based on these parameters:
Koscielny 33 Prem starts & 0 sub app – tackles per/game 1.4, interceptions 3.8, clearances 5.6, blocks 0.8
Mertesacker 24 Prem starts & 0 sub app – tackles per/game 1.1, interceptions 1.5, clearances 4.5, blocks 0.4
Gabriel 18 Prem starts & 3 sub app – tackles per/game 2.0, interceptions 2.9, clearances 5.4, blocks 0.6
Koscielny comes out top of the pile in 3 of 4 criteria.
No shocks there….. let’s be honest.
Gabriel comfortably ahead of Mertesacker in each area was interesting to me, however……
Thanks,
AidanGooner