Jurrien Timber is proving the hardest full-back to beat within the Premier League this season, based on new dribbling statistics.
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Opta statistics launched by this week reveal that has the bottom dribbled-past proportion for full-backs within the Premier League this season, primarily based on a minimal of 30 true deal with makes an attempt.
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Timber has made 57 tried tackles, with solely 5 gamers getting previous him, placing him at a 91% success price.
The closest participant is Reinildo Mandava of Sunderland, who has been dribbled previous 4 instances from 38 makes an attempt for an 89% success price, adopted by Michael Kayode (six from 46).
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rounds out the highest 4, with solely six of 45 dribble makes an attempt towards the Arsenal left-back proving profitable.
The Gunners’ beginning full-backs each that includes within the prime 4 within the league is probably going a giant issue within the membership’s spectacular defensive report this season.
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Few would argue that Timber and Calafiori aren’t a number of the greatest full-backs within the division, and the central defensive mixture of and has been among the best round for a very long time now.
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The priority in the intervening time is simply round how typically these 4 gamers will really make it onto the pitch collectively.
Timber and Calafiori have each had critical damage points with Arsenal up to now, and each have been coping with knocks during the last fortnight. To make issues worse, Timber’s backups and are each injured, denying him relaxation alternatives.
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Then Saliba has spent a while on the sidelines just lately too, and Gabriel stays out of motion with an Adductor damage.
If the quartet can all get match and keep match for the second half of the season, Arsenal can have an awesome probability at successful some trophies.