Enzo Fernandez’s excellent season is mirrored in his stats, with the midfielder topping the Premier League for xG from midfield.
Chelsea’s season is on the right track, and outcomes are on the up. One participant who has been doing his half all season, nonetheless, is Enzo Fernandez. His attacking menace is mirrored within the stats.
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Enzo is high of the entire division when it comes to anticipated objectives (xG), that means he’s taken the cumulative most harmful pictures within the league. He has 8 objectives within the league this season and we’d anticipate him so as to add much more.
Enzo dominates the competitors in xG numbers
The listing of high midfielders by xG in keeping with WhoScored.
Enzo isn’t simply high of the listing, he’s dominating. Solely Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (8.89 xG) comes near Fernandez’s spectacular 9.80. Beating the Manchester United man is not any imply feat – he’s one of the productive gamers per minute in Premier League historical past when it comes to objectives and assists.
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By the point you get to 3rd place, the quantity has dropped nearly by half to five.75 for Bruno Guimaraes.
Enzo has some assist on this – he’s on penalties when Cole Palmer isn’t match, and performs in a really superior position, in current weeks nearly as a left inside ahead. However none of that ought to take away from this spectacular document. With Andrey Santos and Moises Caicedo forming a very strong platform behind him now, the Argentine ought to be capable to hold this tempo up.
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