He comes in for a lot of criticism but in a roundup of stats for 2014 and for the first half of the 14/15, Arsenal’s shouty man makes a surprise appearance.
I’m as guilty as the next person when it comes to having a go at Mathieu Flamini for not being good enough and if you’d asked me if he was likely to make a list of ‘highest’ anything then it would be the list that detailed how much pointing a player had done on the pitch.
But, it seems that the French midfielder isn’t too bad at the ol’ passing game either.
While stats can prove everything and nothing, I make no claims about these ones.
As I said in the headline, they are simply surprising from the player who was named in Goal’s ‘Worst team of the season so far’ due to his two errors that have led directly to goals.
Highest pass completion in Premier League this season (not DF, min 10 games):
Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) 91.4%
Fernando (Man City) 90.7%
Ki Sung-Yeung (Swansea) 90.0%
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) 89.8%
Highest pass completion in Premier League in 2014:
Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) 91.2%
Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton) 89.4%
Michael Carrick (Man United) 89.3%
Highest pass completion in top Euro leagues in 2014 (not DF, min 25 games):
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) 91.8%
Marco Verratti (PSG) 91.2%
Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) 91.2%
He wasn’t the only Arsenal player to make this stat round-up.
Here are the best of the rest, or, in Calum Chambers’ case, the worst:
Most assists in Premier League in 2014:
Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) 13
Leighton Baines (Everton) 11
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) 9
Most chances created in Premier League this season:
Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) 59
Stewart Downing (West Ham) 54
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) 50
Dusan Tadic (Southampton) 50
Most chances created in Premier League in 2014:
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 92
Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) 88
Stewart Downing (West Ham) 87
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) 85
Most chances created from open play in Premier League this season:
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 46
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) 46
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) 43
Dusan Tadic (Southampton) 43
Most yellow cards in Premier League this season:
Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) 9
Winston Reid (West Ham) 8
Calum Chambers (Arsenal) 7
Diego Costa (Chelsea) 7
Most fouls suffered in Premier League this season:
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 55
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) 52
Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) 38
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) 38