Three months and three international breaks into the season, let’s have a look at Arsenal’s top performers for the campaign so far, according to WhoScored’s analysis.
WhoScored rate individual players for each match based on a number of statistics, including passes, goals, tackles, assists, saves and many more. They then average those ratings across all the games a player has taken part in to give an overall rating for the season.
Here are the top 10 Arsenal players for 2018/19 so far, along with their rating as it stands.
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3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (7.07)
Just one goal off the Premier League’s top scorer Sergio Aguero, Aubameyang continues to show why he’s been one of Europe’s most prolific strikers in recent years. He won the Premier League Player of the Month award for October, after five goals and one assist in three games, although his form has dropped off a bit on the left since November began.
Nonetheless, when the striker is playing in the middle or coming off the bench he looks deadly.
2. Shkodran Mustafi (7.24)
This is probably a good time to remind everyone that these rankings are done on WhoScored ratings, not personal opinion. Despite his critics, Mustafi consistently racks up high numbers when it comes to winning duels, tackles, interceptions and the like.
The issue is that often comes at the expense of proper positioning, or involves him taking risks that could easily lead to giving away a penalty or a clear-cut chance. Nonetheless, WhoScored clearly think the defender is having a good season, and if he plays like that Liverpool game every week then I’m not going to argue.
1. Alexandre Lacazette (7.30)
It’s hard to have any arguments with Arsenal’s number one rated player of the campaign so far. Lacazette has five goals and two assists, and his all-around game has been very impressive.
The Frenchman is in the top 5 in the squad for aerial duels per game (behind three defenders and Xhaka), he’s in the top three for chances created (behind Özil and Ramsey), his shots per game are up on last season, and his goals have come at some pretty crucial points.
If the wide players can create chances a bit more effectively for him, Lacazette will easily surpass his goalscoring tally for last season and, hopefully, lead Arsenal to top four and a trophy by doing so.