Interesting Ball Movers From PL's First 5 Games

A bit of leftover stuff from the United/Liverpool article led me to flesh it out and take a look at the different positions so far and players who are progressing the ball well compared to how often they lose it via pass. I broke the pitch down into 7 positions, these could be done better because it's simply where you play your passes from: so Mitrovic looks like a midfielder for example.

It's simply a chart showing how often players progress ball into a forward zone (which yes I know, is often arbitrary) via pass or reception compared to how often they lose the ball via pass.

A list of players who progress the ball often and rarely lose possession compared to their position-mates, with the ones who are very interesting/surprising to me in italics

Attackers

Sergio Aguero

Roberto Firmino

Mohamed Salah

James Maddison

Midfielders

Aleksandar Mitrovic

Mesut Ozil

Jeff Hendrick

Demarai Gray

Jack Wilshere

Lucas Torreira

James Milner

Abdoulaye Doucoure

Deep Midfielders

Nampalys Mendy

Marouane Fellaini

Granit Xhaka

Defenders

David Luiz

Harry Maguire

Jan Vertonghen

Willy Boly

Conor Coady

Mamadou Sakho-king of these types of viz

Wolves 3 at the back might be sort of boosting the numbers of Boly/Coady

Fullbacks

Ryan Bertrand

Jonny (a guy I loved at Celta, still showing up at Wolves. I once called him Wendell but for a cheaper price)