Once again, Soccer fanatics brings you Premier League Round 5 top performers based on their SofaScore match ratings and overall impression.
Premier League Round 5 has come to its fifth week of game play. This Round 5 was not the week for Liverpool, Swansea, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace as they all lost, while Manchester City, Leicester, Manchester United and Arsenal achieved victories.
It is from the Arsenal game that we have a top goalkeeper performance, but it was actually a Stoke City keeper Jack Butland, who grabbed a spot between the posts in SofaScore Team of the Week, managing to get 10 saves and preserve his team from an even bigger defeat.
The four in front of him in our fantasy XI feature Robert Brady from Norwich City,Daley Blind from Manchester United together with Laurent Koscielny and Hector Bellerin from Arsenal.
Robert Brady was making the most of the opportunity given to him, gaining 86% accurate passes, 1 key pass, shot on the target and several interceptions in the last game, grabbing his second in a row Team of the Week feature. Daley Blind is one of the more consistent players this season, always being close to best XI, finally snapping the spot after Manchester United beat Liverpool with him putting yet another impressive performance. Laurent Koscielny from Arsenal joins the two in the back, after helping his side preserve clean sheet with 90,1% accurate passes, while his team-mate Hector Bellerin, right defender, is in the line of the best defenders of the week by gaining 84,9% accurate passes, several interceptions, 4 won duels and remarkable dribble attempts.
Robert Brady was making the most of the opportunity given to him, gaining 86% accurate passes, 1 key pass, shot on the target and several interceptions in the last game, grabbing his second in a row Team of the Week feature. Daley Blind is one of the more consistent players this season, always being close to best XI, finally snapping the spot after Manchester United beat Liverpool with him putting yet another impressive performance. Laurent Koscielny from Arsenal joins the two in the back, after helping his side preserve clean sheet with 90,1% accurate passes, while his team-mate Hector Bellerin, right defender, is in the line of the best defenders of the week by gaining 84,9% accurate passes, several interceptions, 4 won duels and remarkable dribble attempts.
The best midfielders this week are Dimitri Payet from West Ham, Nemanja Maticfrom Chelsea, Santi Cazorla from Arsenal and Riyad Mahrez from Leicester City. The best of the week was definitely Dimitri Payet with remarkable 2 goals, 85% accurate passes, 7 key passes, several dribble attempts and interceptions. In the line with him stands Nemanja Matic even-though his team lost from Everton. He gained 94,9% accurate passes, a key pass, 1 goal and several interceptions. His game was remarkable, but just not enough for his team to win. Santi Cazorla gained 89,2% accurate passes, 1 assist for the goal, he blocked and intercepted his opponents several times and successfully gained 4 dribble attempts. Riyad Mahrez assisted in 2 goals to his team- mates, had 80,6% accurate passes and had 5 key passes.
The forward line features Wesley Hoolahan from Norwich City and Steven Naismith from Everton. In 73 minutes of play, Hoolahan gained 1 goal and assisted to another. With 3 key passes and 2 interceptions, he’s one of the best forwards in our formation. The duo is complete with the addition of Steven Naismith as the icing on the cake by gaining 3 goals in 81′ of play, with 79,2% accurate passes, several won duels and tackles. Naismith is also our featured player of the week with the remarkable score 9.5 which he absolutely deserved.
With him we complete our perfect formation for the Round 5 and are looking forward to see if something will change in the next week.