Premier League XI based on the Sky Sports Power ranking | Football News

No players from Tottenham or Arsenal appear in the Premier League XI based on statistics

Which players would make the best Premier League XI so far this season? We used the Sky Sports Power Rankings ranking to find out …

The ranking is based on 34 Premier League match statistics and we used the cumulative table of the season to select the best performing XI to date.

Four Liverpool players figure in the statistics-based XI, with two of the title rivals, Manchester City and Wolves – but which players made the XI?

Goalkeeper

Liverpool striker Alisson takes his place between the clubs after making 63 saves for the Reds and has kept 17 shots on goal, a league-high – only giving up 18 goals in 31 games to date.

Barely missed: Hugo Lloris and Ederson

Central defenders

Virgil van Dijk currently ranks 8th in the Power Ranking standings to comfortably occupy his place in the group – 29 places above the next best central defender of the season.

Alongside Alisson, Van Dijk helped turn Jurgen Klopp's defense with team statistics into attack, retouches, blockages and clearances – while only Jörginho de Chelsea has completed more pbades this season .

The Wolves occupy seventh place in the Premier League, defensive solidity being the cornerstone of their success. Willy Boly got his starting position after scoring three goals and getting some excellent defensive stats.

Next door: Shane Duffy, Cesar Azpilicueta, Aymeric Laporte and Michael Keane

The retarded guys

Andy Robertson completes Liverpool's left-back defense trio after scoring eight badists, while offering 71 tackles – only four leading players scored more.

The right wolf, Matt Doherty, has taken more shots than any other high-profile defenseman this month. He scored three goals and four badists – and won an impressive number of duels and duels.

Barely missed: Lucas Digne, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ricardo Pereira and Jose Holebas

Central midfielders

Manchester United's Paul Pogba was qualified under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but this season is already the most productive so far with 11 goals and nine badists, while only six high-flying players had more hits.

Gylfi Sigurdsson started slowly at Goodison Park after leaving Swansea nearly two years ago for £ 50 million, but the Icelandic international has shown up for the season with 12 goals. and three badists.

Barely missed: Wilfred Ndidi, David Silva, Christian Eriksen and Luka Milivojevic

wingers

Raheem Sterling is the first Manchester City player to appear on the scoresheet after being involved in a total of 24 goals – a league-high – scoring 15 goals and nine more.

On the other flank, Mohamed Salah, winner of last season 's Golden Shoe, stands out from his team – mate, Sadio Mane. The two wingers scored 17 goals for the Reds – but the Egyptian has seven badists over Mane.

Sadio Mane, Felipe Anderson, Heung-Min Son and Ryan Fraser just missed

Before

Chelsea striker Eden Hazard is currently leading the Power standings season, slightly ahead of Sterling and Salah, and is in eleventh place as a secondary striker.

The Belgian is the only Premier League player to reach double digits for the badistants and scored 13 goals, mainly from wide positions, to help the Blues retain their advantage to rank in the top four under Maurizio Sarri.

Up there? Sergio Aguero.

The striker dominated the goals with 18 goals and recovered to the top spot in the City, while Pep Guardiola's men compete with Liverpool to defend their crown.

Harry Kane, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Roberto Firmino

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