Excellent article "EFL Championship - Who Are The Pass Masters?" written by one of the Sheffield United fans who runs the blog EFL Analytics.
In the category Progressive passing, there are two of our players high on the list, Matt Grimes and Kyle Naughton. "Players in the top 25 of this category are the ones who are exceptionally effective at the getting the ball forward and in good offensive areas from midfield. They are likely to be the team’s deepest-lying playmaker and the ones who often receive the ball first from the defence in linking the play to the forward areas." Matt Grimes is third and Kyle Naughton seventh best.
"Matt Grimes is another who deserves some words. Grimes is one of many players at Swansea who have stepped up and benefitted from the club’s relegation from the Premier League. Head Coach Graham Potter has had an outstanding start to his Swans life with some expecting results to be much worse, especially given the apparent lack of transfer activity following a mass exodus of players. However, players like Grimes have been given the opportunity to step up and it’s a chance he has taken. An athletic, all-action midfielder Grimes is technically excellent and is proving to be an outstanding link man in this Swansea side that play through the thirds in a very attractive style. Grimes leads the league in forward passes per 90 which is no surprise given the vertical passing style that Potter tries to implement."
In the category Dangerous passes our Bersant Celina is sixth best in the league.
"Bersant Celina is one of the many no 10’s high on this metric and one of the more known creative influences in the division with the talent to progress much higher if he continues this consistent output of quality."
For combined Progressive passes and dangerous passes metric, Swansea have only one player in the top 25, Bersant Celina as nr. 18.
And finally, Celina is also the only Swansea player who is in the top 25 for chance creation quality.
In the category Progressive passing, there are two of our players high on the list, Matt Grimes and Kyle Naughton. "Players in the top 25 of this category are the ones who are exceptionally effective at the getting the ball forward and in good offensive areas from midfield. They are likely to be the team’s deepest-lying playmaker and the ones who often receive the ball first from the defence in linking the play to the forward areas." Matt Grimes is third and Kyle Naughton seventh best.
In the category Dangerous passes our Bersant Celina is sixth best in the league.
For combined Progressive passes and dangerous passes metric, Swansea have only one player in the top 25, Bersant Celina as nr. 18.
