{"id":525325,"date":"2024-05-14T10:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=525325"},"modified":"2024-05-14T10:18:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:18:24","slug":"by-the-numbers-the-most-creative-midfielders-in-the-psl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/soccer\/psl\/by-the-numbers-the-most-creative-midfielders-in-the-psl\/","title":{"rendered":"By The Numbers: The Most Creative Midfielders In The PSL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the end of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/soccer\/psl\/biggest-wins-in-psl-history\/\">PSL<\/a><\/strong> season approaching, the questions around who the best players who will be at the forefront in the coming weeks. The nominations for season awards will\u00a0be announced\u00a0soon, and besides the\u00a0Player\u00a0of the Year and Footballer of the Year,\u00a0different categories will be considered. The Midfielder of the Season is one of the most hotly contested awards, and numbers can provide insight. In By the Numbers this week, we look at some numbers on Midfielder of the Season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bet Now: Soccer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"green\">Midfielder Of The Season<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Midfielders have different roles and responsibilities in the field.\u00a0There are deep-lying\u00a0midfielders,\u00a0whose role involves building up play for their team, be it\u00a0through distributing passes or running with the ball (box-to-box).\u00a0Advanced midfielders create chances and openings for their\u00a0team, orchestrate the play, and crash the box as late entrants in the attacking phase. Some stats can help us see which midfielders have done well in certain parts of\u00a0play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-most-assists\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong>Most Assists<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most easily understood metric for \u201ccreativity\u201d is assists. Jayden Adams of Stellenbosch leads the field for assists in the Premiership this season, with six. Seven other players have five assists to their name- Kganyane Letsoenyo, Relebohile Mofokeng, Higor Vidal, Augustine Mulenga, Deon Hotto, and Darwin Gonz\u00e1lez. With two rounds of games remaining (three for other teams and four for Sundowns), they all stand a chance to end the season as the\u00a0player\u00a0with the most assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chances-created\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Chances Created:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While assists provide a guideline for\u00a0players that offer offensive threat, the downside is that they depend on strikers\u2019 ability to finish.\u00a0Other metrics can help us see which players are effective at creating opportunities,\u00a0independent\u00a0of whether the chances are taken\u00a0or not.\u00a0According to Opta, the\u00a0chances created are\u00a0the\u00a0total of \u2018Assists\u2019 and \u2018Key Passes\u2019\u00a0made by a player.\u00a0A key pass\u00a0is\u00a0defined\u00a0as<em>\u00a0\u201cthe final pass from a player to their teammate who then attempts\u00a0goal\u00a0without scoring\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-top-5-players-for-chance-creation-this-season\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Top 5 Players For Chance Creation This Season:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>69 &#8211; Sanele Barns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>51 &#8211; Oswin Appollis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>49 &#8211; Patrick Maswanganyi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>46 &#8211; Darwin Gonzalez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>45 &#8211; Lyle Lakay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Chances created also include crosses from corners and set pieces that are delivered and end in a shot. A\u00a0useful\u00a0filter when analyzing chances is looking at chances created from open play\u00a0i.e.\u00a0while the game is in flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-big-chances-created\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Big Chances Created<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While chances are the next level to assist, we can\u00a0go deeper and look\u00a0at Big Chances. These\u00a0are\u00a0defined\u00a0as\u00a0<em>\u201ca situation where a player should reasonably be expected to score, usually in a one-on-one scenario or from very close range when the ball has a clear path to goal\u00a0and\u00a0there is low to moderate pressure on the shooter\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0Players that create these provide shooters with the best chances to score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-top-5-players-for-big-chance-creation-this-season\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Top 5 Players For\u00a0Big\u00a0Chance Creation This Season:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>16 &#8211; Darwin Gonzalez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 &#8211; Sanele Barns, Lucas Costa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 &#8211; Jamie Webber<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 &#8211; Devin Titus, Marcello Allende<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-other-metrics\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Other Metrics<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to note that there are deep-lying midfielders whose roles do not include creating chances. They are equally\u00a0important\u00a0to their teams in\u00a0terms of\u00a0building up play at the start of offensive transitions, disrupting opposition attacks in defensive transitions, and more. Passes are one way of seeing which players have been\u00a0important\u00a0in building up play. However, this (like many metrics)\u00a0is heavily dependent\u00a0on the team\u2019s style of play. A team like Sundowns that dominates possession will have a few players attempt many passes. Teams like Sekhukhune &amp; Polokwane have less of the ball, and influential players like Jamie Webber and Oswin Appollis may not feature in the Top 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-most-successful-passes-pass-success-rate-in-brackets\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Most Successful Passes (Pass Success Rate In Brackets):<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1070 &#8211; Teboho Mokoena (89%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>878 &#8211; Grant Margerman (85%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>866 &#8211; Kamohelo Mokotjo (83%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>854 &#8211; Yusuf Maart (84%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>850 &#8211; Marcelo Allende (90%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, the world of football data still struggles with measuring defensive contributions. Tackles, interceptions, balls won\u00a0and\u00a0other defensive actions are\u00a0measured,\u00a0but not yet understood.\u00a0 Further articles on this site will look at the different midfielder\u00a0roles,\u00a0and analyze pass directions, value, and impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the end of the PSL season approaching, the questions around who the best players who will be at the forefront in the coming 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