I will then look at the shooting stats for defenders.  I’m  not going to look at chances created as I think the link between that and assists is even more difficult for defenders.

Heres a few things Ive added over the last few weeks

1.  There’s starting to be enough data and variations in game time that I’m taking in to account shots and chances per minute which means there maybe some variations to last week.

2.  On the all matches ranking and the last 6 shooting stats list I’ve added “CC” next to their name if they’re also in the last 6 chances created top 10.  That will let you easily see if they have another string to their bow of assist potential (however unreliable  the correlation is)

I wont analyse the player implications for these stats in this article but in the “ones to watch” articles they will be an integral part

Summary

If you can’t be bothered reading the whole set of stats here’s the highlights:

Suarez is by far the top stats player appearing in virtually all the stats tables.

Next is Giroud who’s stats are far better than his output and he will surely get the returns his shooting deserves soon.

Then come Benteke and Lukaku with Benteke maybe having the slight edge as he creates more chances.

Showing some recent form without getting the returns is Carroll although he is surely too expensive at £8.2m.  Sturridge is the other player with recent form but fantasy premier league managers have been burned when choosing him over Suarez.

Interestingly not featuring highy in the stats which has slowly becoming apparent is RVP.  He still keeps returning in virtually every game though and it would be a brave man to jump ship now.

Here’s my tables in all their glory