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Lorenzo Insigne

vs

Ivan Perisic

Position: Winger (Left)

Serie A – 2017/2018

Statistical Analysis

Date: 13.07.2018

Lorenzo Insigne vs Ivan Perisic. The two fantastic wingers in Serie A, but who has performed better in 2017/18 season?

Therefore we have made an analysis of the statistics achieved by Lorenzo Insigne and Ivan Perisic in five passing categories:

• Assists
• Key passes per match
• Passes per match
• Pass success percentage
• Crosses past per match

Lorenzo Insigne played 37 games in 2017/18 season for his team same like Ivan Perisic.
Perisic played more minutes than Insigne – 3316 to 3104.
Lorenzo Insigne has 11 assists in Serie A (EFRating = 8.80), which is more than Ivan Perisic’s 9 assists (EFRating = 7.20).
Insigne has recorded 2.8 key passes per match in Serie A (EFRating = 6.09), compared to Ivan Perisic’s 2 (EFRating = 4.35).
Lorenzo Insigne has created 65.9 passes per match in Serie A (EFRating = 3.23), which is more than Ivan Perisic’s 37.5 passes per match (EFRating = 1.84).
In Serie A, Lorenzo Insigne has completed 85.2% of his passes (EFRating = 3.40), while Ivan Perisic has completed only 75.4% (EFRating = 0.13).
Ivan Perisic has recorded 0.6 crosses per match in Serie A (EFRating = 2.12), compared to Lorenzo Insigne’s 0.3 (EFRating = 1.06).

Based on the analysis above, Lorenzo Insigne is clearly the king of 4 passing categories (assists, key passes per match, passes per match and pass success percentage).

Ivan Perisic is the king of 1 passing category (crosses per match).

In conclusion, with all the statistics, Lorenzo Insigne seems like the easy pick over Ivan Perisic as the superior passer in Serie A.