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Ellyes Skhiri

vs

Lukas Lerager

Position: Defensive Midfielder

Ligue 1 – 2017/2018

Statistical Analysis

Date: 10.07.2018

Ellyes Skhiri vs Lukas Lerager. The two fantastic midfielders in Ligue 1, but who has performed better in 2017/18 season?

Therefore we have made an analysis of the statistics achieved by Ellyes Skhiri and Lukas Lerager in five passing categories:

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

Lukas Lerager played more games in 2017/18 season for his team than Ellyes Skhiri did — 37 to 35.
Lerager played more minutes than Skhiri – 3286 to 3052.
Ellyes Skhiri has one assist in Ligue 1 (EFRating = 0.80), same like Lukas Lerager (EFRating = 0.80).
Skhiri has recorded 0.9 key passes per match in Ligue 1 (EFRating = 1.96), compared to Lukas Lerager’s 0.6 (EFRating = 1.30).
Ellyes Skhiri has created 44.8 passes per match in Ligue 1 (EFRating = 2.20), which is more than Lukas Lerager’s 42.6 passes per match (EFRating = 2.09).
In Ligue 1, Ellyes Skhiri has completed 86.2% of his passes (EFRating = 3.73), while Lukas Lerager has completed only 77.1% (EFRating = 0.70).
Lukas Lerager has recorded 0.1 crosses per match in Ligue 1 (EFRating = 0.35).

Based on the analysis above, Ellyes Skhiri is clearly the king of 3 passing categories (key passes per match, passes per match and pass success percentage).

Lukas Lerager is the king of 1 passing category (crosses per match).

In conclusion, with all the statistics, Ellyes Skhiri seems like superior passer in Ligue 1.