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Radja Nainggolan

vs

Lucas Torreira

Position: Midfielder

Serie A – 2017/2018

Statistical Analysis

Date: 28.06.2018

Radja Nainggolan vs Lucas Torreira. The two fantastic midfielders in Serie A, but who has performed better in 2017/18 season?

Therefore we have made an analysis of the statistics achieved by Radja Nainggolan and Lucas Torreira in five passing categories:

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

Lucas Torreira played more games in 2017/18 season for his team than Radja Nainggolan did — 36 to 31.
Torreira played more minutes than Nainggolan – 3185 to 2620.
Radja Nainggolan has 9 assists in Serie A (EFRating = 7.20), which is more than Lucas Torreira’s one assist (EFRating = 0.80).
Radja Nainggolan has recorded 1.9 key passes per match in Serie A (EFRating = 4.13), compared to Lucas Torreira’s 1.0 (EFRating = 2.17).
Lucas Torreira has created 60.8 passes per match in Serie A (EFRating = 2.98), which is more than Radja Nainggolan ‘s 39.3 passes per match (EFRating = 1.93).
In Serie A, Lucas Torreira has completed 87.2% of his passes (EFRating = 4.07), while Radja Nainggolan has completed only 84.2% (EFRating = 3.07).
Lucas Torreira has recorded 0.8 crosses per match in Serie A (EFRating = 2.82), compared to Radja Nainggolan’s 0.4 (EFRating = 1.41).

Based on the analysis above, Radja Nainggolan is clearly the king of 2 passing categories (assists and key passes per match).

Lucas Torreira is the king of 3 passing categories (passes per match, pass success percentage and crosses per match).

In conclusion, with all the statistics, Radja Nainggolan seems like superior passer in Serie A.