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Player Performance Index | EPL Week 20 Star Line-Up

Tom Henderson

2012-01-06

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After a busy Barclays Premier League period over Christmas and New Year, we're back with week 20's star EPL line up.

And it's no surprise to see a Newcastle United player at either end of the pitch after their impressive 3-0 victory over Manchester United.  Tim Krul's clean sheet and Demba Ba's master class surely put these two players in most Premier League team's starting 11s.

Ramires had a brilliant game for Chelsea getting them over the line against Wolves.  And Gary Cahill's fine finish against Everton puts him in the heart of a solid back four made up of Spurs' Younes Kaboul, the dangerous Gareth Bale and Stoke's in form defender Ryan Shotton.

Here's the line up in full with thanks to the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index.

EA SPORTS PPI EPL Star Line Up - Week 20

 

Four game weeks have been played over the Christmas period in The Barclays Premier League and in return we have been treated to some top class football, some strange results and generally outstanding individual displays from many players.  Below The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index gives us an insight into some of the top performing players over the last couple of weeks.

Ayegbeni Yakubu

• The Nigerian Striker had a superb Christmas period scoring 3 goals and helping Blackburn to a draw at Liverpool and a win at Manchester United respectively. The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index shows that Yakubu had a total of 9 shots on goal over the 4 Christmas fixtures with 6 of them hitting the target.

• According to The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, Yakubu covered a total distance of 18.93 miles over the 4 Christmas games, averaging 4.73 miles per game which suggests he was making most of his movement in and around the penalty box.  To put this into context his team mate Morten Gamst Pederson covered 25.66 miles during the same 4 games and he covered more distance than any other Blackburn player during the Christmas period.

Demba Ba

• The Newcastle striker and arguably the signing of the season so far has scored 4 goals in the 4 matches he has played over Christmas. Like Yakubu, The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index shows Ba also managed 9 shots on goal during the 4 games with 7 hitting the target.

• Ba hit a top speed of 19.91mph during Newcastle’s Boxing Day clash with Bolton. According to The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index this was the highest top speed he recorded during any of his 4 games over Christmas.
 
Stephane Sessegnon
 
• The Beninese international has played a major role in Sunderland’s climb up the Barclays Premier League table over the festive period helping them to 3 wins and a draw from their 4 games. The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index tells us that the combative midfielder has chipped in with 2 goals and 2 assists along with 64 successful passes during the four games.

• Interestingly The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index shows us that during Sunderland’s game against Wigan in game week 20, Sessegnon reached a top speed of 22.63mph during the 90 minutes, only Stoke City’s Peter Crouch recorded a higher top speed throughout the 4 game festive period recording a top speed of 23.15mph against Blackburn also in game week 20.

Dimitar Berbatov

• Dimitar Berbatov enjoyed a rich vein of form over the Christmas period helping himself to an impressive 6 goals in 4 matches. The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index shows us that from Berbatov’s 6 shots that he had on target, all 6 resulted in goals.  He played a total of 264 minutes over the 4 games therefore averaging a goal every 44 minutes.

• The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index shows that Berbatov was part of the Manchester United team which played Blackburn in game week 19, during this game Man Utd covered a total distance of 48.01 miles.  According to The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, only Norwich City (47.81 miles) and Tottenham Hotspur (46.89 miles) covered less distances as a team throughout the Christmas period when these two teams met during game week 19.

Gareth Bale

• The Welsh Winger has been in superb form for Spur’s over the Christmas period helping the North Londoners into 3rd place and only 6 points off top spot with a game in hand. The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index tells us that Bale managed to make 17 crosses in the 4 games he played over Christmas taking his total crosses for the season up to 57, only Manchester United’s Nani has completed more crosses (93) out of all the players currently sat within the top 10 of The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index.

Cheick Tiote

• After a spell on the sidelines through injury, tough tackling midfielder Cheick Tiote is back in the Newcastle side and has proved his importance to the Magpies side after helping them to two wins over the Christmas period.  The high energy levels in which he possess have been backed up by The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index which shows that Tiote covered a total distance of 23.78 miles over the 4 Christmas game weeks; this was higher than any other Newcastle United player managed to cover during this period.
 

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