We found record holders in various football categories.
Sniper. Matteo Cassierra (Zenit)
After the first round I had a five goal lead over Spertsyan, Chalov and Cordoba. Mateo has 12 accurate shots in 14 games played. In history, only four people have scored so many goals in the first round. The Colombian has an excellent execution of chances, a goal instinct that leads to hitting from position, even if Zenit as a whole does not play for him as the attacking midfielders worked for Dziuba and Azmun. Cassierra is great, especially if you remember the difficult last season, when he scored 2 goals in 26 games.
Assistant. Quincy Promes (Spartak)
Member of the new tourism team. Nobody compares to Promes in terms of assists RPL, made 6 effective passes after assisting Ignatov in the match against Rostov. But Quincy is also first in assists. He has 41 such passes, Zenit’s Claudinho 35 and Rubin’s Kabutov 33 chances created. Promes is good as both a sniper and an assistant. Even though the season is discontinuous, there has been a decline, the level can be seen on the pitch. Take Quincy and Spartak will be 10th in the table?
Dribblers. Benjamin Garre (Wings of the Soviets) and Mumi Ngamalyo (Dinamo)
There are a lot of technical guys. Dynamo’s Ngamalyo, Zenit’s Mostovoy, Spartak’s Zinkovsky often dribble. But when we look for an effective dribbling master, we find the leader Krylia Sovetov. In terms of the average number of successful dribbles per game, Garre is on a par with Ngamalyo and Zinkovsky, and in total numbers he is ahead of Batchi, Berisha and Claudinho. Only Dynamo winger Mumi is a dribbler higher and holds the record for the most successful dribbles.
Insurer. Kirill Gotsuk (Paris NN)
Do not enter RPL a man who can come close to Gotsuk in his ability to carry the ball away from his own goal. Naturally, Paris NN’s way of playing led to 117 such actions, because Yuran’s team is in no hurry to take possession of the ball. But Bozhin from Fakel is also far behind, although the Voronezh club also played second more than once. Gotsuk showed some decent kicking, cleaning up his partners. Kirill has talent, he is one of the leaders of the team with a fighting spirit.
Wall. Matvey Safonov (Krasnodar)
The Krasnodar goalkeeper has seven shutouts, a season high. Dynamo’s Leshchuk made 87% of the match’s shots in four games, but Safonov is always at the center of Krasnodar and has reflected 86% of the shots. This is an insane amount for any goalkeeper in the world; scouts from rich clubs are now looking at the goalkeeper of the Russian national team. Matvey was impressive. Even Sysuev from Orenburg, who comes into play more often, cannot compare with him in terms of efficiency. Safonov passes the level RPL.
Tireless. Douglas Santos (Zenit) and Dmitry Kabutov (Rubin)
King of crosses, both have 104 crosses from the flanks. The Zenit and Rubin teams had a productive first round. Santos has 1 goal and 2 assists, Kabutov has 2 assists. Of course it’s much easier for Douglas, he has higher level teammates, faces the ball more often and works with more precision. But Kabutov makes more successful risky decisions, which affected Rubin’s position in the table: the Kazan club finished the first round at the top of the list.
Fighter. Rodrigao (Zenit)
The king in terms of the number of individual victories on average per 90 minutes among the main players is the key defender of Zenit. Rodrigao is among the best defenders, although due to injury he played only 7 games out of 15. We also note the fighting qualities of Paris NN’s Stotsky, but the Russian champion Rodrigao maintains the score: 3.9 head-to-head wins per game, and as part of Zenit, who attack more often than defend. Without the Brazilian the champions could have lost many more points.
Rude people. Marcelo Alves (Sochi) and Willian (CSKA)
Sochi has a unique player. Alves committed only 19 fouls, but 6 yellows and 2 reds. Tiknizyan and Aleksandrov have a similar number of eliminations, but even these aggressive players are not equal to the Sochi defender in terms of the number of cards for the first round. Sobolev violated the rules 23 times, but during the season he received only four yellow cards. But Marcelo stood out, although this is not something to brag about. Willian Rocha from CSKA he is also an inveterate bully, he has 7 warnings and 1 red card.
Forwarder. Wendel (Zenit)
Most often, the defenders of Krasnodar and Zenit pass the ball to others, which is to be expected, because these teams start attacks with low combinations. But if we move on to the percentage of competent passes, then Wendel has no equal. The Brazilian is a real coach in Semak’s team, where many know how to handle the ball: Douglas Santos, Barrios and even newcomer Erakovic. But midfielder Wendel is also dangerous in front of goal, he has 4 goals and 4 assists. It’s even strange that he wasn’t brought to one of the top 5 clubs in the summer.
Savior. Nikolay Sysuev (Orenburg)
If Safonov is an example of the efficiency of a goalkeeper with an incredible percentage of saved shots, then Sysuev comes into play more often than anyone else. He has almost six dozen saves, even Pomazun, Pesyakov, Safonov and Dupin, who worked hard in the first round, have fewer saves. Goalkeeper Sysuev does not always act perfectly, but in dedication he is the first together with Leshchuk. However, Igor was not the main player of Dynamo at the beginning of the season, he played few matches.
Fighter. Giovanni Cordoba (Krasnodar)
Interesting statistics. Cordoba is not only the champion of fouls earned, but also the first in terms of number of violations against opponents. The Krasnodar striker takes advantage of his size and constantly imposes a grueling fight on the defenders. He leads by a huge margin in terms of obvious unused opportunities: 14 to 5 for the following. But the mistakes don’t stop us from celebrating John’s efforts, who gives his all and can improve his performance in the future. Cordoba scored 7 goals, one of the heroes of the first round winner.
