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The defense has been criticized, its performance is how bad, a set of data gives the answer. Close to two seasons ago, from last season to the present, the number of times a player's mistakes have led to an opposing team's shot on goal was tallied, and surprisingly, four of the top ten players from the
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The two of them are occupying the first and second seats respectively, and the person at the top of the list, as we can all guess, is the captain.
Harry Marcus.
This list counts the number of opposing shots on goal caused by players' mistakes throughout the Premier League season from 2020 to 2021 so far. Marcus has been
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The biggest weakness in the back line is well revealed by the statistics on this list. Over the last two seasons, he's played 62 games, topping the list with seven turnovers that led directly to opposing shots on goal!
In second place, also from
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's center back, Nemanja Marti, has made six turnovers that have led to opposing shots on goal, even though he hasn't made many appearances, only 40 in the last two seasons combined. Marty and Marcus held down the middle of the field, but it was as if the door was left open for the opposition to drive in.
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Taking up four of the top ten spots on this turnover list, the top two have already been revealed and I'm sure it's not too hard to guess the next two - a pair of edge defenders in Raukee Searle and Yunbi Shaka. Searle is 9th with 4 turnovers in 52 games and Shaka is 10th with 4 turnovers in 54 games. In addition to the holes in the middle of the defense, the sides are equally problematic, so how easy is it to get a good result?
