Most Chances Created Through Balls In EPL : Only Five Players Ahead Of Everton Star Iwobi

Published: March 14, 2020

According to the statisticians at Squawka Football, only five players have created more chances via through balls than Alex Iwobi in the English Premier League so far this season.

Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Riyad Mahrez (Man City), James Maddison (Leicester City) and Jorginho (Chelsea) are the top five players in that category.

Buendía has created 10 chances, De Bruyne 8, Mahrez 7 while Maddison and Jorginho have six and five respectively.

There are six players tied for the sixth position with four chances created each : Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Theo Walcott and Alex Iwobi (both Everton) and Harry Wilson (Bournemouth).

Iwobi joined Everton in the summer transfer window for a fee believed to be in the region of 35 million pounds, making the Hale End Academy product the most expensive Nigerian player in history.

Since his return from a hamstring injury that kept him on the sidelines for close to six weeks, he has started two out of a possible five games for Everton in the Premier League.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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