Newcastle United travel to Goodison Park on Sunday to take on Everton in their final Premier League match of the season. Here are the all-important stats…
Nikica Jelavic had a goal controversially called offside last weekend, which saw Everton effectively lose two points at Wolves.
54.5% of Jelavic’s shots this season have been on target, despite him dragging the best chance of the game against Wolves last weekend wide.
44.4% of Jelavic’s total shots on target have resulted in goals this season. Jelavic has put eight in the back of the net this season from just eighteen shots.
Leon Osman clocked up a total of 166.6 miles this season and looks likely to finish fourth for total distance covered in the Everton squad, behind Marouane Fellaini, Leighton Baines and Tony Hibbert.
Everton’s trip to Wolverhampton saw Leon Osman clock up an impressive 6.88 miles according to the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index.
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Marouane Fellaini is fourth in the overall EA SPORTS Player Performance Index for distance covered in comparison with all Premier League midfielders this season.
Fellaini is also tenth overall for distance covered this season out of all Premier League players. According to the index he has covered a total of 204 miles.
Cabaye has covered the most distance for Newcastle in their previous two Premier League appearances against Chelsea and Man City.
According to the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index Cabaye has covered 201.1 miles this season and averaged 6.2 miles per appearance.
Jonas Guiterrez however has covered the most distance for Newcastle this season and according to the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index he has covered a total of 214.3 miles this season.
The overall EA SPORTS Player Performance Index tells us Guiterrez has covered the most ground compared to any other Premier League midfielder this season.
Danny Simpson is Newcastle’s highest ranked player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index. Despite not scoring at all this season, Simpson is ranked 24th overall.
The 25-year-old English defender has won 79.3% of the 58 tackles he has attempted this season.
Data courtesy of the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, the official player rating index of the Barclays Premier League.
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