EFL Top Trumps

strengths

Sheffield Utd

League 1

Grimsby

Northampton

Portsmouth

Middlesbrough

weaknesses

Barnsley

(part 1)

EFL

Swindon

League 2

Peterborough

Norwich City

All data from last three league seasons

Championship

of goals scored from corners

22nd

8.3%

Creators

Minutes per goal

Weaknesses

27.9%

Based on goals and assists in English league matches over the previous three seasons

10.5%

Key players

239 496 558

Player

Rank

Long range shooting

bench Threat

Exploiting corners

162 278 318

of possible points won after scoring first

of shots taken which were on target

of goals scored from headers

weaknesses

of goals scored from outside the penalty area

Rank

of goals scored by substitutes

18.2%

23rd

85.6%

Britt Assombalonga Martin Braithwaite Harry Chapman

Goalscorers

23rd

27.3%

Aerial ability

5th

Shooting accuracy

3rd

Harry Chapman Marvin Johnson Ashley Fletcher

Middlesbrough

strengths

Strengths

Protecting a lead

Minutes per assist

Player

1st

Minutes per assist

Mark Duffy John Fleck Caolan Lavery

Rank

of goals scored from inside the 6 yard box

weaknesses

defending corners

Rank

of goals conceded from outside the penalty area

of goals conceded from corners

of shots which were on target

Billy Sharp Leon Clarke Caolan Lavery

Player

Defending long shots

strengths

Bench strength

9.2%

7.8%

Based on goals and assists in English league matches over the previous three seasons

of goals scored by substitutes

Goalscorers

24th

10.0%

Minutes per goal

Sheffield Utd

24th

5th

of goals scored from outside the penalty area

close range finishing

Sharp shooting

Key players

Player

Weaknesses

23.5%

38.0%

23rd

2nd

Creators

Strengths

369 390 431

1st

156 179 215

Long range finishing

30.5%

Minutes per assist

James Husband Marco Stiepermann Ben Marshall

Rank

Key players

Fast starters

8.7%

Norwich

Based on goals and assists in English league matches over the previous three seasons

shots taken per match in the first half

3rd

of goals scored from outside the penalty area

Nelson Oliveira Jordan Rhodes Tom Trybull

1st

Player

Close range finishing

Strengths

of shots faced from outside the penalty area

5.8%

Creators

13.5%

Rank

5.7

20th

23.7%

21st

Long shots

Weaknesses

619 716 742

Minutes per goal

weaknesses

2nd

Policing the area

Key players

22nd

46.1%

of goals scored by substitutes

of shots taken from headers

Goalscorers

Bench strength

Player

of shots taken from inside the 6 yard box

Aerial threat

strengths

211 267 712

Player

Key players

1st

Minutes per goal

Weaknesses

Aerial threat

22nd

Barnsley

Rank

shot conversion rate

of goals scored from headers

2nd

208 236 263

Wasteful finishing

22nd

Defending corners

shots taken per match in the last 15 minutes

477 674 862

Goalscorers

2nd

of goals conceded from corners

Creators

19th

15.4%

FINISHING GAMES STRONGLY

weaknesses

Minutes per assist

of time spent in a losing position

Based on goals and assists in English league matches over the previous three seasons

29.2%

9.5%

Kieffer Moore Alex Mowatt George Moncur

26.7%

2.9

Player

Rank

Strengths

Falling behind

Kieffer Moore Tom Bradshaw Cameron McGeehan

of shots faced from inside the 6 yard box

6.4%

Close range defending

strengths

3rd

weaknesses

first half shots per match

Based on goals and assists in English league matches over the previous three seasons

Fast starters

Creators

of shots taken which were headers

4th

39.8%

15.3%

Close range finishing

28.6%

23rd

Sharp shooting

of shots taken from inside the 6 yard box

Player

218 334 392

206 214 351

Strengths

Rank

of goals conceded in the last 15 minutes of matches

Rank

Peterborough

23rd

11.1%

Aerial patrols

Key players

Matt Godden Ivan Toney Marcus Maddison

6.7

Weaknesses

Minutes per goal

of shots taken which were on target

Player

5.5%

Marcus Maddison Callum Cooke George Cooper

Goalscorers

Minutes per assist

Aerial threat

of shots faced which were headers

24th

1st

Defending late

strengths

168 174 237

weaknesses

of possible points won after scoring first

Based on goals and assists in English league matches over the previous three seasons

Protecting a lead

of goals scored from corners

Creators

20th

2nd

of goals scored by substitutes

17.0%

Scoring early

5.8%

7.5%

Scoring late

16.4%

596 634 701

87.6%

Player

Strengths

Rank

of goals scored in the last 15 minutes of matches

Rank

Portsmouth

of goals scored in the first 15 minutes of matches

1st

24th

Bench strength

Key players

Minutes per assist

Weaknesses

Minutes per goal

27.8%

Jamal Lowe David Wheeler Lee Brown

of goals scored from outside the penalty area

Goalscorers

Player

Long range finishing

Conor Chaplin Brett Pitman David Wheeler

23rd

1st

Exploiting corners

22nd

Weaknesses

Minutes per goal

252 295 591

Key players

defending late

Grimsby

Rank

Player

506 589 788

3rd

of goals scored from corners

of goals conceded from outside the penalty area

shot conversion rate

Defending long shots

Wasteful finishing

19.3%

of possible points won after conceding first

4th

Goalscorers

Minutes per assist

Creators

Player

of goals conceded in the last 15 minutes of matches

Exploiting corners

9.2%

Based on goals and assists in English league matches over the previous three seasons

weaknesses

Wes Thomas JJ Hooper Jordan Cook

1st

76.4%

7.3%

17.9%

Rank

Jordan Cook Andrew Fox JJ Hooper

Strengths

Coming from behind

20th

of possible points won after scoring first

Protecting a lead

strengths

25.9%

21st

weaknesses

22nd

Based on career goals and assists over the previous three seasons

close range finishers

514 574 712

Creators

Player

2nd

205 269 270

of goals conceded from outside the penalty area

Attacking late

of shots which were on target

of goals scored by substitutes

Sharp shooting

of goals scored from inside the 6 yard box

28.5%

of shots taken in the last 15 minutes of matches

Strengths

Rank

3rd

Rank

Northampton

Junior Morias Andy Williams Kevin van Veen

Player

Junior Morias Kevin van Veen Daniel Powell

Pace-setters

Key players

17.4%

strengths

20th

Weaknesses

Minutes per goal

Minutes per assist

36.9%

of time spent in a winning position

Goalscorers

1st

Defending long shots

22.0%

40.7%

5.9%

Bench strength

22nd

20th

Weaknesses

Minutes per goal

of goals conceded from set piece situations

Key players

Defending set pieces

SWINDON

Rank

Marc Richards Keshi Anderson Matthew Taylor

Minutes per assist

1st

of shots taken which were headers

of goals conceded from outside the penalty area

Aerial threat

Defending long shots

Matthew Taylor Kyle Knoyle Jermaine McGlashan

of shots taken from inside the 6 yard box

5th

Goalscorers

Player

1st

Creators

204 381 439

63.4%

Finishing games strongly

21.3%

Based on career goals and assists over the previous three seasons

weaknesses

14.9%

18.2%

5.8%

311 369 531

of goals scored in the second half of matches

Rank

Player

Strengths

Close range finishing

19th

of possible points recovered from losing positions

Coming from behind

strengths

12.5%