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    Dropping the ball: The Premier League’s clumsiest players, revealed

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    Forget the MOTM: These are the Premier League’s clumsiest players

    Key findings

    • Luton Town provides four of the Premier League’s clumsiest players

    • Erling Haaland is Manchester City’s most clumsy player

    • Thiago Silva has the best ball control in the league

    • European leagues ranked from least to most clumsy: Ligue 1: 49.46, Premier League: 55.92, Serie A: 56.60, La Liga: 59.12, Bundesliga: 60.60 (/100).

    Premier League football players have undoubtedly reached the apex of their sport. However, despite their physical excellence, many are still prone to mistakes – but who is the clumsiest player?

    The football experts at Ticketgum have created an index study to determine which players are the most and least reliable with the ball. Over 1,600 players from across the globe were analysed for their number of mistakes while attempting to gain control of the ball, passes missed, and dispossessions following a tackle, and ranked to reveal the most fumble-prone players.

    The clumsiest football players in the Premier League

    Player

    Squad

    Number of failed attempts to get control of the ball (per carry)

    Number of times control of ball was lost following a tackle (per carry)

    Clumsy score /100

    Carlton Morris

    Luton Town

    19

    15

    98.30

    Dominic Calvert-Lewin

    Everton

    15

    6

    96.22

    Alfie Doughty

    Luton Town

    6

    1

    94.09

    Jean-Philippe Mateta

    Crystal Palace

    17

    17

    92.07

    Dominic Solanke

    Bournemouth

    36

    27

    91.63

    Jacob Brown

    Luton Town

    8

    14

    90.60

    Taiwo Awoniyi

    Nottingham Forest

    22

    7

    89.63

    Michail Antonio

    West Ham

    29

    13

    89.33

    Andreas Pereira

    Fulham

    11

    13

    88.62

    Oliver McBurnie

    Sheffield Utd

    5

    7

    86.73

    The average clumsy score for players across the Premier League is 55.92, making England’s top footballers the second least clumsy of the five leagues analysed, behind France’s Ligue 1 (49.46/100).

    Carlton Morris (98.30/100) is the clumsiest player in the Premier League, and fourth most mistake-prone across the five European leagues analysed. In Morris’ 774 minutes of playing he has failed to get control of the ball 19 times. The Luton Town player isn’t alone in the undesirable ranking; two of his clubmates also feature in the top ten least reliable players.

    Dominic Calvert-Lewin (96.22/100) takes second place for clumsiest player in the Premier League, ranking tenth overall. The Everton player has missed 54.7% of passes.

    The clumsiest player on the current England national team is Jarrod Bowen, forward for West Ham. With a clumsy score of 75.61/100 Bowen is the 35th most fumble-prone player in the league and 176th overall. In his 810 minutes of playing, he has missed 29.5% of passes.

    The most in-control football players in the Premier League

    Player

    Squad

    Number of failed attempts to get control of the ball (per carry)

    Number of times control of ball was lost following a tackle (per carry)

    Clumsy score /100

    Thiago Silva

    Chelsea

    2

    0

    4.94

    William Saliba

    Arsenal

    5

    1

    11.53

    Manuel Akanji

    Manchester City

    2

    2

    11.99

    Rodri

    Manchester City

    6

    4

    12.58

    Micky van de Ven

    Tottenham

    5

    1

    14.79

    Ticketgum can reveal that Chelsea’s Thiago Silva is the most reliable player in the Premier League. The Brazilian footballer scores just 4.94/100 for clumsiness, making him the third least clumsy player across all five European leagues analysed.

    Featuered Photo by Nathan Rogers on Unsplash.

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