Sunday, 1 March 2015

Burnley 0-1 Swansea - Key Stats & Facts

We crunched the numbers to find the most telling statistics from yesterday's win over Burnley





  • Only Bafetimbi Gomis (3) made it into the top five for shots attempted. Ashley Barnes (5), & Michael Kightly, Jason Shackell & Danny Ings (all 2) make up the rest of the top five.
  • David Jones (48) made more passes than any Swansea player. The rest of the top five is made up of all Swansea players though with Ash (47), Ki & Jonjo (46) & Fede Fernandez (45).
  • Burnley's Jason Shackell (86%) completed the highest percentage of his passes with Ki closesly behind on 85%. Ki did make 39 successful passes to Shackell's 32 though.
  • Swansea's pass completion percentage of 70% was 12% lower than their average this season. Burnley completed 68%, just shy of their 71% average.
  • Burnley managed 13 shots to Swansea's 8, including six on target as opposed to the Swans' 2.
  • Swansea made a remarkable 23 interceptions to Burnley's 5, with Neil Taylor, Jack Cork (both 5) & Fede Fernandez (4) particularly impressing.
  • Lukasz Fabianski made 6 saves to Tom Heaton's two, as well as making three successful claims. Heaton made none.
  • Only Danny Ings (7) lost possession more than Bafetimbi Gomis (6), but given their positions that's understandable. 
Data sourced from whoscored.com