The Premier League's 2021 fixture schedule is all over, and the Premier League is also halfway through, with Manchester City winning the half-way title, followed by Liverpool. So, how are the two teams doing in terms of data? In terms of attack and defense and organization, Manchester City and Liverpool are the best performers in the Premier League, and it can be said that the Premier League in the first half of this season is the duo of Manchester City and Liverpool. Without further ado, let's take a look at the specific data!
On the offensive side, the highest number of goals were scored by Liverpool's 50, followed by Manchester City's 44, followed by Chelsea's 39, West Ham's 28, Arsenal and Leicester City's 27 and Manchester United's 26. In terms of shots, Liverpool and Manchester City both averaged 19.3 shots per game at the top of the table, followed by Chelsea with 15.8, Arsenal with 14.8 and West Ham with 13.8 from Manchester United. On target, City averaged 7.2 shots per game in the Premier League, followed by Liverpool's 6.9, Chelsea's 5.7, Arsenal's 5.3 and Manchester United's 5. In terms of creating great chances, Liverpool topped the table with 67, followed by Manchester City's 58, Chelsea's 48, Arsenal's 36, West Ham's 33 and Manchester United's 32.
Organisationally, City averaged 66.9 per cent of the ball per game, followed by Liverpool at 63.3 per cent, Chelsea at 60.2 per cent, Brighton at 57.2 per cent and Leeds United at 55.2 per cent. In terms of passes, Manchester City averaged 668 passes per game in the Premier League, followed by Liverpool with 597.7, followed by Chelsea with 568.3, Brighton with 516.9 and Manchester United with 489.2. In terms of key passes, City averaged 14.7 key passes per game, followed by Liverpool with 14.1, followed by Chelsea with 11.6, Manchester United with 11.4 and Arsenal with 11.1.
Defensively, City conceded just nine premier league goals, followed by Chelsea's 12, Wolves' 14 and Liverpool's 15. City averaged just 6.3 shots on goal, followed by Liverpool's 8.3, Chelsea's 9.1, Brighton's 11.8 and Brentford's 11.9. In terms of steals, Leeds United averaged 19.3 times per game topped the table, followed by Everton's 18.8 and Brighton's 18.3. Southampton averaged 11.6 interceptions per game, Burnley 11.5 and Leeds United 10.7. Watford topped the table with 22.4 clearances, followed by Burnley's 21.4 and Norwich's 20.9.
On the player side, Salah topped the top of the top scorers list with 15 goals, followed by Jota's 10 goals and Vardy's 9 goals. Salah topped the list with nine assists, Arnold second with eight, followed by Pogba and Jesus seven. In terms of key passes, Alexander-Arnold averaged 3.2 per game at the top of the table, followed by B Fee's 2.8 and Glarish's 2.3. In terms of interceptions, Taylor ranked first with an average of 2.7 interceptions per game, followed by Salisu's 2.5 and Mike Keane's 2.3. Russells averaged a high of 5.5 per game in the breakouts, followed by Zuma with 5.3 and Seth and Mins with 5.1.
From the data point of view, Manchester City and Liverpool are the only ones in the Premier League, and the two teams are the top of the Premier League in terms of attack, defense or organization. And this season's Premier League champions, perhaps will eventually emerge from Manchester City and Liverpool, but I don't know who will win the Premier League title this season?