Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) against Dimitri Payet (West Ham), a shock stats – France Football

England – 33rd day

Both sparkling since the beginning of the season, Dimitri Payet and Mesut Ozil are the masters player to Arsenal and West Ham. If the German is more decisive on the entire season, the dynamics speak for the French. Analysis

. Ozil often decisive

Since the explosion of Dimitri Payet in the Premier League, they are often compared. The French international has even taken a semblance of advantage over the German at the beginning of March in London being crowned player of the year, before Ozil and Kane (Tottenham), during the London Football Awards. “ So it’s official, Dimitri Payet is better than Mesut Ozil! ” even indicated West Ham, not without a touch of humor at the end of the ceremony.

However, in the statistics, the Gunner has a long ahead of Hammer. If Payet has scored more (9 goals against 5 for Ozil), German international has delivered more assists (18 against 8). The latter was therefore decisive 23 times, against 17 Payet. As Ozil has played more than Payet (29 matches against 24), it is important to bring these actions to the number of minutes played by the two men. The London number 11 was involved in a goal every 109 minutes while the French were every 120 minutes. If he is behind his counterpart this season, Dimitri Payet is still far from criticism! With six games remaining, it is already ahead of statistics Ozil in 2013/14. In his first season in the Premier League, he had five goals and nine assists issued

. Ozil playmaker, Payet the particle accelerator

Going deeper into their personal statistics, we can see that both players do not have as similarities than this. Already, they are not playing the same position as Ozil evolves further from the center maintains the attacker, while Payet is eccentric left. Then their style of play is different. In an Arsenal team that sits in top spot of the ball in the Premier League (56%) and completions (84%), world champion in 2014 is the conductor. Per game average, he successfully distributed 54 assists on 63 attempted (87% success). Payet, he distributes much less since it manages “only” 35 of 43 passes attempted (81%).

A lower percentage can be explained in part by the fact that Payet plays longer. Per game, he tried long passes 4.6 (2.9 successful), more qu’Ozil (2.2 attempted, successful 1.4). The average length of passes Payet is 19 meters, while it is 15 for Arsène Wenger protégé. Conclusion: if Ozil is in the distribution of the game, Payet is especially in acceleration. A theory confirmed by the number of dribbles tempted by both players. Successful 2.4 (4.1 for attempted) side Hammer, one more per game than his next opponent (1.4 to 2.4 successfully tempted).

In a different style of play, both are equally important in the offensive area of ​​their team. They create about four times per game (4.1 Ozil, 3.8 Payet). A slight difference which evens when one refers to the number of minutes played. Therefore, both are originally one occasion every 21 minutes (Ozil) or 23 (Payet). The difference is greater for attempted strikes. Payet tries in all 42 minutes against 65 minutes for Ozil. Again, the bold side of Dimitri Payet is highlighted as two strikes on three are triggered from outside the area, then qu’Ozil strikes in that three out of 18 meters. All with very little waste, since they lose each less than four balls per game

. The dynamics speak for Payet

After three promising first month (5 goals and 3 assists), Dimitri Payet had experienced a serious blow to stop hurting during the match against Everton (7 November). An injury that forced him to miss seven games. Back at the beginning of January, the former Marseille has been on a cloud. In twelve games, he scored four times and delivered five assists. An inverse shape to that of Mesut Ozil. In the wake of Arsenal stalled in 2016, the German midfielder shines much less. In eleven games, he has been involved as four goals of his own (2 goals and as many assists).

A dynamic that drives us to a small room on Dimitri Payet for the game Saturday. Always decisive in the last four games (2 goals, 3 assists), he might give cover this weekend at Upton Park. As in the first leg in the season opener, where he delivered a pass to Kouyaté on the first goal (2-0)

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