In our analysis, we evaluate all the players who played in the UEFA Europa League in the 2023/2024 Season. In other words, we evaluate and filter the best performers in the tournament. Assessing all the positions, coupled with the evaluation of a lot of factors and indicators in their games, we can generate the ratings for the players performances. As a matter of fact, in this type of analysis, the type of formation played doesnt influence or limit the ratings system.
GOALKEEPERS (GKs):
- Aleš Mandous (Slavia Prague)
- Juan Musso (Atalanta)
- Matej Kovar (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Mile Svilar (Roma)
- Łukasz Fabiański (West Ham United)
With incredible performances, Aleš Mandous is the Best Performing Goalkeeper in the Europa League. While playing for Slavia Prague, Aleš Mandous had incredible performances in this season. As I have shown above, Atalanta’s Juan Musso is in second place on the average rating list ahead of Roma’s Mile Svilar, Bayer Leverkusen’s Matej Kovar and West Ham United’s Łukasz Fabiański.
CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):
- Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting CP)
- Lewis Dunk (Brighton & Hove Albion)
- Jarell Quansah (Liverpool)
- Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Tomáš Holeš (Slavia Prague)
In terms of the Centre-Backs, the top part is stacked with quality players: as a matter of fact, Gonçalo Inácio leads the average rating of Centre-Backs in the UEFA Europa League & in the 2023-2024 Season. Equally, we can see that he is being followed by Brighton’s Lewis Dunk, Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba, Liverpool’s Jarell Quansah and Slavia Prague’s Tomáš Holeš.
FULL-BACKS (FBs) and WING-BACKS (WBs):
- Theo Hernández (AC Milan)
- Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica)
- Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Matteo Ruggeri (Atalanta)
- Rodinei (Olympiacos)
As shown above, in a spot filled with a top team player, we can see that AC Milan’s Theo Hernández archived the highest average ratings among Full-Backs and Wing-Backs in the Europa League. Being, without doubt, quality players, Fredrik Aursnes, Matteo Ruggeri and Álex Grimaldo are three of the best performing players in this positions. To conclude, we can also see that Olympiacos’s Rodinei was having great performances.
MIDFIELDERS (Ms) and WINGERS (Ws):
- Ángel Di María (Benfica)
- João Neves (Benfica)
- Nemanja Matić (Rennes)
- Emil Breivik (Molde)
- Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)
As a result of his great impact in Benfica’s style of play, Ángel Di María has the highest average rating among Midfielders and Wingers in the UEL. Another case of great impact is João Neves: while playing for Benfica, João Neves was also having incredible performances in the Europa League. To conclude, we can also see that the Benfica duo is being followed by Rennes’s Nemanja Matić, Molde’s Emil Breivik and Olympiacos’s Kostas Fortounis.
CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):
- João Pedro (Brighton)
- Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP)
- Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse)
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille)
- Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos)
As can be seen in the graph above, João Pedro has the highest average rating among all Centre-Fowards. As a result of his performances, João Pedro is significantly ahead of all his competition besides Viktor Gyökeres. All things considered, the Sporting Centre-Foward is one of the Best Performing Strikers in Europe. To conclude the Top 5, we can see that the list also features quality players like Toulouse’s Thijs Dallinga, Marseille’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Panathinaikos’s Fotis Ioannidis.
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