Europa League data: the leaders of the second day | UEFA Europa League

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We have analyzed the data from the second day to select the most outstanding performances.

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More passes completed

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—Real Sociedad 1-1 Monaco–

91: Igor Zubeldia (Real Sociedad)
87: Aritz Elustondo (Real Sociedad)
84: Carl Starfelt (Celtic)
83: William Saliba (Marsella)
78: Álvaro (Marseille)

Real Sociedad dominated the home draw against Monaco (1-1), with 64% ball possession and 515 passes, of which more than a third were made by center-backs Zubeldia and Elustondo. The numbers were even more impressive at Marseille (65% and 529), with Saliba in the top four for the second day in a row, but the French team could not turn that dominance into three points either, as they were unable to beat Galatasaray.

More centers completed

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—Sturm – PSV 1-4–

6: Cody Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven)
6: Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt)
6: Borna Barisic (Rangers)
6: Aaron Cresswell (West Ham)

Two of PSV’s four goals at Sturm Graz came from crosses, and the only surprise was that Gakpo’s did not lead to either, although the first goal came from a corner kick from him. Equally striking was the fact that none of the other players with six successful crosses achieved an assist, none closer than Cresswell, whose center was headed off the post by Craig Dawson shortly before they opened the scoring against Rapid Vienna. Also special mention for Barišić, who was also second on this list on matchday one.

Recovered balls

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—Antwerp – Eintracht 0-1–

12: Olivier Boscagli (PSV Eindhoven)
11: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt)
11: Dinis Almeida (Royal Antwerp)
11: Elseid Hysaj (Lazio)
10: Bryan Heynan (Genk)
10: Juninho (Midtjylland)

PSV’s position at the top of this metric may seem unexpected, as they won 1-4, but that score does not reflect the fact that Sturm Graz almost equaled them in shots and ball recoveries, which made regular interventions de Boscagli were vital to the result. Eintracht de Hasebe and Antwerp de Almeida only had a ball recovery, but the individual performance of the former was more impressive considering that he was substituted in the 72nd minute when the German team sought, and finally achieved, the only goal . A nod to Heynan also after he led this classification on the first day.

Clearances

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—Genk 0-3 Dynamo Zagreb–

10: Kévin Théophile-Catherine (Dynamo of Zagreb)
9: Maik Nawrocki (Legia of Warsaw)
8: Alex Moreno (Betis)
7: Radovan Pankov (Red Star)
7: Dinis Almeida (Antwerp)
7: Pablo (Lokomotiv of Moscow)

Dynamo Zagreb and Legia had two of the biggest wins, defeating Genk and Leicester respectively, and the fact that they both did so with a clean sheet was largely due to the determination of Théophile-Catherine and Nawrocki. Betis and Álex Moreno also showed their courage to defeat Ferencváros in a more even contest than the 1-3 indicates, while Pankov was the only player with seven clearances to be part of a team that did not receive goals.

More stops

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—Celtic – Leverkusen 0-4–

7: Mads Hermansen (Brøndby)
7: Joe Hart (Celtic)
6: Lukas Hradecky (Leverkusen)
6: Altay Bayindir (Fenerbahce)
5: Jörg Siebenhandl (Sturm Graz)
5: Kristijan Kahlina (Ludogorets)

Celtic are struggling in the group stage as they have conceded four goals in the two games, but things could have been much worse if Hart had not made the most saves of the season in those meetings. Hermansen is only one stop short after the first two games, although his heroics this week failed to secure a second clean sheet for his side. However, Hradecky, Hart’s counterpart, has not been outdone and is the only name that can say the same this time.

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