A head-turning statistic, highlighting the excellence of Barcelona youngster Marc Casadó across the season to date, has on Thursday come to the fore online.
Casadó is for his part of course in the midst of a breakout campaign, having establised himself as one of the first names on the team sheet of new Barcelona boss Hansi Flick.
This comes with the 21-year-old having taken full advantage of an early-season injury crisis in the Blaugrana’s engine room, to showcase his impressive abilities on both sides of the ball.
And it is his excellence in possession which, as alluded to above, has this week given rise to an altogether noteworthy statistic.
As revealed by statisticians DataMD, Casadó boasts the best accurate progressive pass percentage of any midfielder in La Liga to this point in the season (91.3%).
The Spanish international leads Blaugrana teammate Dani Olmo in 2nd, with Real Madrid standout Jude Bellingham rounding out the podium places:
🇪🇸🎯 La Liga Midfielders: Accurate progressive passes %
🇪🇸🥇 91.30% — Marc Casadó (Barcelona, 21)
🇪🇸🥈 90.00% — Dani Olmo (Barcelona, 26)
🏴🥉 89.58% — Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, 21)
🇦🇷🏅 88.41% — Gio Lo Celso (Real Betis, 28)
🇭🇷🏅 88.31% — Luka Modric (Real Madrid, 39)
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— DataMB (@DataMB_) December 4, 2024
Conor Laird – GSFN