It's nearly time... the 2022/2023 season is almost upon us.
Starting this Saturday in the lower leagues of English football and via the Community Shield, competitive action will return with a bang.
Therefore keeping in with the theme, The Analyst and the number crunchers over at Opta, have paired up to identify the 50 best players across Europe's big five leagues to keep an eye on.
We've picked out their 19 Premier League inclusions for you to browse over, combined with some snapshots of the analysis for a few players.
There's plenty of big names, but also a lot of surprise packages - and remember, these are all based off what the data indicates.
Premier League players to watch out for in 22/23
Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
"The Uruguayan striker scored 34 goals in 41 competitive appearances for the Portuguese giants last season, including 26 in 28 league games.
"With an average non-penalty xG of 0.19 per shot in 2021-22, he not only finds himself shooting from great quality positions, but he’s also able to convert these chances at a very high rate too."
Reece James (Chelsea)
"In 2021-22, James was directly involved in 16 goals in 39 appearances in all competitions for Chelsea (six goals, 10 assists), which was the third most amongst Premier League defenders.
"An ongoing theme in James’ career has been the comparison with Trent Alexander-Arnold. While Alexander-Arnold might edge it in certain metrics, James’ numbers are still very effective and it’s his defensive solidity that has also caught the eye of Southgate.
"In the Premier League last season, James (0.6) was dribbled past by opposition players on average less often than Alexander-Arnold (1.0), suggesting a potential superiority in one-on-one defending."
Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal)
"Jesus has averaged a goal or assist every 107 minutes in his Premier League career to date, the seventh best ratio in the competition’s history and he is the top scorer in Premier League history among those to have scored 100% of their goals from inside of the box (58/58).
"62% of Jesus’ Premier League appearances have come as a starter, providing 76 goals involvements (53 goals & 23 assists) from just 99 starts."
Ivan Perisic (Tottenham)
"9.2 expected assists and a career-high 77 chances created from open play has the potential to translate to some serious goal contributions if those chances are finding the feet of the always efficient Harry Kane and Son Heung-min."
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Raheem Sterling (Chelsea)
"Hazard spent seven seasons at Chelsea between the age of 21 and 28, scoring 110 goals and providing 81 assists, with Sterling’s time at City producing 131 goals and 74 assists from 20 years old to 27.
"The Englishman boasts a better minutes per goal involvement record (122) having played nearly 2,000 minutes less than the Belgian did at Chelsea.
"These outstanding numbers almost guarantee Chelsea more firepower going forward and will create higher expectations on the current forwards at the London club to keep up with Sterling."
Full remaining list:
Luis Diaz (Liverpool)
Fabio Carvalho (Liverpool)
William Saliba (Arsenal)
Gavin Banzunu (Southampton)
Kai Havertz (Chelsea)
Anthony Gordon (Everton)
Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle)
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester)
Joelinton (Newcastle)
Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest)
Julian Alvarez (Man City)
Deniz Undav (Brighton)
Ramsus Kristensen (Leeds)
Luis Sinisterra (Leeds)
Be sure to check out the full 50 players to watch out for across Europe's top five leagues here...
You'll also be able to view the analysis for each remaining Premier League player on site there too, in what is a truly fascinating piece.
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