Early Inferences from ISL 2016: Brief interpretation of stats

North East United FC

Being the most successful club until now, they have collected 9 points already out of a possible 12. They look a formidable unit this season. Emiliano Alfaro has scored 3 goals and has had 7 shots on target. Defensively the team has been excellent. The team has collected 3 clean sheets and has allowed just a single goal against them in the four games combined.

Best Player: Subrata Paul (16 saves as a Goalie)

Mumbai City FC

Mumbai City has the league’s lowest passes per game. The average number of passes per game stands at 335 with a poor completion percentage of 70.  Their marquee player, Diego Forlan has cut a lonely figure. However, he has been effective in pulling the defenders towards him and creating space for other attackers.

Best Player: Lucian Goian (12 tackles)

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Athletico De Kolkata

They have been a predominantly second half team with not even a single goal being scored in the first half in the first three games. They have had the maximum average number of shots per game (12.7 shots per game). However, the finishing lags a bit as the number of shots required per goal is at a high 9.5.

Best Player: Javier Lara Grande (2 Goals and 7 shots on Target)

Delhi Dynamos

Delhi Dynamos has been impressive in this edition of ISL. However, they were left to rue after failing to get all 3 points against Kerala Blasters, the team currently with zero goals from 3 games. Delhi’s stats look noteworthy with an average of 393 passes per game at a completion rate of 77%.

Best Player: Marcelo Leite Pereira (2 Goals and 5 shots on Target)

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