most possession won in a game midfielders

Pierre Emile Højbjerg, Idrissa Gana Guèye and Morgan Schneiderlin are tied for recovering the most balls by a midfielder in a Premier League match, with 21 recoveries.

NAMERECDATECLUBOPPRatingMINGAxGxAPKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFFFOULYCRC
1Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
21
12/4/2019
Southampton Southampton
vs
Norwich City Norwich City
90
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
83
1
0
3
0
0
2Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
21
9/23/2017
Everton Everton
vs
Bournemouth Bournemouth
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
92
0
0
2
0
0
3Morgan Schneiderlin
M. Schneiderlin
21
3/15/2015
Southampton Southampton
@
Chelsea Chelsea
90
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
88
0
0
1
0
0
4Cheikh Tioté
C. Tioté
20
4/19/2016
Newcastle Newcastle
vs
Man City Man City
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
82
0
0
2
0
0
5Wilfred Ndidi
W. Ndidi
19
2/13/2021
Leicester Leicester
vs
Liverpool Liverpool
90
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
68
1
0
1
0
0
6Wilfred Ndidi
W. Ndidi
19
12/20/2020
Leicester Leicester
@
Tottenham Tottenham
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
72
0
0
5
1
0
7Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
19
3/3/2018
Everton Everton
@
Burnley Burnley
90
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
50
0
0
0
0
0
8Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
19
11/26/2017
Southampton Southampton
vs
Everton Everton
90
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
122
0
0
1
0
0
9Abdoulaye Doucouré
A. Doucouré
19
1/21/2017
Watford Watford
@
Bournemouth Bournemouth
88
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
55
0
0
0
0
0
10Victor Wanyama
V. Wanyama
19
11/21/2015
Southampton Southampton
vs
Stoke City Stoke City
90
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
97
0
0
2
0
0
11Alexandre Song
A. Song
19
1/1/2015
West Ham West Ham
vs
West Brom West Brom
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
87
0
0
2
0
0
12Youssouf Mulumbu
Y. Mulumbu
19
8/23/2014
West Brom West Brom
@
Southampton Southampton
90
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
86
0
0
2
0
0
13Rodri
Rodri
18
2/26/2022
Man City Man City
@
Everton Everton
8.2
90
0
0
0.07
0.07
0
0
2
0
0
117
0
0
1
0
0
14Fred
Fred
18
12/22/2019
Man United Man United
@
Watford Watford
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
114
0
0
2
0
0
15Declan Rice
D. Rice
18
9/28/2019
West Ham West Ham
@
Bournemouth Bournemouth
90
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
72
0
0
2
0
0
16Jake Livermore
J. Livermore
18
12/30/2016
Hull City Hull City
vs
Everton Everton
90
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
89
0
1
1
0
0
17Manuel Lanzini
M. Lanzini
18
11/19/2016
West Ham West Ham
@
Tottenham Tottenham
90
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
65
3
1
1
1
0
18Oriol Romeu
O. Romeu
18
10/2/2016
Southampton Southampton
@
Leicester Leicester
90
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
89
0
0
0
0
0
19Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
18
2/6/2016
Aston Villa Aston Villa
vs
Norwich City Norwich City
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
91
0
0
0
0
0
20Alexandre Song
A. Song
18
3/14/2015
West Ham West Ham
@
Arsenal Arsenal
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
72
0
0
3
0
0
21Rodri
Rodri
17
9/3/2022
Man City Man City
@
Aston Villa Aston Villa
7.6
90
0
0
0.10
0.07
0
0
2
0
0
100
2
0
1
0
0
22Alexis Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
17
8/30/2022
Brighton Brighton
@
Fulham Fulham
7.1
90
1
0
0.79
0.03
1
0
1
1
0
63
1
0
1
0
0
23Alex Iwobi
A. Iwobi
17
8/20/2022
Everton Everton
vs
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
7.3
90
0
0
0.05
0.05
0
0
1
0
0
71
1
0
1
1
0
24Abdoulaye Doucouré
A. Doucouré
17
5/19/2022
Everton Everton
vs
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
7.4
90
0
0
0.02
0.08
0
0
1
1
0
64
0
0
2
1
0
25Jordan Henderson
J. Henderson
17
12/16/2021
Liverpool Liverpool
vs
Newcastle Newcastle
9.1
90
0
0
0.08
0.13
0
0
2
0
0
125
1
0
1
1
0
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PL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

22

Haaland

Erling Haaland

17

Thiago

Igor Thiago

13

Semenyo

Antoine Semenyo
Assists Leaders

12

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

7

Cherki

Rayan Cherki

6

Haaland

Erling Haaland
Rating Leaders

7.62

Guimarães

Bruno Guimarães

7.57

Gravenberch

Ryan Gravenberch

7.54

Haaland

Erling Haaland
Take-ons Leaders

58

Doku

Jérémy Doku

51

Kudus

Mohammed Kudus

48

Minteh

Yankuba Minteh
Big Chances Created Leaders

18

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

11

Rogers

Morgan Rogers

11

Rice

Declan Rice

PL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Man City

54

Arsenal

49

Man United

47

Chelsea

47

Bournemouth

43

Liverpool

41
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

17

Man City

24

Aston Villa

27

Sunderland

30

Everton

30

Chelsea

30
Goal Difference Rankings
Arsenal

32

Man City

30

Chelsea

17

Man United

10

Aston Villa

10

Liverpool

6

Premier League 2025-26 Table

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
25
17
5
3
32
56
2
Man City Man City
26
16
5
5
30
53
3
Aston Villa Aston Villa
26
15
5
6
10
50
4
Man United Man United
26
12
9
5
10
45
5
Chelsea Chelsea
26
12
8
6
17
44
6
Liverpool Liverpool
26
12
6
8
6
42
7
Brentford Brentford
25
12
3
10
5
39
8
Everton Everton
26
10
7
9
-1
37
9
Bournemouth Bournemouth
26
9
10
7
-2
37
10
Newcastle Newcastle
26
10
6
10
0
36
11
Sunderland Sunderland
26
9
9
8
-3
36
12
Fulham Fulham
26
10
4
12
-5
34
13
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
26
8
8
10
-4
32
14
Brighton Brighton
26
7
10
9
0
31
15
Leeds Leeds
26
7
9
10
-9
30
16
Tottenham Tottenham
26
7
8
11
-1
29
17
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
26
7
6
13
-13
27
18
West Ham West Ham
26
6
6
14
-17
24
19
Burnley Burnley
26
4
6
16
-23
18
20
Wolves Wolves
26
1
6
19
-32
9

PL 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
9/28
WHU WHU
@
EVE EVE
1-1
Thu
10/2
FUL FUL
@
BOU BOU
1-3
Fri
10/3
TOT TOT
@
LEE LEE
2-1
Fri
10/3
WHU WHU
@
ARS ARS
0-2
Fri
10/3
SUN SUN
@
MUN MUN
0-2

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
2/12
ARS ARS
@
BRE BRE
3:00 PM
Wed
2/18
ARS ARS
@
WOL WOL
3:00 PM
Sat
2/21
LEE LEE
@
AVL AVL
10:00 AM
Sat
2/21
BUR BUR
@
CHE CHE
10:00 AM
Sat
2/21
BHA BHA
@
BRE BRE
10:00 AM