most possession won per match midfielders 25/26

Elliot Anderson had the most ball recoveries per match by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues in the Premier League in 2025-26, with 8.00 per match.

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NAMEREC/MSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Elliot Anderson
E. Anderson
8.00
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
7.35
38
3,331
37
4
0.11
4
8
1
0
44
10
0
3,323
58
2
2Mamadou Sangaré
M. Sangaré
7.21
2025-26
Lens Lens
7.09
29
2,323
27
3
0.10
4
7
0
0
53
14
1
1,988
42
3
3Lamine Camara
L. Camara
6.63
2025-26
Monaco Monaco
7.00
24
1,847
22
3
0.13
4
7
0
0
25
4
0
1,734
21
0
4Cristian Cásseres Jr.
C. Cásseres Jr.
6.23
2025-26
Toulouse Toulouse
6.85
30
2,494
28
2
0.07
3
5
0
0
26
6
0
1,911
19
1
5Adrien Thomasson
A. Thomasson
6.13
2025-26
Lens Lens
6.97
32
2,683
31
3
0.09
9
12
0
0
43
13
2
2,016
145
4
6Lucas Gourna Douath
L. Gourna Douath
6.00
2025-26
Le Havre Le Havre
6.56
15
1,272
14
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
9
2
0
787
11
2
7Kaishu Sano
K. Sano
5.97
2025-26
Mainz Mainz
6.60
34
3,059
34
1
0.03
2
3
0
0
24
6
0
1,789
42
4
8André
André
5.94
2025-26
Wolves Wolves
6.87
35
2,762
30
1
0.03
0
1
0
0
15
1
0
1,761
7
0
9Pape Demba Diop
P. Demba Diop
5.87
2025-26
Toulouse Toulouse
6.74
15
1,181
13
1
0.07
2
3
0
0
29
11
0
873
16
0
10Sofyan Amrabat
S. Amrabat
5.76
2025-26
Real Betis Real Betis
7.03
17
1,295
14
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
8
1
0
1,079
5
0
11Pedri
Pedri
5.69
2025-26
Barcelona Barcelona
8.15
29
2,104
23
2
0.07
9
11
0
0
21
10
0
2,493
36
1
12Antonio Blanco
A. Blanco
5.67
2025-26
Alavés Alavés
6.66
36
3,110
36
2
0.06
3
5
0
0
40
13
0
2,424
21
2
13Ylber Ramadani
Y. Ramadani
5.65
2025-26
Lecce Lecce
6.46
37
3,204
37
1
0.03
0
1
0
0
34
5
1
2,012
11
0
14Iliman Ndiaye
I. Ndiaye
5.63
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.90
32
2,779
32
6
0.19
3
9
2
0
43
22
1
1,561
102
12
15Exequiel Palacios
E. Palacios
5.56
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7.51
18
1,099
12
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
10
2
0
1,384
14
0
16Luis Milla
L. Milla
5.54
2025-26
Getafe Getafe
6.72
37
3,271
37
1
0.03
10
11
0
0
27
4
0
2,092
20
3
17Luka Modrić
L. Modrić
5.53
2025-26
Milan Milan
7.45
34
2,812
32
2
0.06
3
5
0
0
20
8
1
2,728
25
0
18Ruiz de Galarreta
R. de Galarreta
5.50
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6.88
34
2,206
30
1
0.03
2
3
0
0
20
2
0
1,681
14
0
19João Gomes
J. Gomes
5.43
2025-26
Wolves Wolves
6.61
35
2,829
32
1
0.03
1
2
0
0
19
7
0
2,063
35
1
20Joel Fujita
J. Fujita
5.31
2025-26
St. Pauli St. Pauli
6.14
32
2,666
31
1
0.03
3
4
0
0
32
7
1
1,701
47
3
21Moisés Caicedo
M. Caicedo
5.30
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
7.35
33
2,796
32
3
0.09
1
4
0
0
27
7
0
2,466
16
0
22Leon Avdullahu
L. Avdullahu
5.27
2025-26
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
6.94
33
2,834
32
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
14
2
0
2,437
22
1
23Jean-Philippe Gbamin
J. Gbamin
5.26
2025-26
Metz Metz
6.43
31
2,485
30
1
0.03
1
2
0
0
14
7
0
2,180
19
0
24Valentin Rongier
V. Rongier
5.26
2025-26
Rennes Rennes
7.12
31
2,745
31
2
0.06
5
7
0
0
22
10
1
2,513
26
0
25Granit Xhaka
G. Xhaka
5.24
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.99
34
2,901
32
1
0.03
6
7
0
0
21
5
1
2,304
16
0
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Team Leaders

G

2

Ndoye

Dan Ndoye

A

2

Gibbs-White

Morgan Gibbs-White

RTG

6.99

Jesus

Igor Jesus
Team Rankings

GF

6

20th

GA

12

11th

GD

-6

17th

FORM

LDLLL

last 5

2026-27 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
16
Fulham Fulham
8
2
2
4
-2
8
17
Man United Man United
9
1
4
4
-5
7
18
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
9
2
1
6
-12
7
19
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
9
1
3
5
-6
6
20
Sunderland Sunderland
9
1
2
6
-10
5
Last Game
BRE Brentford

W3 D5 L1

2

Final

0

FOR Nottm Forest

W1 D3 L5

Sat 31 Oct 2026

Europe Top Five 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

15

Raphinha

Raphinha

11

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé

10

Yamal

Lamine Yamal
Assists Leaders

7

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

7

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin

7

Grüll

Marco Grüll
Rating Leaders

8.73

Pavlovic

Aleksandar Pavlovic

8.63

Olise

Michael Olise

8.62

Raphinha

Raphinha
Take-ons Leaders

40

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

30

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé

27

Diomandé

Yan Diomandé
Big Chances Created Leaders

13

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

10

Güler

Arda Güler

9

Nusa

Antonio Nusa

Europe Top Five 2026-27 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Barcelona

46

Roma

28

Bayern

27

Inter

26

Real Madrid

25

Brighton

24
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

5

Lorient

6

Lille

6

Dortmund

6

Lyon

7

Monaco

7
Goal Difference Rankings
Barcelona

34

Bayern

19

Roma

18

Brighton

17

Lazio

15

Real Madrid

15

FC 2026-27 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Man City Man City
9
7
0
2
10
21
2
Arsenal Arsenal
8
7
0
1
8
21
3
Brighton Brighton
9
6
1
2
17
19
4
Chelsea Chelsea
9
5
1
3
4
16
5
Liverpool Liverpool
8
4
3
1
3
15
6
Brentford Brentford
9
3
5
1
7
14
7
Bournemouth Bournemouth
9
3
3
3
1
12
8
Tottenham Tottenham
9
3
3
3
0
12
9
Hull City Hull City
9
2
5
2
1
11
10
Leeds Leeds
9
2
5
2
1
11
11
Newcastle Newcastle
8
3
2
3
-2
11
12
Aston Villa Aston Villa
8
3
2
3
-3
11
13
Ipswich Ipswich
9
3
2
4
-4
11
14
Everton Everton
8
2
4
2
-1
10
15
Coventry Coventry
9
3
0
6
-7
9
16
Fulham Fulham
8
2
2
4
-2
8
17
Man United Man United
9
1
4
4
-5
7
18
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
9
2
1
6
-12
7
19
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
9
1
3
5
-6
6
20
Sunderland Sunderland
9
1
2
6
-10
5
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
11
9
1
1
14
28
2
Barcelona Barcelona
10
9
0
1
29
27
3
Real Madrid Real Madrid
10
8
0
2
15
24
4
Real Betis Real Betis
11
7
2
2
3
23
5
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
10
6
1
3
1
19
6
Sevilla Sevilla
10
5
2
3
0
17
7
Alavés Alavés
10
3
3
4
3
12
8
Athletic Club Athletic Club
9
3
3
3
3
12
9
Villarreal Villarreal
11
3
3
5
0
12
10
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
11
2
6
3
0
12
11
Rayo Rayo
10
3
3
4
-5
12
12
Deportivo Deportivo
10
2
5
3
0
11
13
Espanyol Espanyol
11
3
2
6
-1
11
14
Osasuna Osasuna
10
3
2
5
-10
11
15
Racing Racing
10
3
2
5
-11
11
16
Elche Elche
10
2
4
4
-3
10
17
Levante Levante
11
2
4
5
-5
10
18
Getafe Getafe
10
2
3
5
-10
9
19
Valencia Valencia
10
1
3
6
-10
6
20
Málaga Málaga
11
0
5
6
-13
5
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
8
5
3
0
19
18
2
Dortmund Dortmund
8
5
3
0
8
18
3
Freiburg Freiburg
8
5
1
2
8
16
4
Leipzig Leipzig
8
5
0
3
11
15
5
Werder Werder
8
4
3
1
3
15
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
8
4
1
3
2
13
7
Elversberg Elversberg
8
4
1
3
0
13
8
Mainz Mainz
8
3
1
4
0
10
9
Augsburg Augsburg
8
2
3
3
3
9
10
Stuttgart Stuttgart
8
3
0
5
-1
9
11
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
8
3
0
5
-2
9
12
Paderborn Paderborn
8
2
3
3
-3
9
13
Hamburg Hamburg
7
3
0
4
-10
9
14
Köln Köln
7
2
2
3
-3
8
15
Frankfurt Frankfurt
7
2
2
3
-7
8
16
Schalke Schalke
8
1
3
4
-5
6
17
Union Berlin Union Berlin
7
1
3
3
-12
6
18
M'gladbach M'gladbach
8
1
1
6
-11
4
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Lazio Lazio
9
8
1
0
15
25
2
Inter Inter
10
8
1
1
13
25
3
Roma Roma
10
7
3
0
18
24
4
Milan Milan
10
6
3
1
9
21
5
Como Como
9
6
2
1
9
20
6
Frosinone Frosinone
9
5
2
2
8
17
7
Napoli Napoli
9
4
2
3
6
14
8
Bologna Bologna
10
4
2
4
1
14
9
Juventus Juventus
9
4
2
3
1
14
10
Torino Torino
9
4
1
4
0
13
11
Cagliari Cagliari
9
4
1
4
-5
13
12
Atalanta Atalanta
9
3
2
4
-1
11
13
Genoa Genoa
9
3
1
5
-5
10
14
Lecce Lecce
9
3
0
6
-9
9
15
Sassuolo Sassuolo
9
2
2
5
-8
8
16
Monza Monza
10
2
1
7
-7
7
17
Fiorentina Fiorentina
9
1
2
6
-10
5
18
Parma Parma
9
1
2
6
-10
5
19
Udinese Udinese
10
1
2
7
-12
5
20
Venezia Venezia
9
1
0
8
-13
3
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
9
6
2
1
11
20
2
Lille Lille
9
5
3
1
6
18
3
Rennes Rennes
9
5
1
3
1
16
4
Monaco Monaco
8
4
3
1
4
15
5
Lyon Lyon
8
4
2
2
6
14
6
Paris FC Paris FC
8
4
2
2
4
14
7
Nice Nice
9
4
2
3
1
14
8
Lens Lens
9
4
1
4
3
13
9
Marseille Marseille
8
4
0
4
5
12
10
Lorient Lorient
8
3
3
2
1
12
11
Toulouse Toulouse
8
2
4
2
1
10
12
Auxerre Auxerre
8
3
1
4
-6
10
13
Brest Brest
8
2
3
3
2
9
14
Angers Angers
8
2
2
4
-6
8
15
Troyes Troyes
9
2
2
5
-9
8
16
Strasbourg Strasbourg
8
2
1
5
-6
7
17
Le Mans Le Mans
9
1
4
4
-7
7
18
Le Havre Le Havre
9
0
2
7
-11
2
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
3
3
0
0
9
9
2
Aston Villa Aston Villa
3
3
0
0
9
9
3
Liverpool Liverpool
3
3
0
0
5
9
4
Real Madrid Real Madrid
3
3
0
0
5
9
5
Real Betis Real Betis
3
3
0
0
3
9
6
Stuttgart Stuttgart
3
2
1
0
5
7
7
Arsenal Arsenal
3
2
1
0
4
7
8
Barcelona Barcelona
3
2
0
1
5
6
9
Como Como
3
2
0
1
5
6
10
Man City Man City
3
2
0
1
4
6
11
Club Brugge Club Brugge
3
2
0
1
3
6
12
Sporting CP Sporting CP
3
2
0
1
3
6
13
Dortmund Dortmund
3
2
0
1
1
6
14
Bayern Bayern
3
1
2
0
5
5
15
Roma Roma
3
1
1
1
3
4
16
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
3
1
1
1
1
4
17
Shaktar Shaktar
3
1
1
1
1
4
18
PSV PSV
3
1
1
1
0
4
19
Villarreal Villarreal
3
1
0
2
0
3
20
Man United Man United
3
1
0
2
-1
3
21
Inter Inter
3
1
0
2
-1
3
22
Napoli Napoli
3
1
0
2
-2
3
23
Galatasaray Galatasaray
3
1
0
2
-3
3
24
LASK LASK
3
1
0
2
-3
3
25
Sabah Sabah
3
1
0
2
-3
3
26
Feyenoord Feyenoord
3
1
0
2
-4
3
27
Lens Lens
3
1
0
2
-4
3
28
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
3
1
0
2
-5
3
29
AEK AEK
3
1
0
2
-5
3
30
Leipzig Leipzig
3
1
0
2
-5
3
31
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
3
0
2
1
-6
2
32
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
3
0
1
2
-3
1
33
Viking Viking
3
0
1
2
-4
1
34
Porto Porto
3
0
0
3
-4
0
35
Lille Lille
3
0
0
3
-6
0
36
Slovan Bratislava Slovan Bratislava
3
0
0
3
-12
0

Europe Top Five 2026-27 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
9/20
NAP NAP
@
FIO FIO
1-1
Sun
9/20
MAL MAL
@
GET GET
0-1
Sun
9/20
GEN GEN
@
PAR PAR
1-2
Sun
9/20
COM COM
@
FRO FRO
0-2
Sun
9/20
BRE BRE
@
AUX AUX
1-2

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
TOU TOU
@
NAN NAN
3:00 PM
Sun
5/24
JUV JUV
@
TOR TOR
2:45 PM