Tag: Premier League

Top 10 Premier League Wingers to Know in 2025
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Top 10 Premier League Wingers to Know in 2025

There may not be a more important position in the Premier League these days than the winger. The two best players in the entire league, after all, are wingers in Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Arsenal's Bukayo Saka, who rank among the top wingers in the Premier League. Every single year, the title contenders in the Premier League are chock full of great winger options, whether it's been the tandem of Salah and Luis Diaz or Sadio Mane or the formidable Manchester City partnerships forged with Riyad Mahrez or Bernardo Silva taking up residence on the right-hand side. You need players out wide who can take defenders on, create chances, progress the ball, and score, too. There are so many different styles of winger, and while inverted goal-scorers like Mane and Salah ruled the roost for y...
Ranking the 10 best attacking midfielders in the Premier League for 2025
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Ranking the 10 best attacking midfielders in the Premier League for 2025

Who are the best attacking midfielders in the Premier League right now in 2025? Combining defensive output, goal-scoring chance creation, one-on-one ability, work rate, experience, current value, and versatility in the modern game with analytics provided by FBRef.com, we ranked the top 10. 10. Bernardo Silva, Manchester City Although Bernardo Silva is in the decline phase of his career, the versatile Manchester City attacking midfielder is still one of the best in the Premier League in his position by virtue of his ability to continue to get into scraps and create chances. Silva is now 30 but still as hard-working as they come. The Portuguese international is in the 90th percentile or greater in assists and progressive carries while being in the 87th percentile among all midfielders i...
Ranking the 10 best Premier League left backs for 2025
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Ranking the 10 best Premier League left backs for 2025

Tottenham star Destiny Udogie and U21 standout Lewis Hall of Newcastle help headline our list of the best Premier League left backs going into 2025. 10. Emerson Palmieri, West Ham It's incredible to think that the battle for the 10th-best left back in the Premier League comes down to Emerson Palmieri and Andrew Robertson...and the easy answer ends up being Emerson. The former Chelsea disappointment has revived his career as a defensive left back at West Ham, which is shocking considering he was branded a defensive liability for much of his career. But between the two 30-year-old veterans of the Premier League, Emerson is the one who looks far less washed and can at least hold his own against an average starting right winger. 9. Leif Davis, Ipswich Town Although Leif Davis has bee...
Ranking the 10 best Premier League right backs for 2025
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Ranking the 10 best Premier League right backs for 2025

Who are the best Premier League right backs right now in 2025? From up-and-comers like Jurrien Timber to established superstars like Trent Alexander-Arnold, let's take a look at the top 10. 10. Kenny Tete, Fulham Kenny Tete is a solid role player and one of the better defensive fullbacks in the Premier League with 4.8 combined tackles and interceptions per game on the 2024/25 season so far. He's an underrated reason why Fulham finds themselves back in the hunt for European football. 9. Ola Aina, Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest are shockingly still in the Champions League conversation, and with arguably the best defense in all of Europe, they look like they will be in the mix until Matchday 38. Ola Aina doesn't get as much press as center backs Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic, but ...
Ranking the 10 best Premier League center backs for 2025
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Ranking the 10 best Premier League center backs for 2025

There may not be a single league in the world with as much central defensive talent as the English top flight, so here are the best Premier League center backs right now in 2025. 10. Murillo, Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest are in the Champions League race this season against all odds by virtue of a defense that is so lockdown that it just might be the best in European football right now. The center back partnership of newcomer Nikola Milenkovic, formerly of Fiorentina after a heavy courting for his services in the world of Calcio, and Murillo, with the latter already established as the starter from last season. Murillo has been one of the best players in the entire Premier League in the 2024/25 season and at 22 years of age, we'll be hearing his name for a long time as one of ...
Ranking the 10 best Premier League goalkeepers for 2025
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Ranking the 10 best Premier League goalkeepers for 2025

It's so easy for the brave men between the sticks to go underrated, so here are the best Premier League goalkeepers you need to know in 2025. 10. Bart Verbruggen, Brighton Bart Verbruggen joined Brighton in the 2023/24 season after establishing himself as one of the best goalkeepers in Belgium, which, as a league, has a rich recent history of producing top goalkeepers like Thibaut Courtois. Heavily recruited by other notable European clubs, Verbruggen has been a matchwinner in between the sticks for the Seagulls, placing him on this list ahead of bigger names like Andre Onana of Manchester United and Newcastle's mercurial Nick Pope. The Dutchman is only 22 years old and has already proven to be a sizable upgrade over Robert Sanchez for Brighton, owing to the fact that he is way mor...