How the stats of Liverpool’s front three compare to the best in Europe
Liverpool‘s front three of Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino continued their destruction of the Premier League at the weekend – but how do they compare to the best attacks in Europe?
Salah opened the scoring in the 2-0 win against Newcastle United on Saturday, with Mane adding a second from Firmino’s assist as the Reds moved second in the Premier League.
Using stats from Whoscored – using league stats only – we’ve compared the trio to some of the best front threes across Europe this season.
Due to injuries and changes in system, it has not been possible to include the likes of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Chelsea, but the competition is still pretty strong.
Sadio Mane, Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino
Goals: 45 (2nd)
Assists: 20 (3rd)
Chances created: 132 (3rd)
Shots: 226 (3rd)
Tackles: 76 (1st)
Interceptions: 33 (Joint 1st)
These three ❤️#Salah #Firmino #Mane pic.twitter.com/XNNuU0GbGi
— 𝐈𝐦 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐫 (@_FILMBuFF_) February 24, 2018
Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
Goals: 28 (5th)
Assists: 12 (5th)
Chances created: 90 (5th)
Shots: 221 (4th)
Tackles: 28 (5th)
Interceptions: 19 (4th)
Bale goal
Ronaldo goal
Benzema set up both of them 💪
BBC #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/fs6wDtuH8Y— CAMPEONES🏆 (@sarah_eletry) March 3, 2018
Neymar, Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappe
Goals: 53 (1st)
Assists: 25 (1st)
Chances created: 139 (2nd)
Shots: 227 (2nd)
Tackles: 44 (3rd)
Interceptions: 8 (5th)
Kylian Mbappé is the third player for PSG this season to score 10 goals in Ligue 1.
Edinson Cavani (23) & Neymar (19) the others. pic.twitter.com/zseMjllLZB
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 25, 2018
Dries Mertens, Jose Callejon, Lorenzo Insigne
Goals: 32 (4th)
Assists: 19 (4th)
Chances created: 162 (1st)
Shots: 275 (1st)
Tackles: 73 (2nd)
Interceptions: 33 (Joint 1st)
📊 Napoli have scored 60 goals in Serie A this season: 30 at San Paolo, 30 away from home. 36 of them have been scored by the Fantastic 4: Mertens (16), Callejón has 8, Insigne and Hamsik both have 6. pic.twitter.com/EGPIu3zi5w
— Everything Napoli (@NaplesAndNapoli) February 28, 2018
Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Leroy Sane
Goals: 44 (3rd)
Assists: 23 (2nd)
Chances created: 120 (4th)
Shots: 199 (5th)
Tackles: 43 (4th)
Interceptions: 23 (3rd)
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