The A-Z of Ligue 1

December 29, 2011 9:00 am

A- Ajaccio have had the least amount of shots on target so far this season, averaging just 3.2 per game.

B- Brest foul the opposition more times in a game than any other team, averaging 18 fouls per match.

C- Aurélien Chedjou from Lille has completed 536 out of 607 passes this season, meaning he’s the highest in percentage of completed passes, with 88.3%

D- Dijon have completed the least amount of short passes per game so far this campaign, having only completed 224 of average per game.

E- Eden Hazard has been Lille’s most influential players in terms of goals, scoring 7 and assisting 6 in the opening 19 games.

F- Julien Féret of Rennes has been their most influential player so far this season, 5 goals and 4 assists in 17 games.

G- Olivier Giroud of Montpellier is this season’s top scorer with a 13 goals.

H- Home performances, Rennes and Brest are the only 2 teams so far this season, not to be beaten at home.

I- Inside the box, Saint Etienne have had the highest percentage of shots In the 6 yard box 10% of their shots. Rennes and PSG have had 54% of their shots inside the 18 yard box.

J- Javier Pastore of PSG has the highest rate of accurate through balls per game. 16 completed out of 33 attempted. 0.9 per game.

K- Kim Kallstrom has the highest amount of accurate long balls per game. 155 completed from 220, a rate of 9.1 per game.

L- Lille, the masters of Ligue 1 of ball possession, top the ranks with 59% of the ball on average per game.

M- Marseille average the most shots per game, a little fewer than 17 shots on average, 16.8.

N- Nancy have fancy feet. They’ve completed the most amount of dribbles so far this season 172 in total, that’s 9.1 per game.

O- Lorient have been caught offside more than any other team so far this season a total of 59 times. Little over 3 per game.

P- Nene of Paris Saint Germain has found the most amount of key passes, with 58 key passes to his name in 18 matches, giving you just over 3 per game.

Q- Quickest goal of the season so far goes to Jaroslav Plasil the Bordeaux captain. Who scored in just 15 seconds.

R- 56, there has been 56 red cards in Ligue 1 this season, so far.

S- Younousse Sankhare from Dijon has won the most amount of tackles in the opening part of the season. 80 in the 17 games he’s played. 4.7 Per game on average.

T- Caen can tackle; they’ve the most amount of tackles so far. 461 in total, equalling 24.3 per game.

U- Unofficial Average Attendance for all Ligue 1 games so far this season: 18,654

V- Mathieu Valbuena has the most assists in Ligue 1 with 9.

W- Winners, PSG have won the most amount of games this season, 12 out of the 19.

X- X-Mas break, PSG go into the x-mas break top of the table, while Ajaccio sit bottom.

Y- 752 yellow cards have already been shown this season.

Z- Zero to hero (clutching at straws?), Dennis Oliech has been a hero for Auxerre this season, with 7 goals, (1 away from matching his last 2 seasons goals, combined) and 5 assists (Only 2 away from the last two seasons combined) Big Improvement.