Joe Aribo rates higher than Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United stars on key Premier League stat table

The Nigeria worldwide is in his maiden season on the earth’s most glamorous league, having joined the Saints in the summertime

Tremendous Eagles midfielder Joe Ayodele Aribo is without doubt one of the most aggressive gamers within the English Premier League, 5 months into the 2022/2023 season.

Joe Aribo fulfilled a childhood dream of enjoying within the Premier League when he signed for Southampton from Glasgow Rangers in a deal price over seven million euros. That switch deal for Aribo is without doubt one of the most costly involving Nigerian gamers within the yr 2022.

Aribo has featured in all of Southampton’s fifteen Premier League matches, with ten appearances within the beginning eleven. In 948 minutes of motion, the 26-year-old star has managed two league objectives and obtained one yellow card.

Aribo’s creativity, physicality, and aggressiveness have added extra stability and chew to the Southampton assault.

Apparently, it has emerged that Aribo is without doubt one of the most aggressive gamers within the English high flight when his workforce is out of possession. 

Based on famend statistics firm, Squawka, Joe Aribo ranks in a formidable fourth place on the chart of Premier League gamers with essentially the most possession gained within the closing third.

Solely Manchester Metropolis’s Kevin De Bruyne (20), Leeds United’s Jack Harrison (19), and Brighton & Hove Albion’s Leandro Trossard (18) are ranked higher than the Nigerian playmaker (17).

Aribo has gained the ball again from the opposition within the hazard areas extra occasions than Arsenal’s Martin Ødegaard (16), Chelsea’s Mason Mount (14), and Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes (14).

Regardless of Aribo’s enter, Southampton have struggled and fumbled throughout the first half of the marketing campaign.

Earlier than the Qatar 2022 World Cup break, the Saints recorded solely three wins and three attracts in 15 league matches. And with solely 12 factors amassed to date, Southampton sit simply above backside membership Wolverhampton Wanderers on the EPL desk.

The Premier League returns on Boxing Day, and Joe Aribo will hope to be concerned when the Saints host Brighton & Hove Albion by 4 pm.