Another Chelsea man makes the grade as we name the four-man midfield, alongside Everton, Manchester City and Stoke City stars.
Having compiled the defence previously, the focus now switches to the midfield, in our 3-4-3 formation.
First to make the grade is N’Golo Kanté. After a tough start to life at Chelsea, the Frenchman has begun to show why The Blues paid £30m (Mirror) for his services during the summer.
In Antonio Conte’s newly heralded system – as per WhoScored – Kante makes the second most successful tackles to Marcos Alonso only.
He also has the highest interception rate of any Premier League midfielder after 11 games, with a staggering 3.2 successes per game.
Not only that, the 25 year-old also has the highest pass success ratio of any regular Chelsea starter with 90.7%.
Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante scores their fourth goal
Manchester City’s Ilkay Gündogan however, tops the lot. The German suffered an injury-blighted beginning to life under Pep Guardiola, but has for now cemented his place in the heart of The Citizens’ midfield.
The former Borussia Dortmund midfielder boasts a highly impressive 91.8 pass success percentage. In terms of key passes also, only Kevin de Bruyne and David Silva have averaged higher for City, Gündogan with 1.6 per game.
Despite having played just seven games, the German’s three goals fully merit a place on the left of midfield – having played there previously under Jürgen Klopp for Dortmund.
Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero celebrates scoring their first goal with Ilkay Gundogan
On the opposite flank, Joe Allen is our pick. The Welshman, having been branded by many as a waste of money since his switch to Liverpool, is finally starting to blossom.
Klopp has to take a large part of the plaudits in Allen’s rise, despite only turning out for The Reds for six months under the German tactician.
Even after a lamentably poor start for Stoke City, The Potters’ new recruit has been the shining light for Mark Hughes’ men this term.
Allen has not only be the Stoke lynchpin, but has found his shooting boots with four goals and two assists so far this term, but his stats paint a bigger picture.
Stoke City’s Joe Allen celebrates scoring their first goal
The 26 year-old makes the most interceptions and tackles per game of any Stoke City player. Not only that but, only two other men have a higher ratio of tackles this season.
Jordan Henderson comes second in the list with 4.3 tackles per game, but the man who tops it is our final name in the midfield quartet.
Idrissa Gueye has been a inspired signing by Everton boss Ronald Koeman. Having taking up residence in a hugely underwhelming Aston Villa side last term, the Senegalese is proving to be the silver lining from last season’s relegated Villans.
Everton’s Idrissa Gueye in action with Middlesbrough’s Gaston Ramirez
With an incredible average of 4.5 successful tackles per game, Gueye holds a 87.9% pass success rate; the highest of any regular Everton starter – albeit less than both Gündogan and Kanté.
Gueye is bettered at interceptions by all three of Allen, Gündogan and Kanté – with just the one assist so far also – but his contribution in the Toffees’ engine room is quickly becoming a vital cog, in-spite of Everton’s dip in form of late.
In the final part, our front three will complete the transfer XI.
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