Key statistics that have taken Juventus to the top of Serie A

GOALS AND ASSISTS

GOALS		ASSISTS
Marchisio	5	Pirlo	3
Matri	5	Vucinic	3
Pepe	3	Pepe	2
Vucinic	2	Matri	2
Lichtsteiner	1	Chiellini	1
Vidal	1	Marchisio	1
Krasic	1	Del Piero	1
Bonucci	1	Lichtsteiner	1

Claudio Marchisio's ability to time his runs from midfield has come in particularly handy this term, with an increased amount of possession in forward positions allowing him to have a greater number of opportunities to make it count. Alessandro Matri heads the goals tally with him, having forced Mirko Vucinic out of the lone striker's position thanks to his ability to get into goalscoring positions with great regularity.

Andrea Pirlo has unsurprisingly been one of the main architects for Juve, with Vucinic also chipping in with the final pass for a trio of goals.

Matri | A regular threat to opposition defences

SHOTS

SHOTS		ON TARGET
Matri	28	Matri	13
Vucinic	24	Marchisio	10
Marchisio	23	Vucinic	9
Vidal	23	Pepe	8
Pirlo	20	Pirlo	7
Pepe	15	Vidal	6
Chiellini	11	Krasic	3
Del Piero	8	Chiellini	2
Bonucci	5	Bonucci	2
Barzagli	5	Barzagli	2
Krasic	4	Lichtsteiner	2
Lichtsteiner	4	Giaccherini	1
Giaccherini	3	Estigarribia	1
Estigarribia	3
Grosso	1
Quagliarella	1

Matri has got himself into more scoring positions and had more efforts on target than any other player, with Vucinic and Marchisio close behind. It is perhaps surprising that Arturo Vidal has fired at goal as many as 23 times given that three of his 10 appearances for the club have come as a second-half substitute. He appears much lower down the list of shots on target, in stark contrast to Simone Pepe, who has found the target with eight of his 15 efforts. Andrea Pirlo's 20 shots have delivered no tangible reward in the goals column.

PASSES

SUCCESSFUL PASSES		SUCCESS %
Pirlo	740	Bonucci	88.3%
Chiellini	631	Lichtsteiner	87.6%
Lichtsteiner	547	De Ceglie	87.4%
Marchisio	541	Pazienza	86.8%
Barzagli	520	Barzagli	86.5%
Vidal	497	Chiellini	86.2%
Bonucci	367	Krasic	85.7%
Pepe	364	Pirlo	85.5%
Vucinic	281	Marchisio	85.4%
Matri	209	Pepe	83.8%
Buffon	146	Vidal	82.9%
Giaccherini	123	Buffon	81.5%
Grosso	108	Quagliarella	80.0%
Krasic	98	Grosso	78.7%
De Ceglie	95	Elia	78.6%
Del Piero	76	Estigarribia	77.8%
Estigarribia	45	Giaccherini	76.4%
Pazienza	38	Vucinic	74.4%
Storari	27	Storari	74.1%
Quagliarella	20	Matri	73.7%
Elia	14	Del Piero	68.4%

Pirlo's status as Juve's top passer will come as a shock to nobody. The ex-AC Milan midfielder has found a team-mate from 740 of 866 attempted passes this season. He is followed by full-backs Giorgio Chiellini and Stephan Lichtsteiner, who have contributed both in turning possession-first play into meaningful attacks down the flanks. The accuracy chart is headed largely by defenders, regularly asked to play it safe to unmarked players around them, though Milos Krasic has an excellent conversion rate for an attacking player.

Vidal | A picture of determination

TACKLES

TACKLES ATTEMPTED		TACKLES MADE		SUCCESS %
Vidal	144	Chiellini	86	Chiellini	68.3%
Chiellini	126	Vidal	76	Barzagli	62.5%
Marchisio	121	Lichtsteiner	61	Bonucci	62.2%
Pirlo	110	Marchisio	61	Elia	60.0%
Vucinic	110	Barzagli	60	Quagliarella	60.0%
Lichtsteiner	103	Pirlo	54	Lichtsteiner	59.2%
Pepe	102	Pepe	42	Del Piero	55.9%
Barzagli	96	Vucinic	42	Grosso	55.6%
Matri	52	Bonucci	23	Estigarribia	53.8%
Bonucci	37	Matri	19	Krasic	53.1%
Del Piero	34	Del Piero	19	Vidal	52.8%
Krasic	32	Krasic	17	Marchisio	50.4%
Giaccherini	28	Giaccherini	12	Pazienza	50.0%
De Ceglie	26	De Ceglie	10	Pirlo	49.1%
Grosso	18	Grosso	10	Giaccherini	42.9%
Estigarribia	13	Estigarribia	7	Pepe	41.2%
Elia	10	Elia	6	De Ceglie	38.5%
Quagliarella	5	Quagliarella	3	Vucinic	38.2%
Pazienza	4	Pazienza	2	Matri	36.5%

Vidal has been incredibly busy in a defensive capacity for a player who has played the full 90 minutes in only four games this term. While his success rate is not high, he has been the most effective player in terms of tackles per minutes, coming up second on the overall tackles table and attempting more in total than any other Bianconeri player. Chiellini has turned in some excellent defensive performances, making more tackles than any of his team-mates, and he also boasts a better success rate than the rest of the squad.

GOAL.COM RATINGS

	AVERAGE RATING	GAMES PLAYED
Pirlo	6.95	11
Matri	6.83	10
Lichtsteiner	6.59	11
Vidal	6.55	10
Marchisio	6.50	11
Pepe	6.46	11
Buffon	6.28	9
Del Piero	6.25	8
Giaccherini	6.25	6
Barzagli	6.18	11
Vucinic	6.10	10
Bonucci	6.00	8
Estigarribia	6.00	5
Storari	6.00	2
Grosso	6.00	2
Chiellini	5.86	11
Krasic	5.83	6
Pazienza	5.75	5
Quagliarella	5.50	3
Elia	5.50	1
De Ceglie	5.00	3

Pirlo and Matri lead the way in the Goal.com Player Ratings by some stretch, with the midfielder chalking up 10 scores over the 6.0 rating for an average performance in 11 games so far. Matri has also recorded only one 6.0 mark, leading to his continued presence in the frontline for Antonio Conte. It may come as a surprise to some to see that Chiellini trails the standings of the regular starters, with his performances at left-back failing to convince our match analysts. The Italy defender has failed to score 6.5 since the clash with Bologna in September, since when he has played almost exclusively away from the centre of the back line.



source: http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3276/serie-a/2011/11/29/2779484/pirlo-the-most-passes-chiellini-the-best-tackle-rate-the-key