The worst defending stats in Europe's top five leagues

The resumption of football in Europe's top five leagues still appears some way off due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving players with plenty of time to analyse their performances this season. The metrics include success rates in duels, tackling and aerial challenges, errors leading to shots and goals and how many times a player has been dribbled past by an opponent. For success rates in duels, tackling and aerial challenges we have only included players who have completed 20 actions in each category, which accounts to two per game. The below therefore provides a good indication on where improvement is needed, and there are a few surprising names… THE WORST DEFENDING STATS IN EUROPE'S TOP-FIVE LEAGUES 2019-20: BUNDESLIGA: Most tackles lost: William Worst tackle success: Alexander Hack Most errors leading to goals: Robin Koch Most errors leading to shots : Robin Koch Most dribbled past by an opponent: William Most duels lost: Stefan Lainer Worst duel success: Julian Ryerson Most aerials lost: Robin Koch and Sven Bender Worst aerial success: Christian Gunter LA LIGA: Most tackles lost: Pervis Estupinan Worst tackle success: Nacho Monreal Most errors leading to goals: Joseph Aidoo and Sergio Ramos Most errors leading to shots : Pervis Estupinan Most dribbled past by an opponent: Marc Cucurella Most duels lost: Marc Cucurella Worst duel success: Daniel Carrico Most aerials lost: Didac Vila Worst aerial success: Xavi Quintilla 5 - The Top 5 players to have won more aerials duels in @LaLigaEN this season: 217 - Joselu 151 - Raúl García 139 - Mikel Merino 120 - Ante Budimir 117 - Luuk de Jong Airlines#AskOpta#StayAtHomepic.twitter.com/XLyzcfZidN — OptaJose March 20, 2020 LIGUE 1: Most tackles lost: Boubacar Kamara Worst tackle success: Lionel Carole Most errors leading to goals: Sofiane Alakouch, Timothee Kolodziejczak and Stefan Mitrovic Most errors leading to shots : Wesley Fofana, Alexander Djiku and Malang Sarr Most dribbled past by an opponent: Arturo Calabresi Most duels lost: Issiaga Sylla Worst duel success: Colin Dagba Most aerials lost: Pablo Martinez Worst aerial success: Hamza Mendyl PREMIER LEAGUE: Most tackles lost: Ricardo Pereira Worst tackle success: Calum Chambers Most errors leading to goals: Jan Bednarek Most errors leading to shots : Jan Bednarek, Tyrone Mings, John Egan, Davinson Sanchez and James Tarkowski Most dribbled past by an opponent: Ricardo Pereira Most duels lost: Ricardo Pereira Worst duel success: Benjamin Mendy Most aerials lost: Ben Mee Worst aerial success: Max Aarons READ | SERIE A: Most tackles lost: Matteo Darmian Worst tackle success: Andrea Cistana Most errors leading to goals: Jhon Chancellor, Fabio Lucioni, Jose Luis Palomino, Alex Sandro Most errors leading to shots : Fabio Lucioni Most dribbled past by an opponent: Stefano Sabelli Most duels lost: Giovanni Di Lorenzo Worst duel success: Hans Hateboer Most aerials lost: Mattia Bani Worst aerial success: Jeremy Toljan AND THE TOP NINE: Most tackles lost: Ricardo Pereira Worst tackle success: Lionel Carole Most errors leading to goals: Robin Koch and Jan Bednarek Most errors leading to shots : Pervis Estupinan and Fabio Lucioni Most dribbled past by an opponent: Ricardo Pereira Most duels lost: Ricardo Pereira Worst duel success: Julian Ryerson Most aerials lost: Ben Mee Worst aerial success: Hamza Mendyl