The ratings of Nigeria’s Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi has continued to soar higher as the Leicester City player is again rated the eighth top defensive midfielder in the English Premier League.
According to Whoscored.com rating, the 24 year old utility player with 7.36 points, comes eight in the overall rating behind Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Adama Traore (Wolves), Riyad Mahrez (Man City), Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) in that order.
Before the season was aborted after 29 rounds due to coronavirs pandemic, Ndidi was in action for 1,892 minutes spread across 23 matches, of which twenty were starts.
The former Genk player, who was ranked higher than Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson (24th, 7.20), Wolves’ João Moutinho (43rd, 7.09), Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic (59th, 6.98), Manchester United’s Fred (69th, 6.95) and Chelsea’s Jorginho (74th, 6.94), has averaged 0.8 shots per game, with 84.1 successful pass and has been awarded Man of the Match three times.
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