Man City top backward pass ranking, Chelsea, Barca, PSG and Real Madrid follow
March 4 – Sometimes it takes a few steps backwards to make significant progress forward. Football appears to be no different with data showing that Europe’s leading teams are also the leaders in the number of backward passes they make.
Top of the ranking of 500 teams from 31 European leagues is Manchester City, 41.6% of whose passes are backward.
The data, from the CIES Football Observatory, ranks six other teams from the five major European leagues in the top 10 positions of the table: Chelsea (4th),
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