{"id":1351176,"date":"2024-05-08T09:30:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1351176"},"modified":"2024-05-08T09:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:30:54","slug":"arsenal-stats-declan-rice-playmaker-premier-league-title","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/arsenal-stats-declan-rice-playmaker-premier-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Playmaker Declan Rice is rising to the occasion with title-chasing Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Declan Rice\u2019s playmaking prowess is turbo-charging Arsenal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/premier-league-title-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">title bid<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gunners<\/a> have won four league games on the bounce, as they look to pip Manchester City to top spot.<\/p>\n<p>And their No.41 has been key to that hot streak, contributing a goal and three assists across those fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>With a crunch clash against Manchester United looming, we analyse Rice\u2019s increasing influence on Arsenal\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/man-utd-arsenal-premier-league-23-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man Utd vs Arsenal tips + predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Positional shift<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have won an impressive 14 of their 16 top-flight games since January \u2014 only dropping points in a draw against Man City and defeat to Aston Villa. And utilising Rice in a more advanced position has been a crucial development.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old played 1,552 of his 1,744 league minutes in a defensive midfield role during the first half of the campaign, but has featured in central midfield for 787 of 1,306 minutes in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The results speak for themselves, with Rice registering 11 goal contributions this year (four goals and seven assists), compared with just four (three goals and one assist) from August to December.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, only Manchester City\u2019s Kevin De Bruyne (8) has provided more assists than the England international over that period.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1351210\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092806\/1351176_1351176_image3-820x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092806\/1351176_1351176_image3-820x1024.png 820w, 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https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092806\/1351176_1351176_image3-800x999.png 800w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092806\/1351176_1351176_image3-85x106.png 85w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092806\/1351176_1351176_image3-16x20.png 16w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092806\/1351176_1351176_image3-300x375.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092806\/1351176_1351176_image3.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quality not quantity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rice was seeing significantly more of the ball during the campaign\u2019s early stages, but he is using it to greater effect in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Although he is attempting and completing far fewer passes per match, Rice\u2019s chance creation numbers have shot up \u2014 from 0.77 per 90 minutes before Christmas, to 2.0 per 90 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a similar story with big chances created, too, which has risen from just 0.1 per 90 to a much healthier 0.41 per 90.<\/p>\n<p>This is, in part, because Rice is crossing the ball far more.<\/p>\n<p>He attempted just 0.52 crosses per 90 up until December, but that has climbed to an eye-catching 3.1 per 90 since the turn of the year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1351214\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092937\/1351176_1351176_image1-820x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092937\/1351176_1351176_image1-820x1024.png 820w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092937\/1351176_1351176_image1-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092937\/1351176_1351176_image1-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092937\/1351176_1351176_image1-110x137.png 110w, 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https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092937\/1351176_1351176_image1-300x375.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2024\/05\/08092937\/1351176_1351176_image1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More to come?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rice\u2019s heat map from Arsenal\u2019s last four matches (as seen below) reflects a player who is becoming increasingly comfortable operating in advanced areas.<\/p>\n<p>He has spent significant time inside the opposition half on the left flank, which contrasts with his more typical positioning \u2014 slightly deeper in the centre of the park.<\/p>\n<p>And Mikel Arteta\u2019s outfit are reaping the rewards from this adjustment.<\/p>\n<p>Not only has Rice scored once and provided three assists, but the defensive side of his game remains as strong as ever.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has made 3.75 tackles per 90, for example, which is above his season average of 2.33 per game.<\/p>\n<p>With Rice 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The Gunners have won four league games on the bounce, as they look to pip Manchester City to top spot. And their No.41 has been key to that hot streak, contributing a goal and three assists across those fixtures. With a crunch clash against Manchester United&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":455,"featured_media":1351179,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Arsenal stats: How Declan Rice's switch to a playmaker has turbo-charged Arsenal's Premier League title bid going into the final weeks.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"features-category":[],"squawka-category":[],"class_list":["post-1351176","features","type-features","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Playmaker Declan Rice is rising to the occasion with title-chasing Arsenal | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Arsenal stats: How Declan Rice&#039;s switch to a playmaker 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