Americans call them streaks which hardly sounds like the dressed-up version of a run-of-form but so it is. And so it is, too, that picking up players who are thus engaged helps PlayTheGame managers to both fantasy success and a feeling of knowing rather a lot more than those charged (or rather paid to) with running their football clubs. Thus, the potential importance of the following lists of ten leaders of each PTG scoring category over each player's most recent five matches only.
Clean Sheets
= 1. Juliano Belletti CB CHE - 4
= 1. Jamie Carragher CB LIV - 4
= 1. Sami Hyypia CB LIV - 4
= 1. Jose Manuel Reina GK LIV - 4
= 1. John Arne Riise LB LIV - 4
= 6. Alex CB CHE - 3
= 6. Alvaro Arbeloa RB LIV - 3
= 6. Sol Campbell CB POR - 3
= 6. Carlo Cudicini GK CHE - 3
= 6. Sylvain Distin CB POR - 3
= 6. David James GK POR - 3
= 6. Glen Johnson RB POR - 3
= 6. Noe Pamarot RB POR - 3
= 6. John Terry CB CHE - 3
Defence
1. Richard Dunne CB MCY - 361
2. Bacary Sagna RB ARS - 332
3. Kolo Toure CB ARS - 324
4. Gael Clichy LB ARS - 314
5. Pascal Chimbonda RB TOT - 307
6. Marcus Hahnemann GK REA - 296
7. Juliano Belletti CB CHE - 284
8. Martin Laursen CB AST - 282
9. Jussi Jaaskelainen GK BOL - 281
10. Jamie Carragher CB LIV - 272
Average Goals Against (minimum of 350 mins played)
1. Sami Hyypia CB LIV - 0 (369 mins)
2. Juliano Belletti CB CHE - 0.2 (450 mins)
= 3. Alex CB CHE - 0.25 (360 mins)
= 3. Carlo Cudicini GK CHE - 0.25 (360 mins)
= 5. Sol Campbell CB POR - 0.4 (450 mins)
= 5. Sylvain Distin CB POR - 0.4 (450 mins)
= 5. David James GK POR - 0.4 (450 mins)
= 5. Glen Johnson RB POR - 0.4 (450 mins)
= 5. Noe Pamarot RB POR - 0.4 (450 mins)
10. Phil Neville CM EVE - 0.44 (405 mins)
Points
= 1. Juliano Belletti CB CHE - 13
= 1. Salomon Kalou FOR CHE - 13
= 1. Frank Lampard CM CHE - 13
= 1. John Obi Mikel CM CHE - 13
= 1. Shaun Wright-Phillips RM CHE - 13
6. Steve Sidwell CM CHE - 12
= 7. Yakubu Ayegbeni FOR EVE - 11
= 7. Tim Cahill CM EVE - 11
= 7. Sol Campbell CB POR - 11
= 7. Lee Carsley CM EVE - 11
= 7. Sylvain Distin CB POR - 11
= 7. Tim Howard GK EVE - 11
= 7. David James GK POR - 11
= 7. Glen Johnson RB POR - 11
= 7. Niko Kranjcar LM POR - 11
= 7. Joleon Lescott CB EVE - 11
= 7. Sulley Ali Muntari CM POR - 11
= 7. Benjani Mwarumari FOR POR - 11
= 7. Phil Neville CM EVE - 11
= 7. Leon Osman LM EVE - 11
= 7. Noe Pamarot RB POR - 11
= 7. Steven Pienaar LM EVE - 11
= 7. John Utaka FOR POR - 11
= 7. Joseph Yobo CB EVE - 11
Goals
= 1. Yakubu Ayegbeni FOR EVE - 6
= 1. Cristiano Ronaldo RM MAN - 6
3. Steven Gerrard CM LIV - 4
= 4. Emmanuel Adebayor FOR ARS - 3
= 4. Tim Cahill CM EVE - 3
= 4. Sulley Ali Muntari CM POR - 3
= 7. Gabriel Agbonlahor FOR AST - 2
= 7. Nicolas Anelka FOR BOL - 2
= 7. Ryan Babel LM LIV - 2
= 7. Gareth Barry LM AST - 2
= 7. Darren Bent FOR TOT - 2
= 7. David Bentley RM BLA - 2
= 7. Lee Bowyer RM WHM - 2
= 7. John Carew FOR AST - 2
= 7. Kevin Doyle FOR REA - 2
= 7. Mathieu Flamini CM ARS - 2
= 7. James Harper CM REA - 2
= 7. Stephen Ireland CM MCY - 2
= 7. Jermaine Jenas CM TOT - 2
= 7. Cameron Jerome FOR BIR - 2
= 7. Robbie Keane FOR TOT - 2
= 7. Niko Kranjcar LM POR - 2
= 7. Frank Lampard CM CHE - 2
= 7. Obafemi Martins FOR NEW - 2
= 7. Kevin Nolan CM BOL - 2
= 7. Tomas Rosicky LM ARS - 2
= 7. Tuncay Sanli CM MID - 2
= 7. Carlos Tevez FOR MAN - 2
= 7. Fernando Torres FOR LIV - 2
Assists
1. Dimitar Berbatov FOR TOT - 4
= 2. Steven Gerrard CM LIV - 3
= 2. Salomon Kalou FOR CHE - 3
= 2. Ashley Young FOR AST - 3
= 5. Gabriel Agbonlahor FOR AST - 2
= 5. Carlton Cole FOR WHM - 2
= 5. Bobby Convey LM REA - 2
= 5. Peter Crouch FOR LIV - 2
= 5. Simon Davies RM FUL - 2
= 5. Phil Jagielka CM EVE - 2
= 5. Jermaine Jenas CM TOT - 2
= 5. Kenwyne Jones FOR SUN - 2
= 5. Phil Neville CM EVE - 2
= 5. Steven Pienaar LM EVE - 2
= 5. Jason Roberts FOR BLA - 2
= 5. Bacary Sagna RB ARS - 2
= 5. Roque Santa Cruz FOR BLA - 2
= 5. Nicky Shorey LB REA - 2
= 5. Shaun Wright-Phillips RM CHE - 2
Average Goals For (minimum of 350 mins played)
1. Mikel Arteta LM EVE - 3.25 (360 mins)
2. Phil Neville CM EVE - 2.89 (405 mins)
3. Yakubu Ayegbeni FOR EVE - 2.77 (357 mins)
4. Lee Carsley CM EVE - 2.7 (434 mins)
5. Steven Pienaar LM EVE - 2.66 (406 mins)
6. Tim Cahill CM EVE - 2.54 (425 mins)
= 7. Nigel Reo-Coker CM AST - 2.5 (360 mins)
= 7. Cristiano Ronaldo RM MAN - 2.5 (360 mins)
9. Leon Osman LM EVE - 2.45 (440 mins)
10. Papa Bouba Diop CM POR - 2.25 (360 mins)
Successful Passes
1. John Obi Mikel CM CHE - 312
2. Steven Gerrard CM LIV - 280
3. Frank Lampard CM CHE - 269
4. Tomas Rosicky LM ARS - 248
5. Emmanuel Adebayor FOR ARS - 221
= 6. Gareth Barry LM AST - 217
= 6. Dietmar Hamann CM MCY - 217
8. Martin Petrov LM MCY - 203
9. Ivan Campo CM BOL - 197
10. Steven Pienaar LM EVE - 194
