It’s not clear what will happen to the remaining games in each of Europe’s top five leagues at present, but this week, on the FotMob social media channels we decided to run through our best rated teams of the season – if the season was to stop here.
Taking the list of best average ratings for each division, we then broke those down by position to put together select teams in a basic 4-3-3 formation.
?? Our Ligue 1 side is heavily influenced by the form of perennial champions, Paris Saint-Germain – with 5 of their stars top rated in their typical role.
Neymar scores higher than anyone else, as of now in the league and actually only misses out on the top average in any of Europe’s top divisions by 0.01 – according to our stats!
Stade de Reims, this season’s surprise package are also well represented with goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic in particular standing out. He has kept 12 clean sheets from 27 games and saved 4 of the 5 penalties that he’s faced.
?? In Italy, our best XI is probably the most diverse of any of the sides that our analysis has produced, with players from six different teams featuring.
Lazio, second to Juventus in the Serie A table come out well – earning four slots whereas Juve only boast Wojciech Szczęsny and of course, Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese legend has had another superb season, even notching a goal in 11 straight league games between December and February. That has been enough to see him earn an average of 8.23.
?? The current top three in the Bundesliga provide the entirety of our best rated team for the division – with Bayern München’s Robert Lewandowski the only player anywhere to score an average in the 8s.
His 8.13 marks him out as the best out-and-out centre-forward in Europe, but we felt we couldn’t ignore the form of Timo Werner so we’ve shifted the RB Leipzig man to the left in order to accommodate his overall rating of 7.75!
Leipzig do well out of this team, taking five positions to Bayern’s four. Breakthrough Canadian teenager, Alphonso Davies rates highest amongst the defenders at 7.32, but who knows whether the marauding left-back will eventually end up playing further forward on a permanent basis.
??????? Thanks to Liverpool’s imperious form in the Premier League, our team for England’s top flight is somewhat skewed. In fact, Liverpool take all 5 of our defensive positions and the entire front-line!
Kevin De Bruyne though, does outscore everybody else to break up the monotony! His performances in Manchester City’s midfield have seen him reach an average score of 7.93.
?? Last, but not least our team for Spain’s LaLiga contains our best rated player across all five sides we’ve put together here, with Lionel Messi outscoring his former teammate, Neymar by 8.41 to 8.40.
That’s close by anyone’s standards! You can read more about Messi’s season of dominance in a special article we wrote, by clicking here.
Elsewhere, and despite being second in the table, Real Madrid rack up five of the eleven places in our team, with captain, Sergio Ramos joined by three of his colleagues in a Madrid-heavy defence.
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