Since the start of the 2019/20 season, Liverpool has been leading the Premier League table. Currently the Reds have 10 wins and 1 draw in 11 games and are leading with 31 points, 6 points ahead of 2nd placed Manchester City.
While Leicester City are 3rd with 2 points behind the Citizens and Chelsea are 4th with same points as the Foxes.
So far, Pep Guardiola's side have scored 34 goals, more than any other team during this season.
But scoring goals isn't the only aspect of having success. So
Squawka have published a list of defenders who have been shining the brightest for their teams. (as of 30 October 2019)
Ricardo Pereira
- Club - Leicester Ciy
- Age - 26
- Position - Right-back
During this season the Foxes right-back Ricardo Pereira has scored 2 goals in 12 appearances so far. In those 12 appearances, Pereira has played from the start to an end having played 1080 minutes in total for Leicester City.
Ricardo Pereira has made 46 tackles, more than any other defender in the Premier League this season.
So far, Leicester City have conceded 8 goals, less than the other teams in top 4.
Caglar Soyuncu
- Club - Leicester City
- Age - 23
- Position - Centre-back
Caglar Soyuncu has also made 12 appearances so far during this season in which he has scored one goal and provided one assist. Soyuncu, like Pereira, has also played every minute so far for the Foxes.
Trent Alexander-Arnold
image source - The Independent
- Club - Liverpool
- Age - 21
- Position - Right-back
Alexander-Arnold has been a key part to the Reds squad so far during this season. He has made 16 appearances overall with having scored one goal and provided 4 assists.
The 21-year-old has created 37 chances in the Premier League, more than any other defender, this season.
Liverpool have kept only two clean sheets in 11 games so far during this season.
Virgil van Dijk
- Club - Liverpool
- Age - 28
- Position - Centre-back
Van Dijk is another Liverpool defender to make the list. The centre-back has made 17 appearances so far during this season in which he has scored one goal and provided one assist.
Overall during this season, Virgil van Dijk has played 1560 minutes for Liverpool.
Van Dijk has made the most successful passes during this season (672) and has won the most aerial duels (53) in Premier League.
Andrew Robertson
- Club - Liverpool
- Age - 25
- Position - Left-Back
Robertson has scored two goals and provided 3 assists in 17 appearances so far during this season for the Reds.
The 25-year-old defender has made 76 recoveries and 25 touches in the opposition box, more than any other defender. By successful passes, Robertson comes second with 638 successful passes.
Enda Stevens
- Club - Sheffield United
- Age - 29
- Position - Left-back
Sheffield United were one of the three teams to be promoted to the Premier League this season.
Currently they are 6th in the league table with 16 points.
Enda Stevens, who has been with Sheffield since 2017, has made 12 appearances so far during this season. The 29-year-old defender has been involved in the fourth most duels of any defender this season (110).
Tyrone Mings
- Club - Aston Villa
- Age - 26
- Position - Centre-back
Aston Villa are also one of the teams that have been promoted to Premier League this season.
Currently Villa are 16th with 11 points in the league table after 11 games.
Tyrone Mings signed for Aston Villa on July 8, 2019 after being loaned from Bournemouth in January 31, 2019.
Mings has played 990 minutes so far for Villa during this season. He has registered 21 blocks, more than any other defender in the Premier League during this season as well as has made the second-most headed clearances (32) and second-most recoveries (73).
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
- Club - Manchester United
- Age - 21
- Position - Right-back
Wan-Bissaka signed for Manchester United on June, 2019 from Crystal palace. So far, he has made 12 appearances during this season.
Last season, the 21-year-old made 129 tackles, more than any other defender, while this season he has made 43, which is the second-most in the Premier League during this season.
Fikayo Tomori
image source - Evening Standard
- Club - Chelsea
- Age - 21
- Position - Centre-back
Tomori has been a Chelsea player since 2016 but until this season he has been loaned to several clubs including Brighton and Hove Albion, Hull City and Derby County.
During this season, the 21-year-old has scored one goal in his 13 appearances so far for the Blues.
The centre-back averages the second-best tackles per 90 minutes ratio (2.6) of any Premier League centre-back this season.
Fabian Schar
- Club - Newcastle United
- Age - 27
- Position - Centre-back
Schar signed for Newcastle United last season from Deportivo de La Coruna. During this season he has made 10 appearances so far in which he has scored one goal for Newcastle.
Schar has made the second-most interceptions (22) of any defender in the Premier League this season and the second-best attempted tackles per 90 minutes of any centre-back (3.7).
source- Squawka
