Analysis Who is your team’s most important player right now? We take a stats-based look for all 20 Premier League sides, from Arsenal’s Martin Odegaard and Manchester City’s Rodri to Wolves’ Joao Gomes and Southampton’s Adam Armstrong Will Rickson Stats & Info @SkySportsStatto Friday 8 November 2024 19:21, UK Manchester City and Arsenal suffered Premier League losses on the same weekend for the first time since August 2021 last time out, putting the focus on the absent Rodri and Martin Odegaard. The duo are key for Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta’s sides, with Arsenal set to be boosted by Odegaard’s return against Chelsea, live on Sky Sports on Super Sunday.

With Rodri and Odegaard in mind, we take a stats-based look at all 20 Premier League clubs’ most crucial player right now.

The absence of captain Odegaard has started to bite for Arsenal in recent weeks, with one point to show from their last three Premier League games. Over the last three seasons, Odegaard has been the Arsenal team leader for both creativity in open play and pressing. In the seven league games he has missed since September, 21 per cent of the team’s chances have come via set-pieces, up from 11 per cent in 2022/23 and 12 per cent last season.