Young defender of "Inhulets" repeated the top result of the season for the number of defensive duels (May 21, 2025)

Young defender of "Inhulets" repeated the top result of the season for the number of defensive duels

https://dynamo.kiev.ua/en/news/672500-young-defender-of-inhulets-repeated-the-top-result-of-the-season-for-the-number-of-defensive-duels 2025-05-21 18:04 In the 29th round match against "Shakhtar", young left-back of "Inhulets" Vitaliy Katrych had 21 defensive ... Young defender of "Inhulets" repeated the top result of the season for the number of defensive duels

21.05.2025, 18:04

In the 29th round match against "Shakhtar", young left-back of "Inhulets" Vitaliy Katrych had 21 defensive duels, which matched the record of the 2024/2025 season in the Ukrainian championship.

Vitaliy Katrych

At the end of 2024, the same number of defensive duels were performed first by Kyrylo Dryshliuk ("Zorya") and later by Danilo Karas ("Obolon"). Katrych was successful in 11 defensive duels (52%).

After 29 rounds played this season, Katrych is in the top 10 in UPL for the average number of defensive duels (9.27 adjusted for 90 minutes of game time).

The top 5 of this ranking looks as follows: Ernest Astakhov ("Left Bank") — 11.14, Oleg Ilyin ("Obolon") — 10.44, Vyacheslav Tankovsky (LNZ) — 10.27, Kyrylo Dryshliuk ("Zorya") — 9.32, Ivan Dybango ("Kryvbas") and Jean Trontel ("Zorya") — both 9.29.

Highest number of defensive duels per match in the 2024/2025 season

Note: Wyscout statistics as of 21.05.2025.

№	Team	M	Pts
1	Arsenal	32	70
2	Manchester City	31	64
3	Aston Villa	32	55
4	Manchester United	32	55
5	Liverpool	32	52
6	Chelsea	32	48
7	Brentford	33	48
8	Everton	32	47
9	Brighton	32	46
10	Sunderland	32	46
11	Fulham	33	45
12	Bournemouth	32	45
13	Newcastle	32	42
14	Crystal Palace	31	42
15	Leeds	32	36
16	Nottingham Forest	32	33
17	West Ham	32	32
18	Tottenham	32	30
19	Burnley	32	20
20	Wolves	32	17

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