4. Chico (Swansea): 989
The Spanish defender’s presence, highlights the willingness of Swansea to pass the ball around the backline. He is comfortable on the ball, and most of his passes are short ones (average length 19m), looking for players in and around him (passing accuracy 90%). Not surprisingly however, even though almost 80% of his passes are forward ones, he has created only one chance in 18 appearances. Chico has successfully cemented his place in the Swans backline and has become one of the integral parts of a well-oiled passing machine with 61.2 average passes per game.