Luis Alberto is among the top 10 players in Europe for averages of opportunities created per game. Opta, which considers only the players who so far have accumulated at least 34 occasions created in the season, positions the Spanish Lazio midfielder, with an average of 3.53, in fifth place in the standings, even better than Lionel Messi.
This is the top 10:
1 – Payet (Marseille): 4.26
2 – Demirbay (Hoffenheim): 3.79
3 – Depay (Lyon): 3.61
4 – Pellegrini (Roma): 3.54
5 – Luis Alberto (Lazio): 3.53
6 – Messi (Barcelona): 3.38
7 – Gomez (Atalanta): 3.35
8 – Willian (Chelsea): 3.27
9 – Kruse (Werder Bremen): 3.08
10 – Slights (Dijon): 3.06