3 stats that show the brilliance of Liverpool's Alisson Becker

#1 Average of 2.71 saves per 90 minutes and 3.41 saves per goal conceded in 2017/18

The Brazilian was included in last season's Champions League squad of the season

To give a better picture of how good Alisson is compared to other top performing goalkeepers from 2017/18 and Liverpool’s Loris Karius, we drew up a comparison with the per 90 minutes statistics.

According to this, Jan Oblak stood out with a saves-per-goal conceded ratio of 4.56, while David De Gea averaged 3.46. Alisson was not far behind the Manchester United #1 with a saves-per-goal conceded ratio of 3.41. Lest we forget, Oblak’s superior stats is aided by Atletico Madrid’s gameplay and superior defence.

In stark contrast, Loris Karius averaged just two saves per goal conceded in the Premier League last season.

When it comes to saves per 90 minutes, Alisson averaged an impressive 2.71 saves per 90 minutes which is more than De Gea’s average of 2.59, ter Stegen’s average of 2.36 and Oblak’s average of 2.41. As for Karius, his average was a mere 1.55.

Another factor that needs to be considered is distribution accuracy as it is evident that Jurgen Klopp prefers a goalkeeper who is comfortable with his feet.

Alisson had a distribution accuracy of 83% which is the same as Barcelona’s ter Stegen and significantly more than De Gea (63%), Oblak (55%) and Karius (72%).

N.B: All statistics mentioned above are from squawka.com