During the winter holidays, until 17 rounds of the Italian championship are played, the football news portal Goal.com decided to select a symbolic starting eleven of the best players.
We selected the statistics of these footballers and present the team for your evaluation.
Goalkeeper: Samir Handanovič (Milan "Inter", 1st place) - 17 matches, 11 clean sheets, 11 goals conceded.
Defenders:
Jeison Murillo (Milan "Inter", 1st place) - 14 matches, 4.2 interceptions (1.9 tackles, 2.3 interceptions) and 1 blocked shot per match, 1 goal.
Joao Miranda (Milan "Inter", 1st place) - 14 matches, 4 interceptions (1.9 tackles, 2.1 interceptions) and 0.3 blocked shots per match, 1 assist.
Kalidou Koulibaly ("Napoli", 3rd place) - 13 matches, 4.7 interceptions (2.2 tackles, 2.5 interceptions) and 0.5 blocked shots per match.
Marcos Alonso (Florence "Fiorentina", 2nd place) - 14 matches, 3.5 interceptions (1.6 tackles, 1.9 interceptions) and 0.5 blocked shots per match, 2 goals, 3 assists.
Midfielders:
Miralem Pjanić ("Roma", 5th place) - 15 matches, 7 goals, 5 assists, 2.3 key passes, 2.4 interceptions per match, 84% pass accuracy.
Allan ("Napoli", 3rd place) - 16 matches, 3 goals, 3 assists, 1.3 key passes, 3.6 interceptions per match, 84.5% pass accuracy.
Giacomo Bonaventura ("Milan", 6th place) - 16 matches, 4 goals, 6 assists, 2.6 key passes, 2 interceptions per match, 82% pass accuracy.
Forwards:
Paulo Dybala (Turin "Juventus", 4th place) - 16 matches, 8 goals, 3 assists, 2.1 key passes, 1.4 fouls won per match, 82.6% pass accuracy.
Gonzalo Higuain ("Napoli", 3rd place) - 17 matches, 16 goals, 2 assists, 1.4 key passes, 0.8 fouls won per match, 76.2% pass accuracy.
Nikola Kalinić (Florence "Fiorentina", 2nd place) - 16 matches, 10 goals, 1 assist, 0.7 key passes, 2.1 fouls won per match, 79.2% pass accuracy.
