Armenian Footballer Among RPL Leaders

The statistical channel RUSTAT has presented a list of the best football players in the current season's first half of the Russian Premier League, based on the number of goal-scoring chances created. This information is reported by armsport.am.

Among the leaders in the list is Eduard Spertsyan, midfielder of FC Krasnodar and the Armenian national team. The Armenian player ranks second, having created 31 goal-scoring chances while spending 1622 minutes on the pitch.

Spertsyan is only one point behind the leader, Alexey Batrakov of Lokomotiv, who has created 32 chances. Completing the top three is Zenit's forward Maxim Glushenkov with 23 chances.

Here are the top 10 players in the RPL according to the number of goal-scoring chances created (results of the first half):

• Alexey Batrakov – 32 (1653 minutes)
• Eduard Spertsyan – 31 (1622 minutes)
• Maxim Glushenkov – 23 (1199 minutes)
• Ivan Oblyakov – 23 (1741 minutes)
• Yegor Golenkov – 20 (1349 minutes)
• Zelimkhan Bakayev – 18 (953 minutes)
• Mirlind Daku – 18 (1638 minutes)
• Bitello – 18 (1678 minutes)
• Luis Enrique – 17 (1237 minutes)
• Dardan Shabanhaj – 17 (1462 minutes)