Iwobi joint-top player with most nutmegs in EPL

In statistics published by data and analytics company, StatsBomb, Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi and Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White are joint top players who are most proficient at threading the ball through an opponent’s legs in the recently concluded 2022/23 Premier League season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

Iwobi was a key player for the Toffees last season as they, for the second time in two seasons, battled hard to survive relegation.

The Nigerian featured in all 38 Premier League games for Everton last season, scoring two goals and providing eight assists.

In the publication by StatsBomb, Iwobi inflicted eight nutmegs on other players, the same number as Gibbs-White.