5 reasons why Brighton star Lewis Dunk can play in the Premier League

Ball Playing Centre-Half

This cliché is often used to describe modern day centre-backs such as John Stones, who have the capability to defend, as well as playing controlled passing football at the same time. So far this term, statistics suggest that Dunk can be categorised as a ‘ball playing defender’.

Compared to the other top three centre backs in the Championship, Dunk’s passing statistics particularly stand out. On average he makes considerably more passes a game compared to the other in form Championship centre backs; Pontus Jannson, Tom Clarke and Christophe Berra.

His passing accuracy is 79.5% in the league this term which is a percentage a lot of midfielders would be envious of. His percentage is even higher than players such as Christian Eriksen and Dimitri Payet who have had a lot of their career success based around their passing ability.