Bundesliga is undoubtedly one of Europe’s top divisions.
Known for its electric matches with lots of transitions and goals, the league has seen different styles being introduced with many teams playing possession-based football and trying to attack through positional play.
Another development in the Bundesliga is the number of young players who are getting minutes in the league for their club’s first team.
In the 2018/19 season, players aged 20 or below played 33.741 games during the league campaign, with 24 appearing in 10 games or more.
These are very high numbers compared to other top European divisions, such as Serie A (21.761 minutes/14 players), La Liga (20.688 minutes/14 players), or the Premier League (19.081 minutes/12 players).
The only top European division where U20s are given more game time (46.014/31 players) was Ligue 1.
However, it is worth noting that there are 380 games per season in Ligue 1, 1.74 more than in the Bundesliga.
This data analysis will use statistics to discover the best teenagers in the Bundesliga to keep up with the young talent that will feature in the league.
An analysis of several key metrics will allow for a comparison of the players gameplay in different aspects.
In the end, a list of the best five teenagers in the Bundesliga will be compiled based on the previous analysiss results, which will display their individual data profiles.
Bundesliga Scouting Methodology
For this analysis, we are going to use data from Wyscout regarding the player’s last season because the new season has just started, and there is not enough data for an accurate analysis.
Our data pool will include all players 19 years old or younger who played at least 350 minutes last season, so we can be as accurate as possible without excluding many players.
With all these filters applied, we were left with nine players in total.
Overall success in actions Stats
To start this analysis, we will examine the players overall success in the actions they perform in a game.
To do so, a scatter plot was created with the metrics of successful attacking actions per 90 and successful defensive actions per 90 on both axes.
The graphic gives us a first glance at each player’s contribution in both the defensive and offensive actions and allows for a glimpse of each individual style of play.
Clearly standing out and the only above-average player in both metrics, Alphonso Davies averages an impressive 11.24 successful defensive actions per 90 and pairs that with 5.1 successful attacking actions per 90.
