Total Football Analysis’ Breakout XI for 2025 includes eight ‘alternates’ / ’bench players’ who almost made the cut for a full scouting report in the magazine.
Those players will still be covered with a mini-data analysis.
The first is Kevin Mier, who plays as a goalkeeper for Cruz Azul in Liga MX.
Kevin Mier has been one of the best goalkeepers, if not the best goalkeeper, in the Liga MX in 2024.
The 24-year-old, who has represented Colombia at different age groups but has yet to make his senior debut, leads the charts for several goalkeeping metrics after completing the first half of the 2024/25 season.
The below visualisation shows the shots Mier has faced over the last year since signing for Cruz Azul in January 2024.
Mier has the highest number of clean sheets this season (nine), conceding only 12 goals so far.
The keeper, who has played the second-most minutes of any goalkeeper in the last calendar year, has underperformed in his shot-stopping and should have prevented more goals.
Still,
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