Barcelona striker Luis Suarez tops Sky Sports' La Liga Power Rankings
Tuesday 19 December 2017 15:22, UK
Barcelona striker Luis Suarez has topped the Sky Sports La Liga Power Rankings this week.
Suarez and team-mate Paulinho (No 2, up 51 places) both scored twice during a 4-0 win over Deportivo at the Nou Camp on Sunday to send the Catalans six points clear atop La Liga.
Team-mate Lionel Messi (No 4, down two places) had a frustrating evening after missing a penalty and hitting the post three times, while Barca 'keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen (No 7, up 23 places) kept his 10th clean sheet this term.
Last week's table-topper Ibai Gomez slipped to No 3 after Alaves suffered a 1-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid - scored by Fernando Torres (No 63, up 146 places) - while Filipe Luis (No 5, up four places) retained his place among the top performers.
Gerard Moreno (No 9, up 88 places) fired himself into the top 10 with a double during Espanyol's 2-2 draw at Las Palmas, while the hosts' Jonathan Viera maintained his fine form to climb one place at No 10.
Elsewhere, Eibar midfielder Joan Jordan (No 6, up 38 places) netted the match-winner during a 2-1 win over Valencia at the Ipurua Municipal - the visitors' second defeat in three games after a run of 13 games unbeaten.
The Power Rankings methodology reflects a player's performance over the last five matchdays by awarding points to players for 32 different stats.
Below, we present this week's Power Rankings, your club's top points scorer and the accumulative season rankings.
The Sky Sports Power Rankings will be updated every week during the season, so be sure to keep an eye on the big movers...
