Antonio Briseño of Chivas among best aerial battlers in 2021 📊

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Seamus Leonard·2 January 2022

Antonio Briseño of Chivas among best aerial battlers in 2021 📊

Chivas have many issues to solve ahead of the Clausura, but there’s one defensive metric that they have few concerns about.

The Flock conceded just 13 goals in 17 regular-season games in the Apertura, and the following statistic may go some way to explaining why.

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Más duelos aéreos ganados en todo el 2021 en Liga MX: [198] Felix Torres [156] Antonio Briseño [145] Hugo Nervo [143] Carlos González [142] Milton Caraglio [141] Julio Furch [136] Gustavo Cabral El de mejor efectividad fue Oscar Murillo [65%] y el de menor fue Dinenno [35%].
– Friday, 31 December 2021

According to Statiskicks, Antonio Briseño was the second best in terms of successful aerial duels in Liga MX last year.

Across the two terms of 2021, the Chivas defender came out on top in 156 battles in the air, bettered only by Félix Torres of Santos Laguna.

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Manager Marcelo Michel Leaño will hope the 27-year-old defender can maintain that consistency heading into the 2022 Clausura.