Europa League stats : Balls recovered

12: Olivier Boscagli (PSV Eindhoven)

11: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt)

11: Dinis Almeida (Royal Antwerp)

11: Elseid Hysaj (Lazio)

10: Bryan Heynan (Genk)

10: Juninho (Midtjylland)

PSV's place at the top of this metric may look unexpected given they won 4-1 but that scoreline fails to reflect the fact that Sturm Graz almost matched them for shots and ball recoveries, making Boscagli's regular interventions vital to the result. A mere one team recovery was all that separated Hasebe's Eintracht and Almeida's Antwerp but the former's individual display was the more impressive given he was substituted in the 72nd minute as the German side sought, and eventually prised, the only goal. A nod to Heynan too after he topped these standings on Matchday 1.