The match ball is seen on a plastic cone by the pitch during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Burnley FC at Selhurst Park on June 29, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)The match ball is seen on a plastic cone by the pitch during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Burnley FC at Selhurst Park on June 29, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
The match ball is seen on a plastic cone by the pitch during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Burnley FC at Selhurst Park on June 29, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

RANKED: Who makes the top 10 list of 'clumsiest' strikers in the Premier League?

With the 2019/20 Premier League resuming again, Compare.bet were interested to discover which players have recorded the highest number of mistakes so far, revealing which teams have the clumsiest players.

Using official Premier League statistics, Compare.bet calculated the number of clumsy errors from each striker to discover who makes mistakes most frequently.

They included all Premier League forwards who have played more than 45 minutes so far this season.

They calculated the number of errors leading to goals, dispossessed balls, offsides, hit woodwork, big chances missed, fouls, yellow cards and red cards; labelling them as the ‘clumsy’ error factors.

The total number of errors was divided by the number of minutes played to find the average number of minutes between each player’s mistake.

Burnley's Ashley Barnes was ranked in 19th position in the top flight having been adjudged to have made an error every 17 minutes and 27 seconds.

The top 10 is as follows...

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