The nominees are for December’s Fan Player of the Month award in the Isuzu UTE A-League!
Throughout the 2023-24 Isuzu UTE A-League season, 10 players will be selected every month on a shortlist for you, the fans, to select from in voting for Player of the Month.
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The season kicked off with a conjoined October/November voting process, with Wellington Phoenix goalkeeper Alex Paulsen earning the honours after a brilliant start to the campaign.
The 10 nominees are selected via the Opta Index, with the 10 highest-scoring players in the index nominated each month.
You can cast your vote via the A-Leagues social media channels.
Here are the nominees for this month…
Joe Lolley – Sydney FC
- Opta index: 91.5
- Position: FWD
- Appearances: 5
- Goals: 3
- Assists: 1
Bruno Fornaroli – Melbourne Victory
- Opta index: 91
- Position: FWD
- Appearances: 5
- Goals: 7
- Assists: 1
Tolgay Arslan – Melbourne City
- Opta index: 83.5
- Position: MID
- Appearances: 5
- Goals: 3
- Assists: 3
Alex Paulsen – Wellington Phoenix
- Opta index: 82.4
- Position: GKP
- Appearances: 5
- Saves: 28
- Clean sheets: 3
Ángel Torres – Central Coast Mariners
- Opta index: 81.9
- Position: FWD
- Appearances: 5
- Goals: 6
- Assists: 2
Trent Buhagiar – Newcastle Jets
- Opta index: 81.4
- Position: FWD
- Appearances: 5
- Goals: 3
Robert Mak – Sydney FC
- Opta index: 77.5
- Position: FWD
- Appearances: 5
- Goals: 2
Jake Hollman – Macarthur FC
- Opta index: 76.4
- Position: MID
- Appearances: 4
- Goals: 2
Kosta Barbarouses – Wellington Phoenix
- Opta index: 75.6
- Position: FWD
- Appearances: 5
- Goals: 4
- Assists: 2
Jacob Farrell – Central Coast Mariners
- Opta index: 74.6
- Position: DEF
- Appearances: 5
- Goals: 1
- Clean sheets: 2
What is the Opta Index?
Opta defines it as follows: The Player Index is based on totals in a variety of statistics for each player. The index score uses subcomponents (such as shooting, passing, defending), corresponding to different qualitative aspects of a player’s performance.
These component scores are combined to create an overall rating for each player. The formula that works out the overall match rating have been developed by Opta’s own team of data scientists in conjunction with our award-winning Data Editorial team.
