Willy Boly tops Premier League charts for bizarre stat at Nottingham Forest this season

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Nottingham Forest have made a solid start to the 2024/25 Premier League campaign and are currently tenth with 10 points from seven matches.

Last time out the Reds claimed a brilliant point away at Chelsea to maintain an impressive unbeaten record away from home.

The City Ground has proved somewhat problematic this season with just two points coming from games against Bournemouth, Wolves and Fulham.

Nuno Espirito Santo is striving for consistency on home soil and Forest entertain Palace on Monday night looking for that first victory in front of the fans.

With several Forest players jetting off on international duty since the last game, it’s been a chance to take stock of things so far and statistics have been scanned.

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Forest player who walks the most revealed

BBC Sport have taken the time out during the international break to have a look at players and how much ground they cover on the pitch.

They’ve also claimed that Anthony Elanga is the fastest player at Forest and has clocked the quickest speed on Trentside this season.

An interesting stat has been revealed and it involves the amount of walking done on the pitch as opposed to jogging or sprinting.

According to BBC Sport, Willy Boly takes that mantle, walking for 78.5% of the time that he’s been on the pitch for Forest.

That’s the highest percentage in the entire division and Boly is clearly a very talented reader of the game instead of needing to rely on doing too many sprints.

Boly in his final year at Forest

The defender started the campaign playing at centre-back for Forest, with Nikola Milenkovic starting the season suspended.

Boly is a very reliable player and it was a very good decision in the summer when Forest asked the defender to extend his deal.

That only takes him to 2025 though and it’s hard to imagine that another contract will be forthcoming for the 33-year-old.

Forest have Milenkovic at the club and right now he’s partnering with Murillo, whilst Morato is providing competition from the bench.

Although Murillo might leave in the summer, Forest still have Milenkovic, Morato, Andrew Omobamidele and also David Carmo who is on loan with Olympiacos to welcome into the squad next season.

Boly has served Forest well and he will continue to do so this season in what looks certain to be his swansong year in the Premier League.