Kpoku v Yato

Peceli Yato takes it, 4–3 on categories

Yato wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Kpoku’s case rests on defenders beaten, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Kpoku 31 matches, Yato 99 matches.

• Yato has 30 tries (one every 2.6 matches) to Kpoku’s 1 try (one every 7.7 matches).
• Yato averages 1.9 points a match to Kpoku’s 0.6 — 3 times as many.
• Yato averages 3.8 tackles a match to Kpoku’s 0.
• Best single match: Yato 3 tries, Kpoku 1.
• Yato is in form: 7 tries in the last 6 matches, 1.2 a match (0.4 on average).
• Winners’ edge: Yato’s teams won 52%, Kpoku’s teams won 42% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Yato has 99 matches across 8 seasons, Kpoku 31 in 4 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (tries, metres, tackles…): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.