Lawrence Vigouroux is the goalkeeper with the best save percentage in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The Chile national team keeper has stopped 76.47% of the shots he has faced with Swansea City, the current leaders of the competition.
According to Cooperativa, the recognition came from the league itself. The English Football League (EFL), the body that governs England's lower professional divisions, published the figure on its official channels.
In that table, the Chilean is ahead of Daniel Peretz of Southampton (75.61%) and Max O'Leary of West Bromwich Albion (72.73%). Further back are Arthur Okonkwo of Charlton Athletic (72.55%) and Nathan Trott of Cardiff City (71.19%).
The save percentage is not his only chart-topping number. Vigouroux also has the most clean sheets in the competition, with five matches without conceding. He is also the keeper who concedes the fewest goals per game, with an average of 0.7, according to Sofascore data cited by ADN Radio.
The figures go a long way toward explaining the strong start for Swansea, the Welsh club that competes in the English league system. A team that concedes less than one goal per game has more room to win by narrow margins, and that is where the starting goalkeeper makes a difference. The sources do not specify how many matches he has played or the points gap to second place.
For La Roja, Chile's national team, the goalkeeper's season is good news. Vigouroux comes in as the national team's starter and is holding his place consistently in one of the most demanding second-tier leagues in Europe.
His next match will be this Saturday, October 24, at 11:00 Chile time (14:00 GMT), when Swansea visit or host Queens Park Rangers looking to stay at the top.
