Most in-form defensive midfielders in Serie B

The most in-form defensive midfielders in Serie B, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

C. Favasuli of Catanzaro is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie B, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.4, and Paulo Azzi has been the form player this season, grading 49.9, and N. Mosti leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Pessina has improved his Season rating most, up +36.9 on last season, while C. Favasuli's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Trimboli of Mantova is the most valuable name in this group at 75.7.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Paulo Azzi Defensive midfielder	Monza	32	50177.2%	351.4%
2	C. Favasuli Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	22	47127.4%	7216.4%
3	F. Ranocchia Defensive midfielder	Palermo	25	4668.4%	676.7%
4	M. Pessina Defensive midfielder	Monza	29	45485.5%	483.6%
5	N. Mosti Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	28	44152.3%	518.1%
6	G. Brugman Defensive midfielder	Pescara	33	44115.8%	2430.6%
7	L. Carissoni Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	29	431.9%	468.7%
8	S. Trimboli Defensive midfielder	Mantova	24	4253.1%	6911.1%
9	S. Pontisso Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	29	4196.2%	483.6%
10	D. Sounas Defensive midfielder	Avellino	31	4143.2%	3430.4%
11	J. Segre Defensive midfielder	Palermo	29	4036.5%	469.7%
12	O. Correia Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	26	39	62
13	S. Birindelli Defensive midfielder	Monza	26	39521%	625.7%
14	T. Reinhart Defensive midfielder	Reggiana	26	3425.6%	563.8%
15	L. Valzania Defensive midfielder	Pescara	30	34144.2%	3614%
16	G. Olzer Defensive midfielder	Pescara	25	33120.1%	573.9%
17	Pedro Obiang Defensive midfielder	Monza	34	3369.4%	2115.2%
18	R. Kouda Defensive midfielder	Mantova	23	3373.4%	642.7%
19	T. Augello Defensive midfielder	Palermo	31	3228.9%	3831.3%
20	G. Leone Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	25	3293.3%	633.8%
21	M. Besaggio Defensive midfielder	Avellino	24	3177.3%	639.5%
22	M. Bertagnoli Defensive midfielder	Reggiana	27	3034.1%	4713.4%
23	L. Palmiero Defensive midfielder	Avellino	30	307.6%	3831.9%
24	K. Piscopo Defensive midfielder	Bari	28	3040.8%	4615.5%
25	M. Castagnetti Defensive midfielder	Cesena	36	3012.6%	204.8%
26	J. Petriccione Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	31	2913.6%	3224.6%
27	M. Braunöder Defensive midfielder	Bari	24	28812.9%	5812.6%
28	Gerard Yepes Defensive midfielder	Empoli	23	2879.2%	603.8%
29	M. Verreth Defensive midfielder	Bari	28	2634.8%	4227.9%
30	G. Maggiore Defensive midfielder	Bari	28	2641.7%	4318.9%
31	A. Cacciamani Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	19	25	671.7%
32	F. Caligara Defensive midfielder	Pescara	26	24466.7%	499.1%
33	M. Francesconi Defensive midfielder	Cesena	22	24153.8%	611.5%
34	M. D'Alessandro Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	35	22538.2%	1713.8%
35	F. Artioli Defensive midfielder	Mantova	25	22338.8%	6117.4%
36	D. Bisoli Defensive midfielder	Cesena	32	2242.2%	2533.9%
37	J. Harder Defensive midfielder	Padova	20	20	61
38	E. Adamo Defensive midfielder	Spezia	27	1921.6%	4417%
39	A. Sersanti Defensive midfielder	Modena	24	1849.4%	5811%
40	L. Colombo Defensive midfielder	Monza	21	18	64
41	M. Sala Defensive midfielder	Avellino	27	17142.6%	4724.6%
42	C. Pierobon Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	24	1651.8%	5716.4%
43	Fabio Rispoli Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	19	167750%	6414.9%
44	D. Wieser Defensive midfielder	Mantova	24	1669.6%	572.5%
45	J. Martini Defensive midfielder	Sudtirol	21	16124.6%	583.6%
46	A. Bakoune Defensive midfielder	Monza	20	15	63
47	G. Alesi Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	22	14	6113.8%
48	S. Bastoni Defensive midfielder	Cesena	29	1448.7%	3433.4%
49	T. Maggioni Defensive midfielder	Mantova	24	125.4%	583.7%
50	Tomás Esteves Defensive midfielder	Bari	24	1143.7%	5513.9%