Crystal Palace Star Dubbed ‘Phenomenal’ By Ex-EFL Man For Loan Statistic

Crystal Palace Star Dubbed ‘Phenomenal’ By Ex-EFL Man For Loan Statistic

Former EFL star Adrian Clarke has dubbed Crystal Palace goalkeeper Joe Whitworth ‘phenomenal’ due to his shot-saving percentage this season.

The 20-year-old Crystal Palace academy product made his debut last season for the Eagles in the Premier League when they were going through an injury crisis in their goalkeeper department. Crystal Palace agreed to send Whitworth on loan to Exeter City this summer and the goalkeeper has been excellent so far this season.

Clarke noted out Whitworth’s league save ratio of 86.02 percent, which he considers a great feat for the Crystal Palace loanee. The former EFL star also stated that Whitworth, who stands 5.8 feet tall, is not particularly tall for a goalkeeper, but he believes the Palace youngster is one of the greatest goalkeepers in his height category.

“Joe Whitworth, on loan from Crystal Palace, played in the Premier League last season when they were short and had an injury crisis,” Clarke said on What The EFL. “He came in and had a couple of games; he was under-21s player of the season last year as well. He is out on loan at Exeter, and he is the only goalkeeper with a better save percentage than Sam Tickle, 86.05 percent save accuracy.

“Just to give you an idea, in the Premier League last year, Muric [Arijanet Muric] had the highest with 79 per cent and only did it from a sample size of ten games. 86 per cent is excellent. “What makes Joe Whitworth so interesting is that he is smaller than me.

“He is under 5.9 feet, which I think must make him one of the shortest goalkeepers in English football and certainly one of the best goalkeepers of his height that we have seen in many, many years.” Whitworth has kept six clean sheets for Exeter City in nine league games and he will be keen on impressing Oliver Glasner before he returns to Crystal Palace at the end of this season.

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