Player Focus: Players of the Month for April

Betting Statistics | Article posted on May 1st, 2025

As the season reaches its climax across Europe, strength in depth is vitally important for any team. A manager able to rotate and keep his players fresh so they can maintain fitness and form right through to this crucial part of the season can be the difference between success and failure, and it makes for unsurprising reading that this month WhoScored’s top 20 players sees some unfamiliar names pop up.

The likes of Luis Suárez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have had fantastic seasons, but to keep up form throughout a full campaign is an ask too great even for them. Injuries and an over-reliance on their input has seen form dip, while Leo Messi is back in the top 20 having had a rest in the middle of the campaign when sidelined through injury. The result of these absences? Some intriguing inclusions in the best performers in April 2025.

Marco Reus is the highest-rated player with an average rating of 8.99 over 4 matches in the past month. The unfortunate thing for Dortmund is that their rich vein of form has come far too late with Bayern long since having sewn up the Bundesliga title, and they must be hoping that their talented winger is not raising the level of his performances to increase his chances of winning a move away in the summer. Reus both scored and set up a goal in each of his 4 league appearances in April, obtaining 3 man of the match awards in the process, while his brace against Real Madrid in the Champions League was simply the icing on the cake.

Juan Cuadrado had an extraordinary month for Fiorentina, in which he helped his side all-but secure a 4th-placed finish in Serie A and Europa League qualification that comes with it. The Colombian scored 4 goals from 8 shots on target in his 4 appearances, also completing 12 successful dribbles, and in doing so he maintained an average rating of 8.66.

Hoffenheim’s defence have had rather little to shout about this season, having shipped 66 goals in 32 games so far, but things have picked up of late with two clean sheets in their last 3 games. Jannik Vestergaard has been a contributor to their recent form, with the burly youngster having picked up two man of the match awards in 3 appearances during April. He made a colossal 33 clearances in those matches, also making 14 tackles and 14 more interceptions.

Former Barcelona youngster Nolito has returned to Spain this season after a hiatus in Portugal with Benfica, and has hit form of late with an impressive average rating of 8.47 this month. He directly contributed to 6 goals (5 goals, 1 assist) as