The stats on the ground covered by each member of the Tottenham squad per 90 minutes and their sprinting numbers tell a very interesting story.After a difficult start to the season, we have seen evidence over the last few weeks that Tottenham are now becoming a Roberto De Zerbi team.The players are not only learning about each other’s strengths and weaknesses, but now appear more comfortable in their roles in the system, which has resulted in Spurs having increased control of games through the 90 minutes.The defeat to Leeds came as a big setback amid Tottenham’s progress, with the players failing to win their battles in the second period. However, overall, the players have strong running numbers this season.Credit: @thatfootballphotog / InstagramTottenham have two workhorses in midfield this seasonA look at the Tottenham players’ running stats on FotMob shows that two of Spurs’ summer signings are covering a huge amount of ground.Sandro Tonali has run 113.6 kms this season across Tottenham’s 10 Premier League matches, which is significantly more than any of his teammates.RankTottenham playerDistance Covered1Sandro Tonali113.6km2Jan Paul van Hecke102.2km3Archie Gray91.8km4Micky Van de Ven79.6km5Andrew Robertson74.6kmHowever, when it comes to distance covered per 90 minutes, Mateus Fernandes leads the pack among players who have covered more than 50 km across the season, with the Portuguese star covering an unbelievable 12 kilometres per game.The only player matching that is Dominic Solanke, who also runs the same distance per 90 minutes, although that stat is a bit skewed as the striker has not completed a full game on too many occasions this season.Tonali is not far behind his fellow midfielder, with the Italian covering 11.6 kms per 90 minutes, which is the same distance that Archie Gray is also covering per match.RankTottenham playerDistance covered per 901Dominic Solanke12km2Mateus Fernandes12km3Sandro Tonali11.6km4Archie Gray11.6km5Jan Paul van Hecke10.2km6Andrew Robertson10km7Omar Marmoush9.9km8Mathys Tel9.9km9Micky Van de Ven9.7km10Mohammed Kudus9.7kmSpurs full-backs are sprinting incessantlyWhat stands out when assessing Tottenham players’ sprints per 90 minutes on FotMob, is the work rate De Zerbi expects of his full-backs.The top three in the list are the three full-backs who have played the most this season: Gray, Destiny Udogie and Andy Robertson. The Leeds academy graduate delivers 17.5 sprints per 90 minutes, while Udogie delivers 15 and Robertson 13.9.RankTottenham playerSprints per 901Archie Gray17.52Destiny Udogie153Andrew Robertson13.94Dominic Solanke12.35Omar Marmoush12.26Pedro Porro12.17Mohammed Kudus11.78Mathys Tel11.69Rodrigo Bentancur10.810Sandro Tonali10.6The reason that the three players sprint forward so much is that De Zerbi’s system relies on consistent underlaps from their full-backs, which is unique among current Premier League systems.That was explained recently in a breakdown of Tottenham’s tactics by tactical analyst Harrison TO on The Overlap Breakdown, which you can watch below:READ MORE: Significant Mathys Tel update following latest Tottenham left-wing injuryThe post Tottenham’s top 10 hardest-working players revealed by sprint and distance stats appeared first on Spurs Web.