Player Barometer: Bale is No1

The Player Barometer is updated live during matches and provides an up-to-the-minute form guide at the finals. 

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Player Barometer presented by SOCAR – biggest movers, 25 June*

• Gareth Bale, Wales: 1st (+1)
  The difference-maker for Wales once again, Bale's driving run and cross led to their own-goal winner against Northern Ireland. He had seven crosses into the box, two attempts at goal – including one excellent free-kick which was well saved – and two dribbles for his team. Unsurprisingly he was voted Man of the Match and overtook Dimitri Payet as the Player Barometer's top performer.

• Darijo Srna, Croatia: 7th (+44)
  Outstanding for Croatia, despite being on the losing side against Portugal, Srna delivered 14 crosses as well as creating an impressive six chances for his team-mates. Defensively, he won five tackles and five aerial duels, besides his two clearances.

• Ricardo Quaresma, Portugal: 10th (+46)
  Despite only entering the fray in the 87th minute, Quaresma made a significant contribution, putting in four crosses, producing three interceptions, completing eight passes in the final third, and – of course – scoring the only goal.

• Jakub Błaszczykowski, Poland: 21st (+104)
  He struck to break the deadlock against Switzerland, set up three chances, supplied four crosses, won two corners and pulled off two dribbles. 'Kuba' also demonstrated the defensive side of his game with seven tackles over the 120 minutes. In the penalty shoot-out, he successfully converted his kick in his team's 5-4 victory.

• Xherdan Shaqiri, Switzerland: 26th (+91)
  If there were extra marks awarded for spectacular finishes, the diminutive Swiss winger might have risen higher; as it is, he owes his ascent as much to the fact that he laid on three chances, won three corners and made 15 crosses. Of his 52 passes, 47 found their target, and he also scored his penalty in the shoot-out. Now the fourth-rated winger in the Player Barometer.

*Rankings correct prior to any fixtures taking place on 25 June. The Player Barometer updates live during games.

How it works
The UEFA EURO 2016 Player Barometer tracks players' form in the lead-up to, and during, the tournament. The Barometer runs official player statistics through a specially-designed algorithm to create rankings based on player performances.

Player data from qualifying formed the initial basis for the rankings, which have taken into account performances for club and country since 1 January 2016. This gave a unique and comprehensive evaluation of players' form for when UEFA EURO 2016 kicked off. Now the Barometer tracks which players are excelling in the tournament itself.

As the Barometer acts as a form tracker, the more recent the match, the higher the weighting assigned to the data i.e. player stats from yesterday are afforded more significance than those from the previous week. If a player is not active (e.g. due to injury or non-selection), his ranking will decrease over that period of inactivity.