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Former Swansea City star Jack Cork is currently the hardest-working player in the Premier League, while the Swans have covered less ground in matches than almost any other team, according to the latest Opta stats.

Cork, who signed for Sean Dyche's Burnley for £8 million over the summer, has covered an incredible 85.1km over the course of seven games this season - the most of any player in the Premier League.

The picture could not be more different at Cork's former employers, with the dour defeat at West Ham United last weekend dragging Swansea into the bottom three.

The pressure is on boss Paul Clement to turn results around, and while their woes in front of goal are well-documented , it appears they could use someone of Cork's excellent work-rate.

As a team, the Swans have covered 738.6km so far this season, noticeably short of the 772.6km covered at this stage last term.

In fact, only West Ham have covered less distance in the Premier League so far this season, with Slaven Bilic's men racking up 733.1km.

On their own, such stats can be deceiving - Bournemouth are top with 799.1km but have still only managed one win so far this season.

It is also perhaps reflective of the fact the Swans have spent a few games this season largely camped in their own half in a defensive approach that has brought decent away points at the likes of Tottenham.

However, Clement himself has voiced concerns over the energy levels he's seeing from his team, with these stats now backing up his claims.

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Following the disappointing home defeat against Newcastle, the Swans boss said: “Some of the fundamentals weren’t there. The first and second balls...we’ve got clip after clip after clip which we’ve shown to the players.

“We got the first contact, but more often than not the second ball ended up with them and that’s a basic of the game we need to get right.

“Our physical output could be higher too. Some of the physical statistics we were achieving at the end of last season were much better than what we’ve had so far this season, so that’s got to improve.

“The cohesiveness of the team and those movements wasn’t quite there and for me that’s understandable because we’ve got new players.

“That will come, but the other things have to be there now.

“Things like distance covered, most importantly the distance covered at speed. Some of those things are impacted on with the tactics of a game but in general they are lower than what we are capable of. So we’ve got to be better."