Who are the five best box-to-box midfielders in the world?

It is often said that matches are won and lost in the middle of the pitch.

Based on that concept, Yahoo! Eurosport has decided to look at the five players they deem to be the best in the world at playing arguably the most difficult role in the game, the box-to-box midfielder.

Using statistics from Squawka, the piece highlights Arturo Vidal, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Yaya Toure, Ilkay Gundogan and Lars Bender as the cream of the crop in the category.

What do you think?