Friday 31 January 2014

West Ham United vs Swansea City

Saturday 1st February 2014
15:00
Boleyn Ground

West Ham United vs Swansea City

Analysis
This is the big one.

The point well-earned against Chelsea on Wednesday night was a bonus. This is the big one. This is the one we need to get some points from.

Swansea City are not a team you’d usually want to play when you need to get three points from a game, but they have been in stuttering form in recent time. Like West Ham, the Swans have suffered from an injury list as long as their playing squad and their form has suffered as a result. Prior to Tuesday’s comfortable win over Fulham, Swansea had gone eight Premier League games without a win, a run that stretched back to the start of December against Newcastle United.

So what do we need to watch out for? Well, we know that Michael Laudrup’s side will keep the ball, and that we won’t have much possession.

The tika-taka style approach is well known now the Welsh side are in their third Premier League season, but it is something that teams still struggle to deal with. Swansea have had had more than 50% of the ball in every one of their league games this season, with the least ball they’ve seen in a match a whopping 51%.

Against Newcastle United in December, the Jacks had 59% of the game, and completed an incredible 91% of their passes. The image below shows their passing map from that game. It’s almost impossible to pick anything out on there, but it gives a clear indication of the style they will take on Saturday lunchtime: keep the ball, no matter what.


We all know about the slow, methodical, patient passing game that Swansea employ. We know that they can pass a team to tears. But what Swansea have struggled with at times is the ability to change the pass and press forward as a team.

For me, the most important player in the Swansea site is Jonathan De Guzman. The Dutchman is equally capable of holding on to the ball as his midfield colleagues, but, unlike the likes of Leon Britton, De Guzman is always keen to get the ball forward.

In 19 appearances this season, De Guzman has averaged a passing accuracy of 90%, attempted to take on a man 19 times, and has had 24 attempts on goal. But the most important aspect of his game is that he has managed to create 34 chances, registering 4 assists so far this season. This means the Netherlands international has created a chance once every 41.7 minutes – an improvement on last season’s rate of one every 48.3 minutes.

The image below shows De Guzman’s most creative performance so far this season. Against Fulham, he created four goal scoring opportunities for his teammates. What is interesting is that 3 of the chances he created came from out wide, crossing into the box. And that is where De Guzman offers a slightly different approach. 61.7% of the chances he has created have come from the right wing.


And when De Guzman creates those chances, there is one man the Swans want to be on the receiving end.

I’ll admit, I was one of the people who weren’t overly keen on the prospect of Wilfried Bony signing for West Ham in the summer, thinking that the step up from Dutch football may be too much. Clearly, that wasn’t true.

The Ivorian has managed 16 goals in 31 games for Swansea so for, with a decent record of 7 in 19 Premier League games. And after something of goal drought (no goals in seven games), he has been back amongst the goals recently with four in his last five appearances in all competitions.

The image below shows the league goals Bony has scored this season. With the exception of one long range effort against Manchester City, Bony has been a bit of a ‘fox in the box’.


After a very important point midweek, a couple of potential transfers on deadline day and a weekend victory would nicely round off the week for the club. A win could see us leapfrog Sunderland and Stoke City, and put us within touching distance of Saturday’s opposition in 11th place.

Head to Head
46% Head to Head Win % 30%
26 Won 17
13 Drawn 13
17 Lost 26
107 Goals Scored 73
73 Goals Conceded 107

Recent Form
L L W L L D Last 6 L W L L W W
3 Goals Scored 9
17 Goals Conceded 10

W D L D L L Home/Away Form D L D W L W
8 Goals Scored 6
12 Goals Conceded 7

Form Player (Last 6 League)
Mark Noble - Jonathan De Guzman
6 Appearances 4
482 Minutes Played 297

108 Sum Squawka Performance Score 210
18 Average Squawka Performance Rating 53

222 Passes Attempted 281
183 Completed 249
82% Success Rate 89%

7 Chances Created 11
0 Assists 2

6 Attempts on Goal 7
2 On Target 4
1 Goals 0

4 Take Ons Attempted 4
3 Successful Take Ons 2
75% Success Rate 50%

25 Tackles Made 8
10 Successful Tackles 5
40% Success Rate 63%

14 Interceptions 4
13 Clearances 2
5 Blocks 0
5 Defensive Actions Per Game 2

2 Aerial Duels 4
1 Won 2
50% Success Rate 50%

1 Defensive Errors 0
0 Leading to a Goal 0

Last Meeting
27 October 2013
  
4-6-0 Starting Formation 4-2-3-1

Jussi Jääskeläinen - Michel Vorm
Guy Demel - Angel Rangel
James Tomkins - Chico Flores
Winston Reid - Ashley Williams
Rǎzvan Raţ - Neil Taylor
Mark Noble - Leon Britton
Kevin Nolan - Jonathan de Guzman
Stewart Downing - Nathan Dyer
(64') Mohamed Diamé - Miguel Michu
(78') Ravel Morrison - Wayne Routledge (61')
(35') Ricardo Vâz Te - Alvaro Vazquez (66')

Subs
Adrian San Miguel - Gerhard Tremmel
Joey O'Brien - Jordi Amat
(35') Matt Jarvis - Dwight Tiendalli
Matthew Taylor - Jose Canas
(78') Joe Cole - Pablo Hernandez (61')
Modibo Maïga - Alejandro Pozuelo
(64') Carlton Cole - Wilfried Bony (66')

Absentees
Injured/Doubtful
West Ham United: Winston Reid, Joey O'Brien, Mohamed Diamé, Joe Cole
Swansea City: Michel Vorm, Garry Monk, Jose Canas, Miguel Michu

Suspensions
West Ham United: n/a
Swansea City: n/a

Opposition Last Time Out (League)
vs Fulham
Goals Scored: 2
Goals Conceded: 0
Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1

Gerhard Tremmel

Angel Rangel  Chico Flores  Ashley Williams  Ben Davies

Leon Britton  Jonathan de Guzman (88')

Pablo Hernandez (58')  Jonjo Shelvey (79')  Wayne Routledge

Wilfried Bony

subs: David Cornell
Jordi Amat (79')
Neil Taylor
Alex Pozuelo (88')
Nathan Dyer (58')
Roland Lamah
Alvaro Vazquez
  
Best Player: Chico Flores
Squawka Rating: 93
Worst Player: Wilfried Bony
Squawka Rating: -14

Top 5's (Min 5 Apps)
Goals Scored
Carlton Cole 4 - 7 Wilfried Bony
Joe Cole 3 - 4 Nathan Dyer
Ravel Morrison 3 - 4 Jonjo Shelvey
Ricardo Vâz Te 2 - 2 Miguel Michu
Kevin Nolan 2 - 2 Ben Davies

Assists
Kevin Nolan 4 - 4 Jonathan de Guzman
Matt Jarvis 3 - 3 Pablo Hernandez
Modibo Maïga 2 - 3 Jonjo Shelvey
Ravel Morrison 2 - 2 Roland Lamah
Andy Carroll 1 - 2 Wayne Routledge

Passing Accuracy
Ravel Morrison 86% - 92% Dwight Tiendalli
Mark Noble 84% - 91% Jose Canas
Stewart Downing 82% - 91% Leon Britton
Jack Collison 81% - 90% Chico Flores
Joe Cole 80% - 90% Jonathan de Guzman

Chances Created per game
Stewart Downing 1.8 - 1.8 Jonathan de Guzman
Mark Noble 1.6 - 1.7 Miguel Michu
Matt Jarvis 1.2 - 1.5 Pablo Hernandez
Kevin Nolan 0.9 - 1.3 Jonjo Shelvey
Modibo Maïga 0.9 - 1.3 Roland Lamah

Successful Dribbles per game
Ravel Morrison 2.1 - 1.6 Nathan Dyer
Mohamed Diamé 2 - 1.5 Pablo Hernandez
Mark Noble 1.3 - 1.4 Roland Lamah
Stewart Downing 0.9 - 0.9 Jonjo Shelvey
Guy Demel 0.8 - 0.8 Alex Pozuelo

Tackles per game
Mark Noble 2.5 - 2.5 Jordi Amat
Mohamed Diamé 2.5 - 2.4 Chico Flores
Winston Reid 2.4 - 2.4 Angel Rangel
James Collins 2 - 2 Jose Canas
Kevin Nolan 1.7 - 2 Ben Davies

Aerial Duels Won per game
Modibo Maïga 5.9 - 2.8 Ashley Williams
James Tomkins 4.4 - 2.7 Chico Flores
James Collins 3.6 - 2.5 Wilfried Bony
Winston Reid 3.2 - 2 Ben Davies
Carlton Cole 2.5 - 1.4 Miguel Michu

Manager
Sam Allardyce - Michael Laudrup
39.6% Current Club Win % 34.9%
48 Won 29
32 Drawn 24
41 Lost 30

39.7% Managerial Career Win % 44.5%
342 Won 147
231 Drawn 83
288 Lost 100

2 League Titles 1

0 Cup Wins 4

Thursday 30 January 2014

Chelsea 0 - 0 West Ham United

29/01/2014
19:45
Stamford Bridge

Chelsea vs West Ham United
 Goalscorers: 
  
 Analysis 
What?! What?! What?! How did that happen?!

How did Chelsea, having won their last 8 home games on the spin, have 39 attempts on goal against West Ham United, side who have conceded 17 goals in their last five games, fail to  score?

Well, I'll tell you how. We defended admirably, and we were assisted by another fine goalkeeping performance. Jussi Jaaskelainen performed wonderfully in the opening parts of the season, but Adrian San Miguel may have taken it on to a new level.

Last night he successfully claimed two crosses, and made nine saves - some of real quality.


But it wasn't just Adrian stopping shots. The rest of the side blocked 14 between them, with Matthew Taylor blocking an unbelievable 7 by himself. The image below shows the shots blocked by the side yesterday.


I don't have too much to say about the game. We defended wonderfully, and didn't really do much else. One shot? Who cares! 19th century football? Well, everyone else playing 21st century football at Stamford Bridge recently has come away empty handed. So, I'll take this.

 General Play 
4-2-3-1 Formation 4-2-3-1
(39) Petr Cech - Adrian San Miguel (67)
(36) Branislav Ivanovic - Guy Demel (14)
(34) Gary Cahill - James Collins (46)
(36) John Terry - James Tomkins (23)
(34) Cesar Azpilicueta - Joey O'Brien (7)
(22) Ramires - Mark Noble (5)
(42) John Obi Mikel - Matthew Taylor (-12)
(14) Willian - Mohamed Diamé (-7)
(63) Oscar - Kevin Nolan (-13)
(72) Eden Hazard - Stewart Downing (31)
(2) Samuel Eto'o - Andy Carroll (-7)

(42) Frank Lampard - Matt Jarvis (-26)
(22) Nemanja Matic - Carlton Cole (2)
(4) Demba Ba - Antonio Nocerino (-7)

Best Performance
(72) Eden Hazard - Adrian San Miguel (67)

Worst Performance
(2) Samuel Eto'o - Matt Jarvis (-26)

69% Possession 31%

543 Passes Attempted 179
Willian 69 Most Attempted 25 Andy Carroll

89% Passing Accuracy 65%
80% In Opp. Half 48%
John Obi Mikel 93% Best Accuracy (min. 15 passes) 78% Stewart Downing

54 Long Balls 64
Willian 8 Most Long Balls (excl. GK) 6 Matthew Taylor

Most Frequent Pass Combination
Ramies to Willian 15 - 9 Adrian to Carroll

 15 Aerial Duels Won 20 
 43% Success 57% 
Gary Cahill 7 Most Won 9 Andy Carroll

Willian 95 Most Touches 49 Stewart Downing

 Offensive Play 
39 Attempts on Goal 1
9 On Target 1
16 Off Target 0
14 Blocked 0
59% From Outside the Box 0%
Frank Lampard 6 Most Shots 1 James Tomkins

35 Key Passes 1
Willian 9 Most Key Passes 1 Stewart Downing

34 Crosses 14
Willian 12 Most Attempted 9 Stewart Downing

8 Successful Crosses 5
24% Success 36%
Willian 4 Most Successful 5 Stewart Downing

17 Take Ons Attempted 13
11 Successful Take Ons 5
65% Success 38%
Willian 3 Most Take Ons 1 Stewart Dowing

 Defensive Play 
20 Tackles Attempted 31
10 Successful Tackles 12
50% Success 39%
Willian 4 Most Tackles 4 James Collins

23 Clearances 56
Gary Cahill 7 Most Clearances 13 James Collins

6 Interceptions 10
John Obi Mikel 2 Most Interceptions 3 Stewart Downing

0 Shot Blocks 14
n/a 0 Most Shot Blocks 7 Matthew Taylor

 Discipline 
 11 Fouls 12 
Ramires 4 Most Fouls 5 Andy Carroll

1 Yellow Cards 3
Chelsea:  Ramires   
West Ham United:  Joey O'Brien,  Matthew Taylor Kevin Nolan 

0 Red Cards 0
Chelsea:     
West Ham United:     

 Head to Heads 
Petr Cech vs Adrian San Miguel
0 Goals Conceded 0
1 Saves 9
  
3 Claims 2
3 Successful Claims 2
100% Success 100%

28 Total Distribution 37
21 Accurate 20
75% Success 54%

3 Goal Kicks 22
2 Accurate 15
67% Success 68%
  
8 Throw Outs 2
8 Accurate 2
100% Success 100%

1 Kick from Hand 3
1 Accurate 0
100% Success 0%
  
16 Other 10
10 Accurate 3
63% Success 30%

0 Errors Leading to Shot 0
0 Errors Leading to Goal 0

John Terry 5 Most Passed To 9 Andy Carroll
John Terry 4 Most Passes From 1 Guy Demel

John Terry vs James Collins
4 Aerial Duels 1
1 Duels Won 1
25% Success 100%
  
0 Tackles Attempted 4
0 Tackles Completed 3
0% Success 75%
  
4 Clearances 13
1 Interceptions 1
0 Blocks 2
0 6yrd Blocks 0
  
0 Errors Leading to Shot 0
0 Errors Leading to Goal 0
  
51 Passes Attempted 9
48 Successful 4
94% Success 44%
  
0 Crosses Attempted 0
0 Successful 0
0% Success 0%
  
0 Chances Created 0
  
1 Attempts on Goal 0
1 On Target 0
0 Goals 0
  
Oscar 7 Most Passed To 2 Kevin Nolan
Cesar Azpilicueta 9 Most Passes From 2 Mark Noble

Ramires vs Matthew Taylor
51 Passes Attempted 21
46 Successful 13
90% Success 62%
  
3 Key Passes 0
0 Assists 0
  
4 Attempts on Goal 0
0 On Target 0
0 Goals 0
  
4 Take Ons Attempted 3
2 Take Ons Successful 1
50% Success 33%
  
4 Tackles Attempted 6
2 Tackles Completed 3
50% Success 50%
  
1 Clearances 2
0 Interceptions 0
0 Blocks 0
0 6yrd Blocks 0
  
1 Errors Leading to Shot 0
0 Errors Leading to Goal 0
  
Willian 15 Most Passed To 7 Stewart Downing
John Obi Mikel 14 Most Passes From 3 Kevin Nolan

Samuel Eto'o vs Andy Carroll
4 Attempts on Goal 0
1 On Target 0
0 Goals 0
  
3 Key Passes 0
0 Assists 0
  
19 Passes Attempted 25
14 Successful 12
74% Success 48%
  
3 Take Ons 1
0 Sucecssful Take Ons 0
0% Success 0%
  
1 Aerial Duels 13
0 Duels Won 9
0% Success 69%
  
Eden Hazard 4 Most Passed To 4 Kevin Nolan
Eden Hazard 9 Most Passes From 9 Adrian San Miguel

Tuesday 28 January 2014

Chelsea vs West Ham United

Wednesday 29th January 2014
19:45
Stamford Bridge

Chelsea vs West Ham United

Analysis
When you need a win, there are two places you don’t want to go. The first is the Etihad, as we found out earlier this month. The second is Stamford Bridge, particularly when José Mourinho is in charge of Chelsea, or, actually, the home ground of any Mourinho side.

Unbelievably, Mourinho has only ever lost two home league games in his managerial career. Once with Porto against Beira-Mar back in February 2002, and then again with Real Madrid against Sporting de Gijon in April 2011.

So, away banker, right?

We learnt the hard way this season that Chelsea can be ruthless when they want to be. Their attacking foursome of Samuel Eto’o, Willian, Eden Hazard and Oscar can perform to such high levels of quality, that an injury to Fernando Torres and the sale of Juan Mata will barely touch the sides, in terms of reducing their threat.

Of those attacking players, there is one in particular that typifies a Mourinho side. Many criticised the Portuguese for leaving Mata out of his lineup in preference for Oscar at the start of the season, but the little Brazilian has been wonderful this season.

Six goals and two assists in his 20 league appearances don’t really do the attacked justice, as Oscar has an all-round game that has really impressed.

His pass completion rate for the season stands at 82%. He has created 24 chances for his colleagues. He has successfully gone by his man with 50% of his 36 attempted dribbles. He isn’t afraid to challenge in the air, with 55 attempted duels this season.

But what is really impressive about Oscar is his work rate from the front. So far this season, he has attempted 69 tackles. That’s more than three per game. More impressively, he has won 61% of those tackles (42). And unlike other forwards asked to put the foot in, Oscar isn’t one to shirk a physical battle. So far this season, he has not only won more than two tackles per game, but he has also conceded 23 fouls, showing his eagerness and desire to win back the ball.


And possibly his best defensive performance this season came at the Boleyn back in November.

Oscar put in 9 attempted tackles that day, winning 6 of them. He also committed 3 fouls, created three chances, and scored the all-important second goal.

The image below shows his tackles against West Ham. You’ll notice that they are highly concentrated far up the left flank, targeting Guy Demel, in what was a poor performance from the right back. West Ham will need to watch out for this sort of performance from the Brazilian should we hope to gain anything more than a sound beating on Wednesday night.


The other man that all West Ham fans know to watch out for is none other than our very own Frank Lampard.

Here’s how it usually goes: Lampard, out of form / out of the side, gets booed and jeered by the West Ham fans. Then he scores. Then he often scores again.

In 17 appearances against his former club, the now Chelsea legend has managed 7 goals and 5 assists. And his record against us makes for upsetting reading: Pl 17, W 12, D 2, L 3. That’s a win record of 71%.

Last time we played them, Lampard was excellent. He had six shots, four on target, two in the net. Created four chances for his team, had a pass accuracy of 87%, attempted 5 tackles (winning 2), made one interception, and another 5 clearances. It was a wonderful performance, and it really punished us.

We know the England centurion can punish sides, I’d say we know that better than most. If we give him the opportunity to shoot, he will take it, and, against us, he often scores.

The image below shows Lampard’s shots on goal this season.


The final player I thought I’d mention is someone who may not even play. Mohamed Salah is the newest addition to Chelsea’s array of attacking talent, having joined over the weekend from FC Basel.

The reason I thought I’d mention Salah, is that there is a perception amongst some West Ham fans that we are the side against which players break their duck, grab a debut goal, or reach a milestone. When Torres only scored one in his first 15 games or so for Chelsea, who did it come against? You got it.

Most of us don’t know too much about Salah, coming over from the Swiss league, and playing his international football for Egypt has kept him somewhat under the radar. But his displays in the Champions League this season, notably against Chelsea, caused the Blues to snap him up this window.

In Basel’s home game against Chelsea, Salah had an 80% pass accuracy, completed 2 of his 3 attempted take-ons, created two chances for his team, and scored the winning goal. A performance of such quality that Mourinho felt the Egyptian was a capable replacement for the wonderful Mata.

The image below shows Salah’s heat map from that game. It is abundantly clear that the winger will fit in with Chelsea’s attacking style, constantly roaming and switching flanks.


Basically, this is going to be a very tough game.

We won’t expect to get anything, but with the likes of Guy Demel, James Tomkins, George McCartney and Ricardo Vâz Te returning from absence, and the new arrivals Antonio Nocerino and Marco Borriello bolstering the ranks, who knows what could happen?

 Head to Head 
40% Head to Head Win % 40%
53 Won 53
28 Drawn 28
53 Lost 53
229 Goals Scored 242
242 Goals Conceded 229

 Recent Form 
W W W W W W Last 6 L L L W L L
13 Goals Scored 4
2 Goals Conceded 19
  
W W W W W W Home/Away Form W L L L L W
10 Goals Scored 6
3 Goals Conceded 17
  
 Form Player (Last 6 League) 
Eden Hazard - Mark Noble
6 Appearances 5
510 Minutes Played 482
  
193 Sum Squawka Performance Score 83
32 Average Squawka Performance Rating 17
  
221 Passes Attempted 249
170 Completed 212
77% Success Rate 85%
  
12 Chances Created 7
1 Assists 0
  
7 Attempts on Goal 6
4 On Target 2
3 Goals 1

37 Take Ons Attempted 3
21 Successful Take Ons 2
57% Success Rate 67%
  
8 Tackles Made 26
3 Successful Tackles 9
38% Success Rate 35%
  
4 Interceptions 13
3 Clearances 9
0 Blocks 5
1 Defensive Actions Per Game 5
  
7 Aerial Duels 2
3 Won 1
43% Success Rate 50%

0 Defensive Errors 2
0 Leading to a Goal 0
  
 Last Meeting 
23 November 2013
0-1 Frank Lampard 21'
0-2 Oscar 34'
0-3 Frank Lampard 82'
  
4-2-3-1 Starting Formation 4-6-0

Petr Cech - Jussi Jääskeläinen
Branislav Ivanovic - Guy Demel
Gary Cahill - James Tomkins
John Terry - James Collins
Cesar Azpilicueta - Joey O'Brien
Jon Obi Mikel - (40') Joe Cole
Frank  Lampard - (40') Jack Collison
Oscar (83') - Mark Noble
Ramires - Stewart Wodning
Eden Hazard (84') - (76') Kevin Nolan
Samuel Eto'o (79') - Ravel Morrison

 Subs 
Mark Schwarzer - Adrian San Miguel
Ashley Cole - George McCartney
Michael Essien (84') - (76') Matt Jarvis
Juan Mata - Matthew Taylor
Willian - (40') Mohamed Diamé
Andre Schurrle (83') - (40') Modibo Maïga
Demba Ba (79') - Carlton Cole

 Absentees 
 Injured/Doubtful 
Chelsea: Winston Reid, Mohamed Diamé, Joe Cole
West Ham United: Marko van Ginkel, Fernando Torres

 Suspensions 
Chelsea: n/a
West Ham United: n/a

  Opposition Last Time Out (League)
vs Manchester United
 Goals Scored: 3
 Goals Conceded: 1
 Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1

  Petr Cech

  Branislav Ivanovic  Gary Cahill  John Terry  Cesar Azplicueta

  Ramires  David Luiz

  Willian (86')  Oscar (68')  Eden Hazard

  Samuel Eto'o (79')

 subs:
Mark Schwarzer
  Ashley Cole
  Frank Lampard
  Juan Mata
  Jon Obi Mikel (68')
  Nemanja Matic (86')
  Fernando Torres (79')
  
 Best Player: Samuel Eto'o
 Squawka Rating: 92
 Worst Player: Oscar
 Squawka Rating: -19
  
 Top 5's (Min 5 Apps) 
 Goals Scored 
Eden Hazard 9 - 4 Carlton Cole
Oscar 6 - 3 Joe Cole
Samuel Eto'o 6 - 3 Ravel Morrison
Frank Lampard 4 - 2 Ricardo Vâz Te
Fernando Torres 4 - 2 Kevin Nolan

 Assists 
Eden Hazard 5 - 4 Kevin Nolan
Frank Lampard 3 - 3 Matt Jarvis
Juan Mata* 2 - 2 Modibo Maïga
Ashley Cole 2 - 2 Ravel Morrison
Fernando Torres 2 - 1 Andy Carroll

 Passing Accuracy 
Jon Obi Mikel 90% - 86% Ravel Morrison
John Terry 90% - 84% Mark Noble
Ashley Cole 89% - 82% Stewart Downing
Gary Cahill 86% - 81% Jack Collison
Andre Schurrle 86% - 80% Joe Cole

 Chances Created per game 
Eden Hazard 2.4 - 1.9 Stewart Downing
Juan Mata* 2.3 - 1.7 Mark Noble
Willian 1.5 - 1.2 Matt Jarvis
Frank Lampard 1.3 - 0.9 Kevin Nolan
Oscar 1.2 - 0.9 Modibo Maïga

 Successful Dribbles per game 
Eden Hazard 3.5 - 2.1 Mohamed Diamé
Michael Essien 1.4 - 2.1 Ravel Morrison
Willian 1.4 - 1.3 Mark Noble
Fernando Torres 1.2 - 0.9 Stewart Downing
Ramires 1 - 0.8 Guy Demel

 Tackles per game 
Cesar Azplicueta 3.6 - 2.5 Mark Noble
Ramires 3.2 - 2.5 Mohamed Diamé
Ashley Cole 2.7 - 2.3 James Collins
Oscar 2.5 - 2 Winston Reid
Frank Lampard 2 - 1.8 Kevin Nolan

 Aerial Duels Won per game 
Branislav Ivanovic 4.2 - 5.9 Modibo Maïga
John Terry 3.3 - 4.5 James Tomkins
Fernando Torres 3.1 - 3.7 James Collins
Gary Cahill 3.1 - 3.2 Winston Reid
David Luiz 2.6 - 2.4 Carlton Cole

 Manager 
José Mourinho - Sam Allardyce
67.1% Current Club Win % 40%
147 Won 48
45 Drawn 31
27 Lost 41
  
67.6% Managerial Career Win % 39.7%
452 Won 342
131 Drawn 230
85 Lost 288

7 League Titles 2
13 Cup Wins 0