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.

http://epl.squawka.com/swansea-city-vs-newcastle-united/

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.

http://epl.squawka.com/fulham-vs-swansea-city/

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’.

http://www.squawka.com/players/wilfried-bony

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 11^th 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

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.

http://epl.squawka.com/chelsea-vs-west-ham-united/29-01-2014/english-barclays-premier-league/matches

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

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.

http://www.squawka.com/players/oscar

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.

http://epl.squawka.com/west-ham-united-vs-chelsea/

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.

http://www.squawka.com/players/frank-lampard

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.

http://champions-league.squawka.com/basel-vs-chelsea/

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