Chelsea suffered their sixth defeat of the season after going down 1-0 against Everton in the English Premier League. Richarlison scored the only goal of the match in the opening minutes of the second half. The Blues were unable to get past Jordan Pickford in Everton’s goal and are just three points above Arsenal in the fourth position.
We’ve broken down all the key stats for you to digest, including;
* shot maps
* xT (expected threat)
* pass networks
* xG timelines
* defensive duels
* average positions and much more!
We also try to answer some questions for you with the visuals;
How many recoveries were made by Everton inside the opposition’s half? Who attempted the most shots for Chelsea?
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At the end of the gallery, you’ll be able to download the full PDF stats report.
Everton started in a five-at-the-back formation, with Fabian Delph coming back into the side. Richarlison once again led the lineup ahead of Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
The average position of the starting XI shows that Frank Lampard’s men focused on attacking from the centre, and the average position of their wide forwards was also towards the centre.
Chelsea played in a 3-4-2-1 formation, with Timo Werner leading the attack alongside Mason Mount and fellow German international Kai Havertz. Ruben Loftus-Cheek played in the heart of the midfield alongside Jorginho.
The average position of the starting XI shows that Timo Werner played on his favoured left side. Kai Havertz and Mason Mount played a more central role in the attack.
The Blues had 72% possession of the ball and created 37 positional attacks. Chelsea dominated possession in every phase of the match and attempted more shots. Everton players made 29 recoveries inside the opposition’s half and were more dangerous on the counter. Chelsea players attempted 77 passes in the final third with a high passing accuracy rate.
Reece James and Antonio Rüdiger attempted three shots each for the visiting team. Ruben Loftus-Cheek had a good game in the midfield as he was the player who made the most recoveries inside the opposition’s half and won the most aerial duels. Anthony Gordon attempted three shots for Everton and was the best dribbler of the ball.
Everton players attempted seven shots and hit the target twice. Of these seven shots, four were attempted from inside the opposition’s penalty box.
Chelsea players attempted 16 shots with a 25% shot accuracy rate. A total of nine shots were attempted from inside the opposition’s penalty box, with three of them being on target.
The xT timeline shows that Everton created more threats in the first half, mostly towards the end of the first half. Chelsea gained momentum towards the end of the match and attempted 12 shots in the second half. César Azpilicueta had the highest xG rate in the match.
Alex Iwobi attempted the most passes for the Toffees. He attempted 32 passes, seven each towards Richarlison and Anthony Gordon. Gordon was on the receiving end of most of his passes.
Antonio Rudiger attempted 102 passes for the away team and was on the receiving end of 86 passes. Of his 102 passes, 22 were towards Thiago Silva and 21 towards Marcos Alonso.
Richarlison’s 11 passes included three crosses and one smart pass. He was the only player in the match who attempted a smart pass. Of the 11 passes attempted by him, two landed inside the opposition’s 18-yard box and two inside the 6-yard box.
Chelsea players didn’t attempt a single smart pass in the game. Reece James was the highest crosser of the ball with six crosses. Marcos Alonso attempted 54 passes, and six of them landed inside the opposition’s penalty box.
Everton players created fewer threats in the final third, and they were mainly attacking from the left side. Richarlison and Alex Iwobi were the highest threat creators in the team.
Anthony Gordon attempted nine dribbles and created a threat rate of 0.101. His teammate, Abdoulaye Doucoure, created the most threats with dribbles.
Chelsea players created a lot of threats from the wider positions. Antonio Rüdiger and Thiago Silva created the highest threats with their passing.
Hakim Ziyech came off the bench and attempted six dribbles. His teammate Ruben Loftus-Cheek created the highest threats from dribbles.
The home team won seven defensive duels in the defensive third. Vitaliy Mykolenko contested 13 duels and lost ten.
Everton players once again managed to win most of the aerial duels in the defensive third. However, Richarlison contested ten duels and won four.
Demarai Gray contested the highest number of loose ball duels for his side. He contested ten and won four loose ball duels.
The Blues failed to win most of their defensive duels and conceded a lot of free-kicks. Antonio Rudiger contested 12 duels and won three.
The Blues won 12 aerials duels in the defensive third. They failed to win eight aerial duels in the final third. Ruben Loftus-Cheek won five aerial duels for the away side.
Once again, Chelsea won most of the loose ball duels in the defensive third. Reece James contested the highest number of duels and failed to win most of his duels.
Everton players won two corners in the match, both from the left side. They even won four free-kicks inside the opposition’s half, and all the free-kicks were attempted in the form of a cross inside the opposition’s penalty box.
Chelsea won eight corners and one of them was a short corner. The Blues also won four free-kicks inside the opposition’s half.
Chelsea were unable to create enough threats, and this resulted in their defeat. The Blues have dropped points in the recent games and will look to return back to form in the remaining games. Everton, on the other hand, took massive three points from this game and are edging closer to safety.
If you want to download the stats report in PDF format you can do so here: Premier League Stats: Everton vs Chelsea