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

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