For the remainder of the season, I will be travelling with a back up laptop so please excuse any shortfall in posts
This week’s crisis team, Chelsea.
Match of the Day
Jordon Ibe has picked up 3 assists in his most recent two games. He managed just one in 25 appearances for Bournemouth last season
Win Percentages
in spite of spending well in excess of 200 million pounds on players since last season’s title-winning season, Chelsea are in some danger of failing to make the top 4 and the end of Conte’s reign as manager now appears to be a matter of when rather than if
He and Guardiola have now managed 64 games in the Premier League with each winning 45
Here are how the top manager/team combinations all-time(min 6 games) have started their incumbencies
At the 20 game mark, Conte had an 80% win rate but this has been on the slide in contrast to Guardiola’s upward trend - particularly marked at the beginning of this season. However, Mourinho’s 78% trumps both over the first seaon and two-thirds in the Premier League
Benteke may be struggling to score, but at least he has 7 assists - with 4 the most he has recorded in any previous season
Consecutive thumpings
A late collapse to Watford consigned Chelsea to consecutive losses by three goal margins for the first time since they were beaten 1-4 by Man Utd. and 3-0 by Blackburn, two powerhouses in October 1995
Here are the most recent occurrences for the 38 teams that have suffered the indignation at least once
Six teams have already had consecutive drubbings handed to them this season but Premier League ever-presents, Arsenal and Liverpool, have never suffered the fate
Tweet of the Week
#CPFC may not have won a game without Zaha since September 2016 but they have only ONCE ever drawn a game without him since he returned to them in #EPL - and it was against #EFC #EVECRY pic.twitter.com/iCnwFfiui2
— Andrew Clark (@pssGuy) February 9, 2018
Totally Football and Guardian Weekly Review Podcasts
Results and Table
Final Factoid
Looking like a 3-way race for Player of Season with pre-season favourit de Bruyne(7 goals, 22 assists) being challenged by Salah(21/11) and Kane(22/8)
Plenty more NEW data at the premiersoccerstats site
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