Fewest goals conceded after five games of the 2021/22 Premier League season:
1 - Chelsea
1 - Man City
1 - Liverpool
Defence wins titles… but they can’t all lift the trophy.
Fewest goals conceded after five games of the 2021/22 Premier League season:
1 - Chelsea
1 - Man City
1 - Liverpool
Defence wins titles… but they can’t all lift the trophy.
-3 - Spurs have lost consecutive Premier League matches by a 3+ goal margin for the first time since their opening two games of the 2011-12 campaign (0-3 vs Man Utd, 1-5 vs Man City.
4 - Harry Kane has failed to score in his first four Premier League appearances of a season for the first time since 2015-16, with the England striker attempting just four shots in this current campaign.
Thiago Silva’s game by numbers vs. Spurs:
100% aerial duels won
100% shot accuracy
7 ball recoveries
6 clearances
5 duels won
5 touches in the opp. box
4 aerial duels won
3 interceptions
2 shots
1 goal scored
0 fouls committed
0 goals conceded
O Monstro does it again.
Marcos Alonso had more shots and created more chances than any other player against Tottenham:
4 Shots
4 Chances Created
He also had the joint most shots on target (2) and got an assist.
César Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva and Marcos Alonso (all 5) had more touches in the opposition box than Harry Kane (2) during Chelsea’s 3-0 win against Spurs.
He still doesn’t have a Premier League goal this season.
No team has managed more shots on target in a Premier League match this season than Chelsea vs Tottenham (10)
All 10 came in the 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 at Tottenham…
Mateo Kovačić made more successful tackles (6) than any other player on the pitch during Spurs 0-3 Chelsea and no opposition player dribbled past him.
And he got another assist.
Liverpool and Chelsea have the exact same record in the Premier League this season:
Games played: 5
Wins: 4
Draws: 1
Losses: 0
Goals scored: 12
Goals against: 1
Goal difference: 11
Antonio Rüdiger’s game by numbers vs. Spurs:
◉ 100% shot accuracy
◉ 100% aerial duels won
◎ 2 interceptions
◎ 2 clearances
◎ 1 goal
◎ 0 fouls committed
A human wall.
N’golo Kante for Chelsea:
• 2 goals against Tottenham
• 2 goals against Man Utd
• 2 goals against Man City
• 1 goal against Liverpool
• 1 goal against Leicester
He saves it for the big games.