The Data Day: Crystal Palace v Chelsea NEWS 5 hours The statistics suggest our domination of the ball on Saturday paved the way for a seventh league win of the season. We made 751 passes on Saturday – with an 89% completion rate – and that is a Premier League record. No team has made more passes away from home since the league’s inception in 1992. It is no surprise then we had 72% possession, by some distance the highest share of the ball we have enjoyed this season. Cesc Fabregas completed 110 of those passes, with his midfield partner Nemanja Matic not far behind with 103. The duo were involved in the highest and equal second-highest pass combinations, too. Oscar and Eden Hazard were next with regards to successful passes – completing 85 and 69 respectively – and it was that quartet that were also above anyone else on the pitch when it came to passes in the attacking third. Fabregas’s goal made him the 10th different Chelsea player to score in the Premier League this season, more than any other club. Alongside his second goal for the Blues Fabregas also created three chances on Saturday and made 14 ball recoveries – both game-high figures. Fabregas spoke after the game about being man-marked prior to Palace being reduced to 10 men - something Jose Mourinho also commented on - and he made nearly 30 more passes in the second half when both sides were a man short. Elsewhere we succeeded in 15 of our 21 take-ons – Hazard had the most with five – while half of our six crosses picked out a team-mate, in contrast to 20% of Palace’s 15 balls into the box.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:55:01 +0000
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