Chelsea You are currently sitting six in Premier league,, Scored 47 goals in 25 gamesMaking them to the fifth highest in the division this season, on average 58.6% of possession, which is the second highest in the league and takes 16 shots per game, fourth place in this metric in the division.
Enzo Maresca Side has created the second highest xg in the Premier League this season, With 51.79 xg generated in their 25 league matchesOnly Liverpool who has more with 63.21 xg. However, although their XG generation is high, the blues conversion rate is one of the lowest in the league.
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Chelseav goal Premier League – last ten seasons |
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Season |
Naked |
League position |
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2014/15 |
73 |
1. |
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2015/16 |
59 |
10. |
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2016/17 |
85 |
1. |
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2017/18 |
62 |
5. |
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2018/19 |
63 |
3. |
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2019/20 |
69 |
4. |
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2020/21 |
58 |
4. |
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2021/22 |
76 |
3. |
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2022/23 |
38 |
12. |
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2023/24 |
77 |
6. |
Much of this is Nicolas Jackson’s recent injury, along with a disadvantage of clinical ending at the upper end of the field. Maresca’s side has often shaped a high xg chance this season, consuming them and therefore negatively affect their chances of converting the performance into points.
Nicolas Jackson’s injury
Chelsea signed Jackson at the Summer Transition Window 2023/24, with the Senegal striker joined Blues for A fee of around £ 32 million.
Since his arrival, 23-year-old has made 68 appearances for the clubscoring 26 goals, securing 11 assists and a total of 5,312 minutes played.
Jackson had a pathetic season under Maresc, starting in red, net eight times in the first 13 Premier League games this seasonBefore you go for a bad form, only once in the last ten league matches.
Since Jackson is now expected to go out until April and Marc Gui has also been injured, Chelsea is without a natural number nine – something that makes the composition clearly cry, and maybe something that should be thought about when selling.
Chelsea has already sold a potential Jackson replacement
After spending some time on loan before his permanent sale, Chelsea agreed to sell álvaro Morata in 2019 Atlético Madrid, with Spanish club pays £ 58.3 million for an attacker.
Ever since he left Blues, initially on loan in 2019, Morata scored 98 goals for many clubsincluding Atlético Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan and Galatasaray.
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Álvaro Morata vs nicolas jackson comparison |
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Statistics (90 min) |
Morata |
Jackson |
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Goals |
0.35 |
0.47 |
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Helping |
0.04 |
0.26 |
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xg |
0.29 |
0.59 |
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Progressive carries |
1.19 |
2.12 |
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Progressive passage |
1.76 |
1.40 |
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Records in total |
2.16 |
3.26 |
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Goals/Shots |
0.14 |
0.14 |
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Goals -xg |
+0.05 |
-0.12 |
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Key passes |
0.80 |
1.30 |
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Actions of cracking |
1.93 |
3.21 |
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Air duels beat |
1.08 |
0.67 |
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Statistics taken from Fref |
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When comparing the basic metrics of two attackers this season, you can see that Morata would offer something a little different, offering an additional air threat to the side and prevailing your XG performance, compared to Jackson, which weakens his XG.
The expected goals (xg) is a metric intended for measuring the likelihood of cracking, resulting in the goal.
The age dynamics between the two would not be a problem, because the 32-year-old Morata would offer the experience of Chelsea’s side, which is missing in this department, which makes a healthy and competitive dynamics between the two.
Although it is easy to judge backwards, Chelsea could use an more experienced striker who was ready to turn to Jackson, which could have added a new dynamics for the team in certain games, and helped cover injuries like the recent Jackson and Guiu.
As it is, Maresca may be forced to use Christopher Nkinka has an improvised number nine, or instead watch the Academy …
