Chelsea team news and September schedule Chelsea Team News There are times in football when every mistake is punished and every shot by the...
Chelsea team news and September schedule
Chelsea Team News There are times in football when every mistake is punished and every shot by the opposition finds its target. For Chelsea, that time seems to have come now.
The Blues have the fourth-highest goal-per-shot ratio in the top flight, behind only Leicester, Bournemouth and Man City.
Last season, the Londoners finished fourth lowest.
Most frustratingly, the team took the lead in four of the five games, including at Southampton where Raheem Sterling continued his run of
three goals from five shots in two games and just held on.
by seven points.
Of course there are some key players missing, but in general most of the players selected haven't played during the 90 minutes, except maybe against Tottenham.
Thomas Tuchel can welcome Conor Gallagher back on Saturday due to injury.
Forcing Ruben Loftus-Cheek out in the last game proved minor. With N'Golo Kante out and Mateo Kovacic clearly not at 100 per cent on his injury recovery, Carney Chukwuemeka could see some action. Reassuringly, Reece James and
Trevoh Chalobah have been training since missing Tuesday's game.
David Moyes is usually one of those managers who use the fewest players in their Premier League plans, but after a tired end to last season they are marching back to the relentless pace of Thursday/Sunday. Matches can force him to keep spinning.
His summer outputs have given him the depth he needs, including winger Maxwell Cornet, Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca, Rennes and PSG centre-backs Nayef Aguerd and Thilo Kehrer, and Chelsea left-back Emerson.
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