Key Players
A key battle will be how well compatriots David Silva and Juan Mata can control the game for their teams. If either of these players can show their influence it could tip the game in their teams favour. The stats below show that both of them are having fantastic seasons and although David Silva may have more assists than Mata, it is Juan Mata that has created more chances for his team and at a better rate than his rival. They’ve both scored five goals and their Chance Conversion is the same too. They differ on shooting accuracy where David has the edge. It’s worth noting they they’ve attempted 46 and 44 shots at goal this season so they’re pretty close in each and every aspect of the game.
Apart from Daniel Sturridge Chelsea’s strikers haven’t really produced this season and their main threat has been from Lampard who is the top scorer for them in the Premier League with ten goals.
Lampard’s form has been impressive this season scoring a goal every two games and managing 62% of them on target. His chance conversion of 29% is higher than all three Manchester City strikers highlighted in this article (Aguero 22%, Balotelli 23%, Dzeko 22%).
Meanwhile Manchester City can call upon Sergio Aguero, Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko. However how have these three performed in 2012? The stats show that all three players have only scored three league goals each in 2012. As a combined force that is great however they were lighting up the league in the first half of the season and the stats below show their performances / finishing haven’t been as crisp as the first half of the season.
Is it burn out or pressure? Or a combination of both?
Next page: Full 2012 attacking stats for Aguero, Balotelli & Dzeko…
