Chelsea additional strengthened their title problem with a 2-1 victory over Brentford that moved them to inside two factors of leaders Liverpool within the Premier League desk.
Regardless of Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca telling reporters that his aspect are ‘not ready to compete for the title,‘ the victory at Stamford Bridge was Chelsea’s fifth consecutive win in the league and they’re at the moment the league’s most in-form aspect.
After a number of home windows of splashing the money, it appears that evidently Maresca has lastly discovered a method for bringing one of the best out of the wealth of expertise at his disposal.
Chelsea dominated Brentford with 62% possession and 26 goal attempts in a sport that ought to have seen a extra comfy scoreline for the Blues.
Targets from Marc Cucurella and Nicolas Jackson ensured the three factors stayed at Stamford Bridge however two of Todd Boehly‘s signings specifically are grabbing the headlines for his or her sensational kind this season.
Cole Palmer’s season in numbers
Cole Palmer has dazzled since his £40m move from Manchester City again in 2023. The Chelsea playmaker was named Premier League and PFA Younger Participant of the Yr final season after telling GQ journal that he ‘got persuaded to move to Chelsea’ and wasn’t anticipating to go away his boyhood membership Manchester Metropolis.
Since then, Palmer hasn’t appeared again and after amassing 22 goals and 11 assists in his first season at Stamford Bridge, the England star has continued his effective kind with 11 goals and six assists already this marketing campaign.
The playmaker has already supplied some magical moments in a Chelsea shirt this time period, together with scoring 4 first-half targets v Brighton and lately scoring a ‘Panenka’ fashion penalty towards rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Nonetheless, it appears that it is not simply the signing of Palmer that’s beginning to click on at Chelsea and one other midfielder in Maresca’s aspect could also be simply as huge of a consider Chelsea’s main upturn in kind.
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How Enzo Fernandez is proving his price ticket
It’s honest to say that it has taken some time for midfielder Enzo Fernandez to show why Chelsea paid £107m again in January 2023. It was just a few months in the past that a number of Chelsea information shops and followers had been calling the Argentine midfielder a ‘waste of cash.’
But, after a difficult begin to the present marketing campaign, Fernandez has now began to point out why proprietor Boehly splashed the money on the World Cup winner and the midfielder’s performances have been a key consider driving Chelsea to inside touching distance of the summit of the Premier League.
Fernandez has made 20 appearances in all competitions for Chelsea this season and already has 11 goal contributions with three goals and eight assists.
While the significance of Palmer is evident for followers and pundits alike to see, Chelsea boss Maresca can have little doubt seen the rising affect of the Argentine midfielder on his aspect and the very fact he’s outperforming Palmer in a variety of key metrics.
Fernandez has a higher percentage of shots on target than Palmer and has created nearly one objective motion per sport in his appearances thus far this season.
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Enzo Fernandez v Cole Palmer season 24/25 |
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Stats (per 90) |
Fernandez |
Palmer |
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Photographs on track |
40% |
38.9% |
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Move completion |
82% |
74.5% |
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Purpose creating actions |
0.93 |
0.65 |
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Touches |
820 |
798 |
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Tackles received |
16 |
7 |
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Aerial duels received |
16.7% |
0% |
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Stats by way of FBref |
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Chelsea are more and more seeking to play by way of the previous Benfica man in midfield, with Fernandez having more touches than Palmer regardless of enjoying fewer minutes and having the next go completion than his colleague.
Defensively, Fernandez is outperforming Palmer in key areas too, having won nine more tackles and profitable considerably extra aerial duels.
Profitable the Premier League requires particular gamers to come back to the fore and with Fernandez and Palmer, Chelsea actually look to have two in-form abilities at current.
Maybe the Argentine might go on to usurp Palmer as Boehly’s finest purchase within the close to future…
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