Chelsea are flying proper now, sat second within the Premier League, simply 4 factors adrift of league-leaders Liverpool, having smashed fierce rivals Tottenham 4-3 on Sunday, regardless of really being 2-0 down inside 11 minutes.
Enzo Maresca‘s facet have now scored 4 or extra on 4 separate events within the Premier League this season, making them the division’s top-scorers, four clear of second-placed, West London rivals Brentford, who will go to Stamford Bridge on the reasonably uncommon time of 7pm this forthcoming Sunday.
Throughout all competitions, the Blues have netted a whopping 61 goals in 23 matches, a median of two.65 objectives per sport, with the 142 goals scored within the double-winning 2009/10 season nonetheless probably the most the membership have racked up in a single marketing campaign.
Given their ongoing involvement within the UEFA Conference League, and with a revamped, expanded FIFA Membership World Cup to return subsequent June and July, the Blues may play as many as 68 matches this season that means, ought to they sustain their present scoring fee, they’re on track to smash that earlier document by bagging a staggering 180 objectives.
That is been helped by one major, specifically…
Nicolas Jackson: taking his sport to a different degree
After all, Cole Palmer is getting loads of the headlines, not least as a result of he is now taken his tally to 50 goals and assists for the reason that begin of final season within the Premier League, yet another than Mohamed Salah, who’s second on the list.
Nevertheless, the type of Nicolas Jackson shouldn’t be neglected.
Throughout his first season with the Blues, the Senegalese striker was broadly mocked, largely as a result of his propensity to overlook high-quality, high-profile probabilities. The statistics do considerably again up this narrative.
Jackson’s non-penalty objectives minus non-penalty objectives determine was -4.6, according to FBref, that means he would have been anticipated to attain virtually 5 extra objectives than he really did, primarily based on the standard of probabilities he had; solely two gamers had a decrease determine final season, specifically Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Brennan Johnson.
The Chelsea ahead additionally missed seven massive adjustments within the Premier League throughout his debut marketing campaign, albeit 11 players did squander more.
An enormous likelihood is outlined by any alternative with an anticipated objectives (xG) worth higher than 0.38.
Having mentioned that, Jackson did finish the marketing campaign having netted 17 goals in all competitions, with Ali Tweedale in Opta’s the Analyst arguing that the striker “has really been successful at Stamford Bridge”.
There are additionally indicators that the Senegalese ahead is getting even higher, having been one of many best-performing gamers within the division to date this season.
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Nicolas Jackson: 2024/25 Premier League statistics |
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Metric |
Statistic |
Premier League rank |
|
Targets |
8 |
seventh |
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Targets + Assists |
11 |
=fifth |
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Non-penalty objectives |
8 |
fifth |
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Non-penalty anticipated objectives |
7.4 |
4th |
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Pictures on track |
19 |
=4th |
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Pictures on track % |
55.9% |
eleventh |
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Objective-creating actions |
7 |
=thirteenth |
As made clear above, Jackson has been one of many excellent attackers within the Premier League to this point this season, however there may be really a former Chelsea centre-forward on the market someplace within the ether who has outscored him during the last 12 months or so.
Michy Batshuayi’s post-Chelsea profession
Michy Batshuayi arrived at Chelsea from Olympique de Marseille for a reported fee of £33m in 2016, scoring a decent 25 goals in 77 appearances for the membership.
Throughout this era nevertheless, he was loaned out 5 instances, spending time with Borussia Dortmund, Valencia, Crystal Palace twice after which Beşiktaş, earlier than lastly departing in 2022, offered to Fenerbahçe for a miserly €3m (around £2.4m).
Then, final summer season, he controversially joined Galatasaray on a free transfer, changing into only the seventh player in history to signify all of İstanbul’s massive three and the primary non-Turkish participant to realize this uncommon feat.
Up to now this season, Batshuayi has six goals to his name, on track in useless twice as Okan Buruk’s group had been dumped out of the Champions League play-offs by BSC Younger Boys in August, additionally bagging 4 Süper Lig objectives, with the defending champions six factors clear on the high.
Thus, having additionally bagged 16 objectives for Fenerbahçe in 2024, earlier than departing throughout the Bosporus Strait for his or her fiercest rivals, the Belgian has 22 objectives to his title this calendar 12 months, 5 greater than the present incumbent of Chelsea’s quantity 9 place Jackson.
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