A look back at the stats from Chelsea’s first 8 games of the season shows a team in real trouble.
You can look at the results – three wins, two draws, three losses, you can look at the goals conceded vs. scored, or for a slightly more detailed look at how we’re playing, you can look at the expected goals for and against.
A year ago, Thomas Tuchel’s Blues were racking up North of 2 expected goals per game, and regularly keeping the opposition to below 0.5 expected goals.
This season the difference between the two is tiny, and in one game our opposition has reversed the balance, as Leeds battered us.
We’ve yet to break the 2 xG goal barrier in a game, and on two occasions we’ve allowed more than 1.5 goals against us.
Graham Potter’s task is complex, but it’s also quite simple. Get this team generating more clear cut chances, and stop it giving away so many to the opposition.