Hugo Lloris has made more saves than anyone else in the Premier League and massively more diving saves which suggest not only is he making more saves but he is making the harder saves as well.
GOALKEEPERS
| P | SUB |
| SAVES | GC | GK | FC | FS | Y | R |
| Mins |
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| H. Lloris | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | 11 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 720 |
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| M. Vorm | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 0 |
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| B. Friedel | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 0 |
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P = Games Started, SUB = Substitute Appearances, SAVES = Saves, GC = Goals Conceded, HK = Goal Kicks, FC = Fouls Conceded, FS = Fouls Suffered, Y = Yellow, R = Red, Mins = Total Minutes Played
It also rather suggests that we are not yet defending well as a team. Defending is not just about the defenders but the midfielders play a very important part providing the shield in front of them. If that shield fails the defence are put under pressure and that is happening too much at the moment.
We can look good going forward at time, but we look a mess in defence at times. Until the players learn the system then they have to think harder during the game about where they should be rather than it being a bit more natural, a bit more second nature.
DEFENDERS
| P | SUB | G | A | SHOTS | T | CL | CO | FC | FS | Y | R |
| Mins |
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| Y. Kaboul | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 55 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 720 |
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| D. Rose | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 695 |
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| E. Dier | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 605 |
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| J. Vertonghen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 380 |
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| V. Chiriches | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 180 |
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| K. Naughton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 151 |
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| F. Fazio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 |
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| B. Davies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |
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| K. Walker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 0 |
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P = Games Started, SUB = Substitute Appearances, G = Goals, A = Assists, T = Tackles, CL = Clearances, CO - Corners Taken, FC = Fouls Conceded, SR = Fouls Suffered, Y = Yellow Cards, R = Red Cards, Mins = Total Minutes Played
MIDFIELDERS
| P | SUB | G | A | SHOTS | PASS | FK | COR | FC | FS | Y | R |
| Mins |
|---|
| E. Capoue | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 539 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 676 |
|---|
| E. Lamela | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 293 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 660 |
|---|
| C. Eriksen | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 401 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 649 |
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| N. Chadli | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 550 |
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| M. Dembélé | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 251 |
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| R. Mason | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 250 |
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| N. Bentaleb | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 218 |
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| A. Lennon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 107 |
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| A. Townsend | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 |
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| Paulinho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |
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| B. Stambouli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |
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| C. Ceballos | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 0 |
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P = Games Started, SUB = Substitute Appearances, G = Goals, A = Assists, SHOTS = Shots , PASS = Passes, FK = Free-Kicks, COR = Corners Taken, FC = Fouls Conceded, SR = Fouls Suffered, Y = Yellow Cards, R = Red Cards, Mins = Total Minutes Played
FORWARDS
| P | SUB | G | A | SHOTS | PASS | FK | COR | FC | FS | Y | R |
| Mins |
|---|
| E. Adebayor | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 602 |
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| R. Soldado | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 129 |
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| H. Kane | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 |
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P = Games Started, SUB = Substitute Appearances, G = Goals, A = Assists, SHOTS = Shots , PASS = Passes, FK = Free-Kicks, COR = Corners Taken, FC = Fouls Conceded, SR = Fouls Suffered, Y = Yellow Cards, R = Red Cards, Mins = Total Minutes Played
(Stats by Opta)
Roberto Soldado played no part during the midweek win over Asteras Tripolis and Mauricio Pochettino usually rests players who are going to play at the weekend. The team selection on Thursday suggests the Spaniard has taken over from Adebayor as the first choice striker.
It would be no surprise given Adebayor was nowhere near the last defender most of the time he was on the field but continually 10 yards back. Soldado put in a display against Manchester City that had promise and posed more of a goal threat than Adebayor.
It's up to Soldado to take his opportunity, this run of games may be the last chance he will get, the gunslinger in the last chance saloon firing to be the last man standing.
Premier League Table and Statistics
- Chelsea currently sit top of the Premier League having doubled our number of points in just 8 games.
- Mauricio Pochettino's old club Southampton are 5 points ahead of us with a goal difference of +14 compared to our -1.
- Tottenham are 4 points off a relegation place but have played 5 of the 8 games against teams currently above us in the table. Against the 3 teams below us we only have 1 win.
Team | P | GD | Pts |
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 Chelsea | 8 | 15 | 22 |
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 Manchester City | 8 | 10 | 17 |
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 Southampton | 8 | 14 | 16 |
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 West Ham United | 8 | 4 | 13 |
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 Liverpool | 8 | 1 | 13 |
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 Manchester United | 7 | 3 | 11 |
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 Arsenal | 8 | 2 | 11 |
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 Swansea City | 8 | 1 | 11 |
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 Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | -1 | 11 |
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 Stoke City | 8 | -1 | 11 |
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 Hull City | 8 | 0 | 10 |
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 Aston Villa | 8 | -8 | 10 |
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 Everton | 8 | 0 | 9 |
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 Leicester City | 8 | -2 | 9 |
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 West Bromwich Albion | 7 | -1 | 8 |
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 Crystal Palace | 8 | -3 | 8 |
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 Sunderland | 8 | -7 | 8 |
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 Newcastle United | 8 | -6 | 7 |
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 Burnley | 8 | -9 | 4 |
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 Queens Park Rangers | 8 | -12 | 4 |
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It's another game (Newcastle United) where we need to be picking up three points without any slip-ups or hard luck stories. Create chances, be clinical with fingers crossed Soldado fires his bullets and bags a couple from open play.
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