Romeo Lavia\u2019s poor stats from the win over the Leeds show why he\u2019s got a tough battle to become first choice.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n Chelsea\u2019s improved performance against Leeds in the FA Cup semi final last night was reflected in their match ratings on stats site FotMob.<\/p>\n Of the starting XI, every single one was rated in the 7s and 8s \u2013 apart from two.<\/p>\n Alejandro Garnacho and Romeo Lavia both got 6.6. Garnacho really struggled, but we\u2019re surprised to see Lavia\u2019s rating so low. He didn\u2019t do much that was spectacular, but his role was really to help control the ball and slow the game down.<\/p>\n He did that job fairly well, and Chelsea took the sting out of the Leeds high press and their fans at Wembley.<\/p>\n The stats weren\u2019t as kind as our impression of how he played.<\/p>\n Just an 81% pass completion rate is very low for the Belgian, given he\u2019s such a safe passer. He also failed in his attempt to dribble and his attempt to play a long ball. He didn\u2019t win either of his aerial duels and just one of his ground duels.<\/p>\n Andrey Santos is far from a perfect player, but he\u2019s so much more dynamic in both sides of the game than Lavia.<\/p>\n Chelsea\u2019s semi final win saw the team raise their game almost universally \u2013 but Alejandro Garnacho was the player alongside Lavia who got a poor rating from stats sites.<\/p>\n Trevoh Chalobah tried to explain how this team had suddenly raised their level so significantly after a horrible run of defeat.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\nAndrey Santos offers more than safe-playing Belgian<\/h2>\n
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