Chelsea\u2019s season stats aren\u2019t that bad, if you go by expected goal difference. But if anything, that\u2019s more damning.<\/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 have not been good this year, that\u2019s for sure. But the stats show they they perhaps haven\u2019t been as bad as one might think.<\/p>\n By expected goal difference, the Blues are in third. In the table, they\u2019re 9th, and could yet finish even lower.\u00a0 So what\u2019s going wrong at Stamford Bridge?<\/p>\n That xG difference means we\u2019re creating good chances and not giving away easy chances. So in a way, it\u2019s concerning that we\u2019re underperforming compared to that. It means we\u2019re not scoring our chances and aren\u2019t defending well when we give one away either.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a sure sign that we\u2019re getting the fundamentals wrong. We have an xG difference of 15.9, but an actual goal difference of 6. Compare that to Manchester United \u2013 they\u2019ve got an xG difference of 13.4, but an actual goal difference of 15. They\u2019re slightly outperforming their numbers, while we\u2019re miles behind.<\/p>\n The real culprits are Alejandro Garnacho and Liam Delap. They have one league goal each, with a combined xG of almost 8. Those two along account for a lot of the team\u2019s overall discrepancy.<\/p>\n Xabi Alonso is now being called Chelsea\u2019s \u201cpreferred candidate\u201d to be the club\u2019s new coach.<\/p>\n Chelsea are likely to target a centre back this summer, and an option from Serie A seems to be getting pretty serious.<\/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>\nxG difference has some worrying warnings for Chelsea<\/h2>\n
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