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Season 2014/2015
Round 1-20
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Season report
Findings
General Stats
Points and matches
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After 20 rounds, Chelsea FC is on top of the Premier League with 46 points. Leicester
City FC is at the bottom of the league with 14 points out of 20 matches. (page 13)
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Chelsea FC and Manchester City won most matches of the league (14x). (page 13)
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Sunderland AFC played the most matches that ended in a draw (11x). (page 13)
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Chelsea won all of their home matches (9x). (page 14)
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Leicester City FC only won 1 match out of all their home matches. (page 14)
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Macnhester City gained most points in away matches. (page 15)
Results
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The most common match result was 2-1 (19x). (page 17)
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Southampton FC won 91% of the matches after taking a 1-0 lead. (page 18)
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Crystal Palace took 5 times the lead, they only won 20% of those matches.(page 18)
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Chelsea FC won 60% of the matches after they fell 1-0 behind. (page 19)
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Tottenham Hotspur fell 9 times behind by 1-0, but they were able to pull it 4 times
back in a win. (page 19)
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Five teams did not win a match after they fell behind 1-0. (page 19)
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Stoke City played most matches that ended in a draw or ended with a difference of 1
goal. (page 20)
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Football attributes
To analyse the different attributes and team tactics in football, ORTEC Sports uses the
above model to subdivide the attributes in different categories. This model is based on
possession and no possession. In this report the different attributes are explained using
this model.
Possession
Build-up
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Manchester City had on average most of the time possession (56%). (page 21)
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In minutes, Manchester United had on average the longest possession time which
was 31.3 minutes per match. Crystal Palace only had 19.3 minutes of possession
time. (page 22)
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Manchester City gave the most passes. Per match 568 passes were given, which is
5.42 passes per possession moment. The completion of these passes was 87%.
(page 23,24)
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Crystal Palace had the lowest accuracy in passing; the completion of the passes
was 76%. (page 24)
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Manchester City only played a long ball 7% of the time, while Burnley FC used the
the long ball most often with 18%. (page 25)
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Crystal Palace played the most balls forward; 59% of the passes were in a forward
direction. Manchester United played, in percentages, the least balls forward: 51%.
(page 26)
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Of all other teams in the league, Manchester City played the most on the opponent
half. (page 27)
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Stoke City won the most offensive duels. 50% of the total offensive duels were won
with a ground duel and 44% with an air duel. (page 28)
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Offensive
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West Ham United gave the most crosses, on average 20.3 per match; 56 % of the
crosses were given on the right side of the field. (page 29)
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Most teams gave more crosses on the right side of the field than the left side. (page
29)
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Southampton FC created a lot of their assists on the left side of the field. (page 30,
31)
Scoring
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Manchester City has the most goal attempts per match (17.8). This resulted in 2.2
goals per match. (page 32)
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Chelsea FC and Manchester United have the highest conversion rate (13%) and
Aston Villa the lowest (6%). (page 32, 33)
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Liverpool FC shoots the most outside the box and scored 2 times. West Ham United
has the highest conversion rate outside the box. They scored 9% of their goals
outside the box. (page 35)
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Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur scored the most within 4 passes after
regaining possession in play (11x). (page 36)
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Chelsea FC scored the most goals with more than 4 passes after regaining
possession in play (15x). (page 36)
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West Ham United scored most goals with a header (14x), in percentage of their total
goals this is 48%. (page 38)
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Chelsea FC and Manchester City scored the most goals (44). (page 40)
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Out of the 525 goals scored in the Premier League 46% was scored in the first half.
Most goals (95) are scored in the second quarter of the second half (61-75 minutes).
(page 40)
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Arsenal FC scored the most goals in extra time of the league (7x). (page 40)
Set plays
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Chelsea FC and West Bromwich Albion scored the most goals of the league out of
corners (6x). (page 41)
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Everton FC scored the most out of ‘indirect’ free kicks (5x). (page 42)
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Manchester City received the most penalties (5), and missed one penalty. (page 43)
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West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace scored in percentages the most goals out
of set plays (58%). (page 44)
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Turn over
Turn over possession lost
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Swansea City lost possession the most through passing (44%). (page 45)
Turn over possession regained
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Manchester City regained possession the most per match (57.8). (page 46)
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The location of regaining possession is the highest for Manchester United (11 meter
before the midfield line). (page 47)
No possession
Regain possession
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Chelsea FC was the fastest in entering a duel with no possession (11.2 seconds).
(page 48).
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Aston Villa was the slowest in entering a duel (14.8 seconds). (page 48)
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Burnley FC and West Bromwich Albion won the most defensive ground duels (53%).
(page 49)
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West Ham United won most of their defensive air duels (70%). Swansea City lost
most of their defensive air duels (54%). (page 49)
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Most fouls per match are made by Crystal Palace (13.3). The fewest fouls are made
by Everton FC (9,5). (page 50)
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Sunderland AFC needed the least number of fouls for a card (4.3). On the other hand,
Leicester City FC receives on average a yellow card after 7.7 fouls. (page 51)
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Most yellow cards are given to Sunderland AFC (52), while Crystal Palace receives
the least amount of yellow cards (28). (page 52)
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Swansea City received the most red cards (5x). (page 53)
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Swansea City received the lowest number of yellow cards relative to their opponent.
The opponents received 15 more yellow cards than Swansea City. (page 54)
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Preventing score
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Southampton FC and Chelsea FC kept a clean sheet 9 times so far. (page 55)
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Manchester City and Southampton FC have the lowest number of goals against (15).
(page 56)
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Southampton FC has the lowest amount of opponent goal attempts (190). (page 56)
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Swansea City, Aston Villa and Manchester City have the lowest conversion rate in
scoring against. 7% of the goal attempts of opponents result in a goal. (page 56)
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The opponents of Arsenal FC scored 38% of the goals with a header. This is the
highest percentage in the league. (page 58)
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Queens Park Rangers received the most goals against in the last quarter of the first
half (8). (page 60)
Set plays against
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West Bromwich Albion received the most goals against out of set plays (13). (page
61)
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Stoke City received, in percentages, the most goals against out of set plays (50%).
(page 61)
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Burnley FC received the most goals against out of corners (7x). (page 61)
Other statistics
Players
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Manchester United played with 31 different players while Chelsea FC only played
with 19 different players. (page 62)
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General Statistics
Actions in Premier League
In this table a summary is made for teams that are the best in specific actions. For
example, Manchester City is number 1 in given passes during the season. They pass on
average 567.9 times during a match. The index in the last column tells something about the
relation with the rest of the league. For example, an index of 200 means that the amount is
200% more compared to the rest of the league.
Action
Position
Team
amount
Index
Passes
Possession lost
Long ball
Crosses
1
1
1
1
Manchester City
Manchester City
Manchester City
West Ham United
567.9
13%
7%
406.0
138.5
73.6
54.3
134.5
Offensive action
Offensive action won
Defensive action
Defensive action won
1
1
1
1
Crystal Palace
Manchester United
Everton FC
West Ham United
82.4
48%
64.1
57%
117.5
105.6
90.9
106.3
Goal attempts
Goal attempts in the box
Goal attempst outside the box
Goals
Goal against
Conversion rate goal attempts
On target
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Manchester City
Manchester City
Liverpool FC
Chelsea FC
Southampton FC
Chelsea FC
Chelsea FC
17.8
12.1
7.0
2.2
0.8
13%
37%
135.8
161.2
141.2
167.6
57.1
137.9
118.9
Dribble
Corner
Goalkick
Foul against
1
1
1
1
Manchester United
Arsenal FC
Manchester City
Everton FC
31.6
7.8
6.3
9.5
148.7
144.6
76.8
84.2
Possession opponent half
Actions in own box
Action in opponent box
Possession
1
1
1
1
Manchester City
Arsenal FC
Chelsea FC
Manchester United
55%
7%
5%
56%
115.9
70.6
128.3
112.8
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In this table the stats are shown for the best individual players in different categories.
Stats
Player
Team
Amount
Cesc Fàbregas
Chelsea FC
8.1
David de Gea
Manchester United
6.7
Best defender (grade)
Phil Jones
Manchester United
7.9
Best midfielder (grade)
Cesc Fàbregas
Chelsea FC
8.1
Best attacker (grade)
Alexis Sánchez
Arsenal FC
7.8
Most often in starting line up
Aaron Cresswell
West Ham United
20.0
Most often changed
Willian
Chelsea FC
12.0
Most often changed
Charles N'Zogbia
Aston Villa
1.0
Most played as a bench player
Didier Drogba
Chelsea FC
14.0
Most matches
Eden Hazard
Chelsea FC
20.0
Most minutes
Diego Costa
Chelsea FC
413.3
Most minutes per game
Diego Costa
Chelsea FC
24.3
Lowest amount of minutes (average)
Matty James
Leicester City FC
-9.6
Most goal attempts (GA)
Sergio Aguëro
Manchester City
76.0
Most GA on average
Sergio Aguëro
Manchester City
5.1
Topscorer
Diego Costa
Chelsea FC
14.0
Highest conversion rate all GA (PM=1)
Papiss Cissé
Newcastle United
35%
Highest conversion rate all GA(PM=2)
Diego Costa
Chelsea FC
23%
Most on target all GA (PM=1)
Leon Osman
Everton FC
69%
Most GA outside box
Graziano Pellè
Southampton FC
63.0
Most GA outside box average
Sergio Aguëro
Manchester City
3.9
Most goals inside box
Diego Costa
Chelsea FC
14.0
Highest conversion rate GA outside box (PM=2)
Diego Costa
Chelsea FC
25%
Most on target GA outside box (PM=2)
Diego Costa
Chelsea FC
49%
Most GA inside box
Yaya Touré
Manchester City
32.0
Most GA inside box average
Yaya Touré
Manchester City
1.8
Stewart Downing
West Ham United
3.0
Kevin Mirallas
Everton FC
14%
Romelu Lukaku
Everton FC
50%
Free kick on target
Christian Eriksen
Tottenham Hotspur
11.0
Most goals out of free kick
Gylfi Sigurdsson
Swansea City
2.0
Oscar
Chelsea FC
20%
Most free kick on target (PM=0.3)
Ángel Di María
Manchester United
67%
Penalties
Charlie Austin
Queens Park Rangers
3.0
Most goals out of penalty
Mile Jedinak
Crystal Palace
3.0
Best player (grade)
Best goalkeeper (grade)
Most goals outside box
Highest conversion rate GA inside box (PM=1)
Most GA on taget inside box (PM=1)
Highest conversion rate GA inside box (PM=1)
*PM=Per match, GA= Goal Attempt
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Stats
Player
Team
Amount
Most assists
Cesc Fàbregas
Chelsea FC
14.0
Most key passes
Cesc Fàbregas
Chelsea FC
61.0
Most succesfull corner
Steven Gerrard
Liverpool FC
15.0
Most defending actions
Federico Fazio
Tottenham Hotspur
26.9
Most defending duels (%)
Mile Jedinak
Crystal Palace
13.9
Most defending duels won
John Terry
Chelsea FC
75%
Most slidings
Danny Rose
Tottenham Hotspur
1.7
Federico Fazio
Tottenham Hotspur
14.5
Michael Dawson
Hull City
89%
Most offensive actions
Andy Carroll
West Ham United
24.8
Most offensive air duels
Andy Carroll
West Ham United
17.0
Most offensive ground duels
Eden Hazard
Chelsea FC
15.2
Leroy Fer
Queens Park Rangers
63%
Yaya Touré
Manchester City
84.6
Most passes (defender)
Marcos Rojo
Manchester United
64.8
Most passes (midfielder)
Yaya Touré
Manchester City
84.6
Mostpasses long (defender)
Scott Dann
Crystal Palace
37%
Martin Škrtel
Liverpool FC
1.0
Fernando
Manchester City
94%
Most possession regained
Mile Jedinak
Crystal Palace
10.4
Most possession regain with duel
Winston Reid
West Ham United
5.4
Most interceptions
Mile Jedinak
Crystal Palace
5.3
Connor Wickham
Sunderland AFC
20
Most possession lost with duel
Marouane Chamakh
Crystal Palace
10.2
Most possession lost passing
Kieran Trippier
Burnley FC
8.1
Most possession lost set play
Leighton Baines
Everton FC
2.2
Most defending air duels
Percentage air duels touched
Percentage offensive air duels
Most passes
Most passes completion
Most passes completion (mid)
Most possession lost
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