
Only three days later Chelsea Beating Tottenham 1-0 at Stamford Bridge Enzo Maresca The side will contact Brentford at GTECH Stadium to find another important three-pointer.
Every game is like the Blues Cup final, they are chasing UEFA Champions League Qualification, currently Premier League 52 points after 30 games were only 1 point ahead of fifth Manchester City, while Newcastle led by 2 points.
Chelsea, who has played only eight games, will see the Brentford clash as a must-win match, which made it clear to him on Thursday night when Maresca decided to take a break from Reece James so he could prepare him for him.
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Maresca will not have two key figures as both Wesley Fofana and Roméo Lavia were injured again, which will keep them away for the time being.
Fofana is a huge miss, already Italians Explain how much he “loves” French defender, who This season has appeared 14 timeskeep four clean sheets and make 1,176 minutes.
On a more positive point of view, Chelsea has now restored all the injuries of Nicholas Jackson, Nonie McDonk and Cole Palmer, all with a 1-0 victory against Tottenham.
The return of the trio gave Maresca some choice headaches as he now has the option to reevaluate his team and adjust to the opposition and game plan.
Why Chelsea must give up Pedro Neto
Pedro Neto has made good fills for the likes of Jackson and Madueke in recent weeks, playing the winger and center when needed and Maresca when needed.
However, against Tottenham, Neto did lose 11 possessionscompleted only one of his three dribbling attempts and received a yellow card in his 90-minute game because he failed to make any significant impact at the top of the court.
Jadon Sancho also has poor performance He only played for 68 minutesstill lost 9 possession and lost his only game. One of the pair should be brought to Madueke, who was able to fight the Spurs from the bench, who was able to enter his leg for 22 minutes.
Pedro Neto vs Noni Maduem comparison |
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Statistics (every 90 minutes) |
Neto |
Madueke’s |
Target |
0.22 |
0.35 |
Assist |
0.15 |
0.30 |
XG |
0.12 |
0.46 |
quite |
0.25 |
0.22 |
Progressive carrying |
5.17 |
6.77 |
Pass for progress |
2.33 |
3.35 |
Total shooting |
2.08 |
3.90 |
Key Pass |
1.83 |
1.46 |
Shooting action |
3.44 |
3.72 |
Successful charges |
1.39 |
1.71 |
Statistics taken from fbref |
When comparing the basic metrics of Madueke and Neto this season, you can see the directness gained from the startup Britons, who offer higher volumes of shots, carry and attacks, while also finding themselves in the goal position more often.
Maresca himself has marked Madueke as “Extremely good“This season, he mentioned his hat trick against Wolves during the opening week of the campaign. This season, the 23-year-old winger has 29 appearances For the Blues, 8 goals and 4 assists were scored, and a total of 1,675 minutes, it was easy to become Chelsea’s most productive winger in terms of attack output.
So, playing against a low-block team at Brentford, they want to cut space as much as possible in the back, which is probably the best time for the Axe Neto to bring Madueke to the roster on the right and put Sancho on the left, they might fit Chelsea’s tighter space Chelsea will face the Bees.

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