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Premier League · Matchweek 5

Brentford

BRE

3–0Full time

Chelsea

CHE

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

47%Possession47%
35%Territory35%
27%From set plays16%
0.09Chance quality0.10
6.4%Directness3.6%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Brentford, 3 for Chelsea. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 27 of 89 matches, not the full season.