The crucial four-game battle between Chelsea and Arsenal ended with Chelsea losing 4-2 at home to their opponents, which was a surprising result. On the one hand, the overall strength of Chelsea is now above Arsenal, on the other hand, the team has continued the poor performance at home this season, for a strong team, especially in the competitive environment of the Premier League, Chelsea's poor home performance is very unfavorable for their league title and good ranking.
Specifically, after 15 home games in the Premier League this season, Chelsea has only won 7, drawn 5 and lost 3, which is really not right for a team of this level to lose so many points. On the contrary, most of the team's points come from away games, and their away points are even 2 points more than Liverpool, just 3 points less than Manchester City, but the huge home record gap has made them very disadvantageous in the current ranking this season.
According to statistics, Chelsea's average of 1.8 goals per game at home this season and the expected number of goals scored 1.6 are much less than 2/1.8 away, in the Premier League, the home of strong teams is usually the key weapon for them to get points, only in this case can they be allowed to be in a favorable situation when competing with strong teams of the same level, so now Chelsea's poor home record has seriously dragged themselves back.
For the current situation of the team, manager Tuchel said that he did not understand why, and the reason he gave was that it may be because of the Champions League last season, which led to Chelsea being a super team in the eyes of all teams, so when the opponent comes here, he will shrink the defense, which makes the team's attack very difficult. On the road, the opponent wants to get points, so he lets go of his hands and feet, which also gives Chelsea a certain opportunity. However, he also said that he has not seriously studied this issue, and everything still needs more research and analysis.
Tuchel is right, but it's certainly not the only reason. The British media believes that there are many reasons for this phenomenon, first of all, the team's Chilwell is injured, he is a key full-back in Chelsea, which has a strong role in improving the attack, before he had a serious injury, his absence has brought a great negative impact on the team's side attack.
The second is that the team's forward and center-back players have poor goal scoring ability, and it is difficult to share the pressure of individual players to score, which may be the root of the problem. Chelsea was "driving backwards" last season, although the defenders have a strong ability to score goals, but the forward players play very generally, although Lukaku was introduced this season, but this person is not reliable at all, but has become the source of the team's negative energy. Coupled with the fact that the team's several midfielders also have mediocre goal scoring ability, this has led to the team's attack at home is not so smooth, so that there are too many draws and many points conceded.
In addition, there is a reason why Mourinho has complained before, and now Tuchel has also complained, that is, they think that Chelsea's home atmosphere is not warm enough, which may make the team's home play very unexcited, this statement has some truth, but in the final analysis, there is a problem with the operation of the team itself.