Chelsea have just a 25% win rate this season with star player in the team – worrying stats stack up | OneFootball

We all know something is up with Cole Palmer, it’s just hard to put your finger on it.

He’s been injured, which has in turn stopped him reaching peak sharpness, which has in turn stopped him finding his form. That is then making him frustrated, which is leading to bad decisions on the pitch. It’s a bad spiral.

Cole Palmer’s worrying stats stack up

Cole Palmer looks frustrated after another poor game. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

At the BBC, Matt Jones took a look at the stats and found some worrying things. For one, the goal record is even worse than we realised. Palmer scored no open play goals in the last 16 games of last season, and has just one in his 11 this season.

So that’s one open play goal in 27. That’s pretty nasty stuff. You can see why when he’s not on the pitch. He’s such a great finisher, but he’s just not able to find the space to get a shot away. The confidence that had him taking shots from all over the place when he was in form has faded away. Now he can’t even get separation from his marker.

Incredibly, we have just a 25% win percentage when Palmer has played this season in all competitions. No wonder he looks so frustrated. We’ve also scored fewer goals and conceded more when he’s on the pitch. There is some sample bias there because of the games he’s used in, but not enough to explain the whole problem.

In other news…

The London is Blue podcast saluted Estevao for his efforts yesterday, coming on as a sub despite a very taxing weekend. The youngster never stops impressing us with his maturity.

Chelsea signed up yet another young talent today, securing Mathis Eboue on a pro deal on his 17th birthday.