Basel vs Chelsea: Individual Player Stats

It’s just as well David Luiz’s late free-kick crept in, because it balanced out the terrible refereeing decision down the other end. Awful.

Anyway, here are the statistics from the land of clocks and chocolate:

– Fabian Schar had more touches than any other player (87).

– Mohamed Elneny completed 97% of his passes before being substituted, a game-high.

– Fernando Torres won 5 aerial duels, more than any other player.

– Torres also managed more shots on goal than anyone else (5).

– Eden Hazard and Cesar Azpilicueta each made 3 key passes.

– Fabian Schar made 8 successful tackles, the most in the game.

– Four different players each made 4 interceptions (Schar, Frei, Moses & Ramires).

– Branislav Ivanovic led the game with 11 defensive clearances.

– Nobody committed more fouls than Geoffrey Serey Die (4).

– Victor Moses and Eden Hazard each completed 3 successful dribbles, the most in the game.

– David Luiz was the most-fouled player in the game (4).

– Chelsea out-shot Basel 19 to 12.

– Basel’s pass-success was 6% higher than Chelsea’s (80% to 74%).

– Basel won 52% of the aerial duels which occurred during the game.

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