Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham: Penders' own goal breaks the deadlock
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- Seven shots: Chelsea's fewest in nine this season
- 0.51 xG conceded: Spurs' lowest in nine this season
- Kinský's four saves secured the clean sheet
A match that stayed shut until late
Tottenham were made to wait, as the match stayed goalless until the 77th minute. Mike Penders' own goal broke the deadlock, and Mathys Tel added a second in the 87th. In between, Cole Palmer's red card in the 80th minute left Chelsea a man down for the closing stretch.
Chelsea's shot count fell to a low
Chelsea's season-low seven shots were their fewest in nine matches this season, against an average of 15.8. The switch to a back three, with Penders and Geovany Tcherno Quenda coming into the XI, does not appear to have brought more attempts on goal.
Spurs built it from the back
Tottenham allowed 0.51 xG, their lowest in nine matches this season, and Antonín Kinský kept a clean sheet. At the other end, plenty of shots yielded little: they averaged only 0.05 xG per effort, so the win owed more to defending than to attacking fluency.
The lead came at a heavy price for Chelsea
Penders' own goal turned 0-0 into a lead, and it was worth −1.0 FN xPts to Chelsea and +1.4 to Tottenham. Tel's later goal, which came after Palmer's dismissal, changed the expected outcome far less.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Mathys Tel 8.2Dominant
He scored once, created two chances and won four of six dribbles.
Mathys Tel, the FN MOM, earned most of his points through attacking work. He completed four of six dribbles, created two chances and hit the target with one of his two shots, which was his goal. It arrived in the 87th minute and stretched a 1-0 lead to 2-0 after Chelsea had lost Palmer.
Game state
0-10-2
Chelsea ahead 0 min · level 77 min · Tottenham ahead 13 min
- Chelsea: Red card 80' → ~10 min a player down
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
77'
Mike Penders
Own goal · TOT +1.4
−1.0
80'
Cole Palmer
Red card · TOT +0.1
−0.1
87'
Mathys Tel
Goal · CHE −0.1
+0.2
Chelsea
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments −1.1Opponent moments −0.1Time effect −0.5→ League points won 0
Tottenham
Expected (last two seasons) 1.1Own moments +0.2Opponent moments +1.5Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
ChelseaTottenham
0.51Expected goals (xG)0.8
Compared with usual
Chelsea
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.8 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 0.51 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.8 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 7 | 15.8 | low |
| On target | 4 | 6 | |
| Shots faced | 15 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 32% | 49.4% | |
| Passes | 287 | 467.2 | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.9 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 9.1 | |
Tottenham
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.6 | |
| xG | 0.8 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.51 | 1.3 | low |
| Shots | 15 | 15.1 | |
| On target | 4 | 4.9 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 13.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.05 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 68% | 60.2% | |
| Passes | 639 | 538.2 | |
| Corners | 6 | 7.3 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 12.6 | |
Timeline
- 51'
Sub
James Maddison → Conor Gallagher
- 65'
Sub
Omar Marmoush → Dominic Solanke
- 65'
Sub
Jorrel Hato → Marco Palestra
- 65'
Sub
Andy Robertson → Pedro Porro
- 67'
Yellow
Conor Gallagher
- 71'
Yellow
Cole Palmer
- 71'
Yellow
Micky van de Ven
- 72'
Sub
Geovany Tcherno Quenda → Estêvão
- 72'
Yellow
Roberto De Zerbi (coaching staff)
- 72'
Yellow
Mateus Fernandes
- 77'
Goal
Mike Penders (OG)
- 79'
Yellow
Pedro Neto
- 80'
Red
Cole Palmer
- 87'
Goal
Mathys Tel league goal #1
- 88'
Sub
Pedro Neto → Danny Welbeck
- 89'
Sub
Mohammed Kudus → Dejan Kulusevski
- 89'
Sub
Mathys Tel → Ben Davies
- 90+1'
Yellow
Morgan Rogers
Category leaders
- Key passesMateus Fernandes2
- Duels wonJan Paul van Hecke10/14
- DribblesMathys Tel4/6
- Defensive actionsMateus Fernandes7
- ShotsOmar Marmoush3 (on target 1)
#Chelsea#Tottenham#Premier League#Mathys Tel#Matchweek 8
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.