Chelsea 1-0 Everton: Key stats and player ratings

John Terry celebrating the goal with Frank Lampard

Chelsea maintained their place at the top of the Premier League table, winning 1-0 against Everton at Stamford Bridge. A late Frank Lampard free kick was deflected in by Everton keeper Tim Howard, extending Chelsea’s unbeaten run to 11 league games.

Here’s how the players fared by Squawka Performance Score.

Chelsea:

Petr Cech (48): Relatively untroubled, facing just two shots on target.

Branislav Ivanovic (61): The Serb won five headed duels, made three interceptions and put in four crosses.

Branislav Ivanovic stats

Gary Cahill (63): A rock at the back, Cahill won all nine of the headed duels that he contested and also made 11 clearances.

John Terry (51): Influential in the winning goal, Terry misplaced just one pass over the entire game.

Cesar Azpilicueta (10): Azpilicueta made three tackles, from eight attempts.

Nemanja Matic (40): Matic made both more passes (46) and more interceptions (5) than any other Chelsea player.

Frank Lampard (55): The England midfielder put in a great ball for the winning goal, one of eight crosses, but made just 69% of his attempted passes; largely due to a high number of attempted long balls forward.

Willian (23): The Brazilian unleashed four shots on goal and completed 91% of his passes, misplacing just two.

Oscar (-18): Withdrawn at half time having made just 13 passes, Oscar was successful in just one of three attempted tackles and also committed two fouls during a sluggish first half performance.

Eden Hazard (33): Hazard created five chances for Chelsea, more than any other player on the pitch.

Hazard Key Passes

Samuel Eto’o (-12): Eto’o made just 12 passes over the course of the game, although he did create chances with two of those.

Substitutes:

Ramires (10): Ramires ended the game with 100% tackle, take on and headed duels success, winning two tackles, two take ons and two headed duels

Fernando Torres (-11): Completing just five of his nine passes, Torres ended the game with a 56% pass accuracy.

Andre Schürrle (-10): Brought on to provide the attacking spark, Schurrle missed the target with both of his shots on goal.

Everton:

Tim Howard (15): Unlucky to lose his clean sheet, Howard made a number of good saves throughout the game.

Seamus Coleman (24): Active going forward, Coleman went past his man on three occasions and created two chances.

Seamus Coleman stats

Phil Jagielka (23): The England centre back made six interceptions, more than any other player on the pitch.

Sylvain Distin (42): Distin won four tackles, made two interceptions and made ten clearances.

Leighton Baines (2): Baines put in seven crosses, but failed to find a teammate with any of them.

Gareth Barry (-4): Got stuck in, making six tackles, and made more passes than any other player on the pitch (51).

Barry Tackles

James McCarthy (-3): McCarthy won seven of his eight headed duels, but was unsuccessful with eight of his nine tackles.

Kevin Mirallas (14): The Belgian created two chances over the course of the game and completed 92% of his tackles.

Steven Pienaar (9): Made 41 passes (89%) and was fouled three times.

Leon Osman (1): Osman won just one of his four attempted tackles, in addition to a further two fouls.

Steven Naismith (-14): A late replacement for Lacina Traore, Naismith contested a massive 18 headed duels, but could only win three of them. Ten inches shorter than Traore, Naismith had a difficult afternoon spearheading a gameplan built for Traore.

Steven Naismith stats

Substitutes:

Ross Barkley (-22): Struggled to get into the game and made just six passes.

Gerard Deulofeu (-2): The Spaniard didn’t attempt a single pass but did take on his man four times, although he was only successful with one of those.

Aiden McGeady (6): Barely on for long enough to impact, McGeady completed three of four attempted passes.