In the 9th game week of the 2020-21 EFL Championship, newly relegated Bournemouth hosted Wayne Rooney’s Derby County. The former Premier League side sit at 2nd with 5 points behind Reading and one point ahead of Swansea City.
Derby meanwhile has been in an extended run of poor form with only one win this season and winless in their last 4 matches. This tactical analysis discusses the tactics deployed by both teams. Lets begin the analysis.
Lineups
Bournemouth lined up in the 3-4-1-2 system that they have been using regularly under Jason Tindall. He made two changes to the lineup that beat Bristol City last time. Joshua King and Dan Gosling made way for Arnaut Danjuma and Philip Billing respectively.
Derby, on the other hand, a lineup in the same 3-4-3 formation that they have been using off late. They also made a couple of changes as Wayne Rooney and Mike te Wierik was brought in by Phillip Cocu in place of Kamil Jozwiak and Andre Wisdom respectively.
Derby with possession
Derby with possession was very direct in their style of play and were happy to have less possession (only 30%) throughout the match and tried to hit Bournemouth during counter-attacks. In total, they attempted 65 long balls in the match compared to Bournemouth’s 52. Even with less possession, they had a high share of long balls with the long balls with 22.3% of their passes being very direct.
