Chelsea returned to winning ways and finished their five-game winless run since mid-October with a decisive convincing 2-0 win against Bournemouth in the Premier League. This victory takes Chelsea up to eighth and six points adrift of the top four, while the Cherries stay 14th and only three points above the relegation zone.
This tactical analysis will dive into tactics that Potter used to dominate the game against Gary ONeil.
Lineups
Graham Potter expressed before “We dont really see the formation as the end goal, we see actually how the teams playing. The team needs to look consistent regardless of the formation”
Since Graham Potter got in charge of the club, Chelsea have changed their system from game to game, varying the structures between 3-4-2-1, 3-5-2, 4-2-3-1, and 4-4-2 diamond, yet with similar principles and the same style of play, striving for dominance through fluidity and movement dynamics by executing positional play.
Chelseas starting XI (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Reece James, Thiago Silva, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella; Jorginho, Denis Zakaria, Mason Mount; Raheem Sterling, Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic
Gary ONeil acknowledged this and changed his 4-4-2 to 5-3-2.
Bournemouths starting XI (5-3-2): Mark Travers; Adam Smith, Marcos Senesi, Lioyd Kelly, Jordan Zemura, Jack Stacey; Lewis Cook, Jefferson Lerma, Philip Billing; Dominic Solanke, Kieffer Moore
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