Written by Matt Stevenson
Here is the xG from the W Ham match, a game in which AFCB never really got going, and in spells W Ham dominated. The opening was frantic, with W Ham having a corner in the first minute. Disasi had a header clawed away by Petrovic (rated 1 in 3) and his follow-up was deflected over by Truffert (1 in 2) although a goal kick was given. Three minute later, a cross from the right found Summerville near the six-yard box, but stretching it was deflected weakly into Petrovic’s arm (1 in 2). The game then steadied itself, with no real chances for the rest of the half, although W Ham were still having minor attempts. At half time the xG was W Ham 1.40 AFCB 0.05.
The second half saw the same pattern as the bulk of the first half with the game coming back into life around the hour mark. Rayan received the ball midway in our half and ran at W Ham, beating three men and curling a shot from the edge of the area that clipped the outside of the post (1 in 7). Rayan exuded confidence, although he could have slipped Kroupi in. Five minutes later, Brooks had an effort blocked (1 in 12). Castellanos had an ambitious overhead kick flash wide (1 in 5, that appears too high). Following a poor Senesi goal kick, Hill blocked a good chance from Soucek (1 in 4), then AFCB had a chance with Rayan’s effort blocked (1 in 10). W Ham then head a big chance, with Wilson nipping in front of Hill but Petrovic pushed out his flick (3 in 5). The game was becoming end-to-end, W Ham needed a win, but not to the extent the commentator on my feed thought, who intimated they’d be relegated at the end of the game without 3 points. Scott had a shot saved (1 in 9) before he deflected Summerville’s shot over (1 in 3). From a corner Wilson headed wide (1 in 3). There was time for 2 more moderate chances for W Ham (both about 1 in 11) from Summerville and Bowen that were blocked, but AFCB kept their clean sheet. At the final whistle the xG was W Ham 3.27 AFCB 0.65 with Understat having a smaller margin: W Ham 2.34 AFCB 0.52. Using either metric, we were the second-best team, although W Ham had recently outplayed Man Utd, so are in good form.
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There were two changes from the Everton game with Kroupi (22) replacing Toth and Adams (12) replacing Christie with both Toth and Christie dropping to the bench. The first change was in the 65th minute with Christie (10) replacing Adams (12) with Scott (8) dropping deeper and Brooks (7) being a straight swap for Adli (21). In the 80th minute Tavernier (16) came on for Evanilson (9) with Kroupi (22) moving forward. In the 89th minute it was a double change, with Unal (26) replacing Kroupi as centre forward and Smith (15) replacing Jiminez (20) at right back.
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Senesi attempted most passes with 95, Adams attempted most passes in the opposition’s half (25) and Adli and Rayan attempted joint-most in the final third (12). We averaged 79% pass completion, with Adams, Jimenez, Scott and Truffert of the starting 11 at 85% or over.
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AFCB attempted 15 crosses, being successful 1 time (from Scott).
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AFCB created 7 chances (none big). W Ham created 16 chances, 2 big. Kroupi created 3 chances.
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We had 10 attempts (none big) noting that chances can be provided after saves, deflections or a defensive error and not created. We hit the target 5 times. W Ham had 20 attempts, 3 big and hit the target 3 times. Rayan had 3 attempts.
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The Opta expected goals had Rayan as most likely to score (0.30) followed by Scott (0.14) and Senesi (0.06). For expected assists, Rayan was top with 0.09 followed by Hill (0.07) and Scott (0.06). Evanilson had zero xG and xA showing how little he was in the game.
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AFCB won 8 of 37 aerials duals. Rayan won 3 from 10, Hill won 2 from 4 and Adams 1 from 1.
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AFCB won 12 of 17 tackles. Four players won 2 from 2 (Adams, Christie, Hill, and Jimenez).
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Adams and Senesi made joint-most defensive actions with 12. Jimenez, Senesi and Truffert made joint-most interceptions (2). Scott and Truffert made joint-most recoveries (6). Adams and Senesi made joint-most clearances (5) and Scott made most blocks (2).
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The foul count was AFCB 11, W Ham 9. Adams made 3 fouls, and Scott was fouled 2 times.
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I have been a writer and website administrator on the largest AFC Bournemouth fan website for almost 25 years. Previously on a now defunct fan network and since 2005 on vitalfootball.co.uk We have been nominated for various fan website awards down the years, however we have always been the bridesmaid…