RefWatch – Arsenal v Chelsea (27/12/2010 20:00)

• Referee:              Mark Clattenburg
  

• Assistant 1:        Scott Ledger
  

• Assistant 2:        Martin Yerby
  

• 4th Official:        Lee Probert
  

Good morning stat-fans.  I have dog-flu… Christmas has not been relaxing; it’s a time for children (especially if you have them) and today the smegging outlaws invited themselves over with their kids to trash my house and empty it of food/wine – so, I’m wrecked, it’s 21:49 and it’s off to the match time tomorrow therefore I’m giving myself 45 minutes to write this article before hitting the irish-lemsip and dozing off.  Tomorrow (today) we have Mark Clattenburg (again – remember that thing I was saying about the referee pool being too small?).  We’ve actually had Marky C ref an Arsenal Vs Chelsea match before back in the 2007/2008 season – we played the Chavs at the bridge on the 23/03/2008 and lost 2 – 1… I recall not being happy at a few decisions pertaining to offside – but my memory is a bit fuzzy.

So let’s have a look at Mark Clattenburg again:

• Full name:                          Mark Clattenburg
  

• Date of birth:                    13 March 1975 (1975-03-13) (age 35)
  

• Place of birth:                    Consett, County Durham, England
  

• EPL Referee Since:          2004/2005
  

• EPL Games to date:        131
  

Seeing as we’ve had Marky C before I’m just going to brush over his stats… Mark Clattenburg has had 16 games for Arsenal consisting of 10 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses; he has been good for us this season and has a good overall score in Walter’s Ref Review – and we can see this reflected below:



Arsenal are currently in 3rd in Mark Clattenburg’s personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an average of 1.94 PPG… which seems there or there abouts (if you consider Arsenal to be a top 3 team).

In Mark Clattenburg’s personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Arsenal come 1st with an average positive swing of 0.90 – which is great news as a +0.90 of a goal is strong.

Arsenal are currently in 8th in Mark Clattenburg’s personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an overall average of 1.69 BPM – again this seems quite normal.

In Mark Clattenburg’s personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Arsenal come 14th with an overall average of 6.11 FPB… hmm – we have been punished in the foul and this is not with any kind of consistency – if you look at the FPB lines for (us and our opponents) you can see a distinct crossover – but again, these figures are not always black and white… if Marky C were [this season] calling the match properly then you do see a lot of small and rotational fouls against us to break up play and stifle our game – so it’s not always that we are ‘punished more’ as it were.

From the figures here we have no complaints – on to Mark Clattenburg Vs Chelsea:



Mark Clattenburg has had 13 games for Chelsea consisting of 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Chelsea are currently in 1st in Mark Clattenburg’s personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an average of 2.46 PPG (WOW!).

In Mark Clattenburg’s personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Chelsea come 4th with an average positive swing of 0.48… shit.

Chelsea are currently in 2nd in Mark Clattenburg’s personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an overall average of 1.23 BPM – bollocks.

In Mark Clattenburg’s personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Chelsea come 3rd with an overall average of 8.38 FPB – fucksticks!

So, overall, Chelsea can also have absolutely no complaints with the appointment of Mark Clattenburg for this match… in fact – their numbers look great; which is a great shame for us!

Our fourth official for the afternoon is one Lee Probert.  He’s only had 2 games for Arsenal consisting of 1 win, 1 draw and 0 losses.  Lee has also had 5 games for Chelsea consisting of 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses – not much data there, but Chelsea are riding depressingly high in all his figures… apart from their performance against the handicap – i.e. good results but hard fought.

Before I go off and indulge in a Paracetamol/Phenylephrine/Lemonyish flavour/Honey/Whisky binge I’m going to drag out a few figures relating to Mark Clattenburg’s performance against the EPL (a few selected teams) – to give us a bigger picture of any seasonal bias or trends:



What’s interesting here to note is that both Arsenal and Chelsea have sky rocketed against the handicap… Man City who were doing brilliantly under Marky C have crashed (our game against City gave that negative figure this season and I fully expect City to pick that figure up towards the end of the season).  Tottenham have struggled out of negative territory to zero – it’s fair to say that, in regards to the season so far – things seem to be taking a rather different and interesting tack.  So I’ll be watching Mark Clattenburg’s numbers very closely from now on.

In conclusion – I hope Drogba has an ‘off day’ and we win… a Chelsea fan once told me (mid diatribe about ‘that f&*king Drogba’) that that’s exactly how he used to feel about Thierry Henry – although Henry, I think you’ll agree, had way more class.

Нападающий лондонского "Арсенала" Карлос Вела в январе может пополнить состав испанского "Эспаньола", сообщает издание Sunday Mirror.

В настоящее время клубы ведут переговоры о трансфере игрока. Ожидается, что сумма сделки составит 7,5 миллионов фунтов стерлингов. Отметим, что на мексиканца претендуют еще несколько испанских клубов.

В нынешнем сезоне чемпионата Англии Вела провёл за "Арсенал" четыре матча, в которых забил один мяч

Накануне дерби с "Арсеналом" наставник "Челси" Карло Анчелотти поведал, каков ключ к победе над ними.

"Чтобы удачно действовать против "Арсенала", нужно хорошо обороняться, - считает Анчелотти. - Ведь "канониры" здорово используют свои навыки и способности в атаке. В этом году у них есть дополнительные возможности для взятия ворот, поскольку Шамах – игрок иного плана, он умеет играть головой, поэтому они могут использовать больше навесов. В общем, ключ к победе над "Арсеналом" - грамотная оборона".