Comparing Romelu Lukaku’s 2020-21 stats to Chelsea’s forwards last season
Chelsea have broken their transfer record to bring Romelu Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge, spending almost £100million on the Belgian who just had the best season of his career as the talisman for Inter’s Scudetto victory.
The Blues have been tipped to sign a big-name striker all summer after a conspicuous lack of goals last term, as Jorginho ended up their top scorer in the Premier League with seven goals – all from penalties.
So we’ve compared Lukaku’s 2020-21 Serie A stats to the corresponding Premier League output of Chelsea’s forwards last season, all of whom remain at the club apart from Olivier Giroud, who has moved in the opposite direction to Inter’s city rivals AC Milan.
Goals
Romelu Lukaku – 24
Tammy Abraham – 6
Timo Werner – 6
Olivier Giroud – 4
Kai Havertz – 4
Christian Pulisic – 4
Hakim Ziyech – 2
Assists
Romelu Lukaku – 11
Timo Werner – 8
Hakim Ziyech – 3
Kai Havertz – 3
Christian Pulisic – 2
Tammy Abraham – 1
Olivier Giroud – 0
Minutes per goal
Romelu Lukaku – 120.2
Tammy Abraham – 172.7
Olivier Giroud – 186.8
Kai Havertz – 380.5
Christian Pulisic – 434.5
Timo Werner – 434.7
Hakim Ziyech – 590
Minutes per goal or assist
Romelu Lukaku – 82.4
Tammy Abraham – 148
Timo Werner – 186.3
Olivier Giroud – 186.8
Kai Havertz – 217.4
Hakim Ziyech – 236
Christian Pulisic – 289.7
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Chances created per 90 mins
Hakim Ziyech – 2.6
Romelu Lukaku – 1.6
Christian Pulisic – 1.3
Timo Werner – 1.2
Kai Havertz – 1.1
Tammy Abraham – 0.8
Olivier Giroud – 0.7
Successful dribbles per 90 mins (success rate)
Christian Pulisic – 2.5 (44.6%)
Romelu Lukaku – 1.7 (58.6%)
Hakim Ziyech – 1.4 (51.9%)
Kai Havertz – 1.1 (50%)
Timo Werner – 1 (35.7%)
Tammy Abraham – 0.5 (31.3%)
Olivier Giroud – 0.2 (100%)
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Passes per 90 mins (passing accuracy)
Hakim Ziyech – 50.8 (79.1%)
Kai Havertz – 45.3 (84.9%)
Christian Pulisic – 34.3 (82.9%)
Timo Werner – 26.9 (78.8%)
Olivier Giroud – 26.4 (70.3%)
Romelu Lukaku – 22.9 (72.5%)
Tammy Abraham – 17.8 (72.7%)
Shots per 90 mins (inside penalty area)
Olivier Giroud – 3.5 (2.8)
Romelu Lukaku – 3.0 (2.2)
Tammy Abraham – 2.8 (2.7)
Timo Werner – 2.7 (2.3)
Hakim Ziyech – 2.7 (0.8)
Christian Pulisic – 2.2 (1.8)
Kai Havertz – 2 (1.7)
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