Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea stats: Last 50 games show enormous defensive decline

The big news of today? Thomas Tuchel was sacked and relieved of his duties as manager of Chelsea football club.

As you’re probably well aware, that came as quite a surprise to the footballing world, despite the Blues enjoying a pretty shoddy start to the 2022/2023 season.

After all, it wasn’t so long ago that Tuchel was being compared to the modern greatest of the Premier League that are Pep Guardiola and his German compatriot, Jurgen Klopp.

He led Chelsea to the Champions League title in his first season at the club, and also won them the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

So, Tuchel can hold his head up high and know that he gave a very impressive account of himself at Chelsea – especially in the first half of his reign.

In the second half, well, things weren’t actually all that good.

After initially looking like they were going to challenge for the title in the 2021/2022 Premier League season, Chelsea dropped off around the Christmas period and in the end barely even scraped the top four.

Add that to the poor start they’ve endured to the current campaign and it makes for some pretty interesting reading when coming to assess the statistics behind his time as Chelsea boss.

Interestingly, Tuchel took charge of precisely 100 matches as Chelsea manager, which is pretty handy when it comes to this comparison.

So, let’s take a look at how we fared in the first half of his reign.

WINS: 32 DRAWS: 11LOSSES: 7 GOALS FOR: 81GOALS AGAINST: 24CLEAN SHEETS: 31

Now, that, is pretty darn impressive.

Just consider the fact that Tuchel came into the club halfway through the season and was instantly able to turn them into an effective unit.

The key behind his early success – and ultimately the club’s Champions League