Jose Mourinho’s era at Tottenham Hotspur began with victory. A number of statistics also show Spurs to be a better team with Mou than when coached by Mauricio Pochettino.
Saturday (11/23/2019) at London Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur who underwent the first match coached by Jose Mourinho won 3-2 over West Ham United in Week 13 of the English League.
Tottenham Hotspur had a 2-0 lead in the first round. Then 3-0 at the start of the second half, before they slacked off so that West Ham United could score two goals which reduced the score.
There are 5 statistics that show Tottenham Hotspur to be a better team in the hands of Jose Mourinho than when coached by Mauricio Pochettino.
Shot
Tottenham Hotspur made 15 shots during the match against West Ham United. That figure beats the previous Spurs average during Pochettino’s training, which was only 12.5 shots.
In the first round of the duel against West Ham, Mou’s Tottenham even actually had almost matched Poch’s average Tottenham by making 12 shots. However, in the second half, Tottenham only made 3 additional shots.
Target Shots and Shot Conversion Ratios
Tottenham Hotspur managed by Mou made 6 shots on target, while when trained by Poch only made an average of 4.1 shots.
Of the 15 shots, 6 on target, which means Mourinho’s Tottenham have a conversion ratio of 40%. While the ratio of shots on target is 50%. When trained by Pochettino, only 33% of shots were on target and only 36% of shots on target were scored.
Number of Opportunities
When coached by Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur only made an average of 9.8 chances per match.
In the first match coached by Mourinho, Tottenham Hotspur was able to record 12 chances. In the first round of the match against West Ham United, Spurs even made 10 chances.
Unfortunately, in the second half, the game is more controlled by West Ham United. Tottenham only made 2 additional opportunities in the second half.
Receive Opposing Shots
During the match, West Ham made 11 shots. This figure is better compared to when Tottenham was still trained by Pochettino. At that time the Spurs received an average of 14.8 opponent shots per match.
Remarkably, Tottenham’s Mourinho only received 2 shots from West Ham in the first half. Once again, because it really declined in the second half, Tottenham suffered far more shots from opponents.
Win on Air Duel
Mou’s Tottenham is absolutely superior to Poch’s Tottenham in this statistic. During Pochettino’s training, Spurs only won an average of 14.8 air duels. Together with Mourinho, the figure almost doubled more, namely 27.
Tottenham Hotspur certainly made a pretty good start with Jose Mourinho. However, the decline performance in the second half will be their homework.
In the first round, Mou’s Tottenham had held the ball 64%. That figure is far above Poch’s Tottenham which is only 54%. At the end of the match, unfortunately the Spurs’ possession dropped to 53.2%. That is below the score of Poch’s team.
Some other statistics actually show Spurs made by Mourinho worse than Pochettino.
Mou’s Tottenham only made 462 passes with an accuracy of 81% while under Poch, it recorded an average of 527 passings per match with an accuracy of 84%.
Mourinho’s team also made tackles (19) and more offenses (14) than when coached by Pochettino (16 tackles and 10 fouls).
The last two statistics show Mourinho’s team are more difficult in trying to stop the flow of the opponent’s ball.
