Barclays Premier League February 2012
Chelsea v Bolton – Sat 25 Feb 15:00
• Chelsea are without a victory in four Premier League games after losing 2-0 to Everton in their last game
• Ashley Cole was injured in that game but should play against Bolton after a sub appearance against Napoli this week
• Cole has covered 145.7 miles for Chelsea so far this season, the 11th highest total for a player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index and the secondhighest for a defender after Everton’s Leighton Baines
• Cole is the 5th ranked defender in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index having won 64% of tackles, winning 50 and losing 28 attempted
• He’s also made 35 interceptions and delivered 36 crosses, contributing 6 assists
• Raul Meireles covered the most ground for Chelsea in that game with 5.83 miles
• Meireles has completed 481 passes in his opponent’s half this season, averaging one every 3 minutes 25 seconds
• Bolton lost 2-1 against Wigan in their last Barclays Premier League game in a battle between the league’s bottom two sides
• Mark Davies scored Bolton’s equaliser in that game before the Trotters fell to a 2-1 defeat
• Gretar Rafn Steinsson covered the most ground for Bolton in that game with 6.2 miles
• Bolton’s Nigel Reo-Coker is their only representative in the top 20 players for total distance covered in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index. Reo-Coker has covered 138.3 miles, putting him in 20th place in the rankings
