Hugo Lloris experienced ‘déjà vu’ at the Club World Cup against Chelsea. The Frenchman was beaten for the 13th time in his career against the Blues, the London club having beaten him the most in his career and scored the second most goals against him.
Chelsea imposed logic and defeated Los Angeles FC 2-0 in their debut in this Club World Cup. A result that was expected due to the difference between the two teams and also from a statistical point of view because of the goalkeeper of the Californian team: Hugo Lloris.
The veteran French goalkeeper, who could do little to prevent his team’s defeat at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, once again experienced a tough encounter against a London team that, by numbers, is his bogey side as a professional.
Chelsea is the team against which the France World Cup winner has been defeated more times than any other team in Russia 2018. With today’s defeat, Lloris has lost to the Blues 13 times in the 24 matches in which he has faced the west London club. That is, the goalkeeper has been beaten by the reigning Conference League champions in 54.17% of their clashes.
The Nice native’s poor numbers against the Stamford Bridge side go beyond the simple defeat, although the result is always what weighs most heavily in the analysis. With the goals conceded on the first day of the World Cup, scored by Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez, Chelsea is now the second team that has scored the second most goals against him in his career with a total of 44 (an average of 1.83).
The French goalkeeper, during his many years in the Premier League (from 2012-13 to 2022-23), suffered the offensive potential of the Blues when he played for Tottenham Hotspur. Only Manchester City have caused him more trouble in goal (45 in 23 games).
In addition, Lloris extended his poor run of clean sheets against the Londoners, having been able to leave a match against them without conceding a goal on only a third of occasions (12.5%).