FRANK LAMPARD IN COMMAND

FRANK LAMPARD and Tim Cahill are both prolific scorers from midfield and whoever wins that Wembley battle on Saturday may well help their team lift the FA Cup.

Chelsea ace Lampard has scored 14 Premier League and FA Cup goals this season, compared to Cahill's nine.

But Everton's Aussie takes far fewer shots - just 1.8 per game compared to Lampard's three - and so has a much higher conversion rate of 15 per cent compared to the Englishman's 11 per cent.

Cahill is also a bigger threat in the air, having scored all nine of his goals with his head. That makes him a much bigger danger from set pieces, scoring seven of his nine goals from dead-ball situations, compared to Lampard's four.

In Lampard's favour is that he has scored 10 of his 14 goals from open play, while Cahill has scored just two that way. The Chelsea ace has an overall accuracy rating of 53 per cent compared to Cahill's 45 per cent.

But where the Chelsea man begins to turn the screw is in terms of his all-round play.

Cahill has spent much of his season playing off a big striker, while Lampard has revelled in his playmaker role. As such, he has made 10 goal assists this season, compared to just three from Cahill; has created a whopping 134 chances, compared to just 29 from the Everton man; and boasts a pass completion rate of 84 per cent against Cahill's 74 per cent.

Lampard also has a higher cross completion rate - 31 per cent compared to Cahill's 10 per cent - and a dribble completion rate of 55 per cent compared to Cahill's

Everton will no doubt match Chelsea in terms of getting their foot into tackles on Saturday and Cahill can certainly be relied on here, having won 86 per cent of his tackles compared to Lampard's 67 per cent

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