Chelsea are finding life sweet in the top positions while Burnley are more concerned with escaping relegation. Who wins the prize?
- Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Burnley have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they played only four days ago in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Malmö FF.
Chelsea form and stats
Chelsea have collected 12 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-0-1. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Chelsea has won their last four matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Chelsea, as their goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has completely shut out the opponents for 299 minutes in the Premier League.
Happy days for Chelsea in their previous game, a Champions League match away at Malmö FF that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.44/10. Loftus-Cheek hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times and had 49 successful passes (of 59 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Newcastle United and winning 3-0.Chelsea always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stamford Bridge with 16 goals in 5 league games. Chelsea have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Burnley form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Burnley have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far.
Burnley are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Premier League against Brentford (placed 12th). Defender Matthew Lowton was the best team player with a rating of 8.32. Lowton scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
A 0-1 loss hosting Tottenham Hotspur before that.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Burnley's match history for similar games we find two matches. The home team won one of these as expected, one of them by at least two goals. Burnley managed one draw and zero surprise wins.
The visiting Burnley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. For Burnley, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Chelsea wins - draws - Burnley wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. James 4 goals |   G. Cornet 4 goals |  B. Chilwell 3 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Burnley missing players
| Chelsea | Burnley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | 16 | 13 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 70% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 5.4 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 5 |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.9 | 15.2 | 19.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.4 | 11.8 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 9.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 42% | 46% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 26% |
| 10.6 | 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.5 | 18.8 | 15.5 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 4.8 |
- All of Burnley's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Burnley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Burnley have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Burnley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Burnley have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
- Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Burnley have yet to win a game away.
- Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of Burnley.
- Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- Chelsea have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
- Chelsea have the most points (12) at home in Premier League
- Chelsea have the most scored goals (16) at home in Premier League
- Chelsea have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Premier League
- Chelsea have the the best goal difference (+23) in Premier League
- Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Chelsea is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 22 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Everton | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Brentford | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Southampton | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Watford | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Burnley | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 4 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | -22 | 2 |
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