With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Chelsea fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Burnley.
- Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burnley has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chelsea form and stats
Chelsea have played 10 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Chelsea haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 192 minutes ago. M. Mount scored that one.
Chelsea drew their last game, also a home match. Wolverhampton Wanderers (placed 13th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Ahead of that match, Chelsea won a home game hosting Luton Town (3-1).
Chelsea are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew three and lost one.
The manager T. Tuchel will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tottenham Hotspur in only four days.
The Chelsea fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Burnley form and stats
Burnley, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Premier League, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-3-5 (10 played).
Dwight McNeil, Chris Wood and Ben Mee scored in Burnley's previous match, the home game against Aston Villa that ended 3-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Fulham.
Goalkeeper Nick Pope was absolutely vital in the Burnley victory against Aston Villa, making eight saves.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Burnley played away with similar odds. This revealed seven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win three times, one were draw and the home team won as expected three times.
A new game in only three days for Burnley, the Premier League home match versus Manchester City. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Burnley's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. As opposed to that, Burnley have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Burnley - Chelsea 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Chelsea victories, three draws and one Burnley win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Bakumo-Abraham 6 goals |  K. Zouma 4 goals |  T. Werner 4 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Burnley missing players
| Chelsea | Burnley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 33 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| 85% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 70% | 84% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 30% | 37% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 32% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 21% |
| 15% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 37% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.8 | 13.8 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 32% | 35% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 15% | 22% |
- Burnley has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Premier League
- Burnley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of Burnley.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 37 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 7 | Everton | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 11 | Southampton | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -12 | 23 |
| 15 | Burnley | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 22 |
| 16 | Newcastle United | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 18 | Fulham | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 13 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -33 | 11 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 8 |
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