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Chelsea arrive 4th in the Premier League, with 16 points from 9 league games. The numbers behind Chelsea are set out in the home and away split and the players behind the goals, followed by the markets worth backing.
Chelsea
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Chelsea go by the Blues, were founded in London in 1905 and play in the Premier League.
Chelsea hold a European place, 4th in the table and one point ahead of 5th place, the last European spot.
Chelsea have scored 19 in 9 league games, 2.1 a game, above the league average of 1.35.
However, the average team concedes 1.35 a game; Chelsea allow 1.7.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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| 9 |
| 8 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| 14 |
| 5 |
| +9 |
| 24 |
| +8 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 21 | +5 |
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| 3 | Brighton | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 19 | +3 |
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| 4 | Chelsea | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 16 | – |
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| 5 | Liverpool | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 15 | −1 |
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| 6 | Brentford | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 14 | −2 |
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| 7 | Everton | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 | −3 |
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League average this season: 1.35 goals scored per team per game, 2.7 per match (all 20 clubs' goals over their games played).
3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from the last five: 10 points for Chelsea (all competitions).
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | H | Manchester United (H) | 2–0 | W | |
| England League Cup | A | Liverpool (A) | 1–1 | D | |
| Premier League | H | Tottenham (H) | 0–2 | L | |
| Premier League | A | Everton (A) | 2–0 | W | |
| Premier League | H | Bournemouth (H) | 5–1 | W | |
| Premier League | A | Brentford (A) | 0–3 | L | |
| Premier League | H | Hull City (H) | 2–2 | D | |
| England League Cup | H | Leeds (H) | 6–3 | W | |
| Premier League | A | Arsenal (A) | 1–2 | L | |
| Premier League | H | Brighton (H) | 4–3 | W |
All competitions. Scores are shown with the team in this guide first.
Chelsea's league season so far, split between home and away.
| Venue | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts/game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2.00 |
| Away | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1.50 |
| All | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1.78 |
League matches only, the same games as the season table.
Over 2.5 goals lands in 67% of Chelsea's league games, above the league rate of 47%.
Defensively Chelsea have turned a corner, allowing 0.8 a game in the last five against 1.9 earlier (all competitions).
| Measure | Last 20 | Last 5 | Before that (15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored per game | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Total goals per game | 4.0 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 70% | 20% | 87% |
| Both teams scored | 65% | 40% | 73% |
| Clean sheets | 20% | 40% | 13% |
| Failed to score | 15% | 20% | 13% |
All competitions. "Last 20" is the team's last 20 finished matches; "Last 5" the latest 5; "Before that (15)" the 15 matches before the last 5. The Premier League average this season is 2.7 goals per match. Across 90 finished Premier League matches this season, 47% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 48%. In Chelsea's 9 Premier League matches, 67% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 56%.
Morgan Rogers finds the net roughly once every 2.0 games for Chelsea: 6 in 12 (all competitions).
| Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | G+A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Rogers | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| João Pedro | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Cole Palmer | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Pedro Neto | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Danny Welbeck | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Henderson | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
All competitions since 21 August. Ranked by goals, then assists.
Sunderland, next up for Chelsea, have lost 4 of their last 5.
Look ahead and the schedule eases for Chelsea: two of the next three opponents are bottom-six opposition.
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Pos | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | A | Sunderland (A) | 20th | LLLDL | |
| Premier League | H | Leeds (H) | 12th | DLDDL | |
| Premier League | A | Nottingham Forest (A) | 19th | LLLDL | |
| Premier League | H | Crystal Palace (H) | 18th | DWLLL | |
| Premier League | H | Liverpool (H) | 5th | WLWWL |
Opponent position and form are from the league table.
| Market | Why |
|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | Most recent matches went over 2.5 goals (figures in the goals profile above) |
| Both teams to score: yes | Both sides scored in most recent matches (goals profile above) |
| Back them at home | Strong points per game at home (home and away table above) |
Rules of thumb from recent results, not predictions. Prices are on the bookmaker sites.
Gus Mears turned the Stamford Bridge athletics ground in Fulham into a football venue, and Chelsea were born on 10 March 1905 in a pub opposite what is now the main entrance on Fulham Road. The league admitted them soon after, and the 1915 FA Cup final brought a defeat by Sheffield United. Ted Drake took over in 1952 and set about modernising, dropping the pensioner crest and sharpening the youth system. Dave Sexton's side lifted the FA Cup in 1970 via a replay win over Leeds United, 2–1. The low point came in 1982, when Ken Bates acquired the club from Brian Mears for a nominal £1, and a fight over the stadium freehold dragged on until he reunited it with the club in 1992. Ruud Gullit's appointment as player-manager in 1996 began the climb back, and Gianluca Vialli's side landed three trophies in 1998, the Super Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the League Cup. The 1998–99 title chase fell four points short of Manchester United and meant a Champions League debut.
Stamford Bridge in Fulham holds 40,044 and has been a sporting venue since 1877. The stadium opened on 28 April 1877, and the London Athletic Club staged athletics meetings there for the next 28 years. Gus Mears and his brother Joseph acquired the ground in 1904 intending to stage football there. A rebuild began in 1972 and ran into problems, with only the East Stand finished and the cost bringing the club close to bankruptcy. The north stand has carried Matthew Harding's name since 1996, honouring a club director and benefactor. Chelsea have looked at moving, bidding in May 2012 for Battersea Power Station before losing out to a Malaysian consortium, and on 31 May 2018 the club said the new stadium project was on hold indefinitely.
Chelsea's long-standing feuds are with the North London pair of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. A 2012 survey of 1,200 supporters found Chelsea fans naming Tottenham as their main rivals, ahead of Arsenal and Manchester United. Leeds United bring a different kind of heat, rooted in heated and controversial meetings across the 1960s and 1970s and above all the 1970 FA Cup final. Liverpool have joined the list after repeated clashes in cup competitions. On their own doorstep the West London derby against Brentford, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers matters less than it once did, because the clubs have often been in separate divisions and meetings have been sporadic. Chelsea are also a club that others love to hate: supporters of Arsenal, Brentford, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and West Ham all named them among their top three rivals.
This is a tough fixture for Chelsea: Arsenal have beaten them 7 times in 10 meetings (all competitions).
| Rival | P | W | D | L | Goals/game | Last met |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3.0 | |
| Tottenham | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | |
| Manchester United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2.8 |
