Chelsea hopes to continue their stay at the top of the Premier League table this weekend when they play host to Burnley. The match schedules for Saturday at the Stamford Bridge with kickoff at 6 pm.
Thomas Tuchel is currently at the top of the table after picking 25 points from ten opening matches. On the other hand, Burnley finds themselves in the relegation battles at 18th with seven points from the opening ten matches.
There’s still a lot of football to be played in the 2021-22 Premier League season. Still, Chelsea has been the standout team in the competition this term, winning eight, drawing one, and losing one of their ten matches to collect 25 points, which is three points more than second-placed Liverpool.
Chelsea might not be dominating the Premier League this season, but they certainly haven’t been dominated. They have only conceded three times so far -which is not bad if we considered last season.
Burnley have one victory in their last 14 Premier League games against Chelsea, suffering ten defeats in the process.
The Clarets have won one, drawn four, and lost five of their opening ten games in the league to collect seven points.
Burnley’s first league victory came last time out, with Chris Wood, Matthew Lowton, and Maxwell Cornet on the scoresheet in a 3-1 victory over Brentford at Turf Moor.
Chelsea vs. Burnley Head to Head
Both sides have 15 games against each other, with Chelsea taking two wins while Burnley takes ten wins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- Malmo 0-1 Chelsea
- Newcastle 0-3 Chelsea
- Chelsea 1-1 Southampton
- Chelsea 7-0 Norwich City
- Malmo 0-4 Chelsea
Away
- Burnley 3-1 Brentford
- Burnley 0-1 Tottenham
- Southampton 2-2 Burnley
- Man City 2-0 Burnley
- Burnley 0-0 Norwich City
Chelsea Team News
Chelsea will again be without Lukaku, Kovacic, and Timo Werner. Further, Mount is also struggling with illness.
N’Golo Kante was not used against Malmo in the Champions League on Tuesday but could be available here; Tuchel, though, will find it difficult to drop Ruben Loftus-Cheek to the bench due to the Englishman’s performance in last week’s match.
Burnley Team News
Dyche revealed Thursday during the pre-match press conference that Dale Stephens is still unavailable due to a foot injury, while Aaron Lennon is a doubt because of illness.
Prediction and Odds
Burnley is certainly a threat in the final third of the field, and we expect them to get at least one goal today.
- Chelsea Win
- Goals Over 2.5
- Reece James to Score
