📏 Form Guide

Chelsea

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Chelsea will be looking for another win after a 4-2 FA Cup victory over Leicester City.

In that game, Chelsea managed 60% possession and 26 shots on goal with 8 on target. For Chelsea, goals were scored by Marc Cucurella (13'), Cole Palmer (45'), Axel Disasi (51' Own goal), Carney Chukwuemeka (92') and Noni Madueke (98'). On the other side, Leicester City had 5 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Stephy Mavididi (62') was the scorer for Leicester City.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Chelsea haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Chelsea have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 10 goals along the way.

Going into this one, Chelsea haven't lost in the league to Burnley in their last 10 matches. A long run without a loss.

Burnley

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Burnley head into the meeting following on from a 2-1 Premier League win to beat Brentford in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Burnley had 60% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Burnley, goals were scored by Jacob Bruun Larsen (10') and David Datro Fofana (62'). On the other side, Brentford had 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. Kristoffer Ajer (83') was the scorer for Brentford.

Showing their partiality to eventful encounters, we’ve seen goals 21 times in the previous six games in which Burnley have taken to the field, making it a mean average of 3.5 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have managed 16 of those goals. Let’s find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Pre-game facts show that Burnley:

• have not emerged victorious against Chelsea when they've played them away from home in the last 4 matches in the league. Not good at all.
• are without an away win for the past 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head results stretching back to 11/01/2020 reveals that these fixtures have not been fruitful for Burnley. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all whereas Chelsea have been too good for them, finishing as winners in 83% of those games where they have faced each other.

A total of 19 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 17 for The Blues and 2 coming from The Clarets. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 8 on 07/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Burnley 1-4 Chelsea.

On that occasion, Burnley managed 37% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Goals were scored by Wilson Odobert (15') and Ameen Al Dakhil (42' Own goal).

For their opponents, Chelsea had 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Cole Palmer (50'), Raheem Sterling (65') and Nicolas Jackson (74') scored.

The referee was Stuart Attwell.

ℹ️ Team News: Chelsea

Wesley Fofana (Cruciate ligament tear), Robert Sánchez (unknown injury), Carney Chukwuemeka (Knock), Levi Colwill (Toe injury), Reece James (surgery), Christopher Nkunku (unknown injury), Lesley Ugochukwu (Hamstring injury) and Roméo Lavia (Hamstring injury) are unavailable for Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino.

📰 Team News: Burnley

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany has not got a full squad to pick from. Luca Koleosho (Knee injury), Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (unknown injury) and Jordan Beyer (Hamstring injury) can’t be considered.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that Burnley will manage to put a goal past this Chelsea team, however that isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.

We think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Chelsea at the end of the match. Should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 14:04 30/03/2024