Burnley vs Chelsea preview: The Blues look to maintain winning streak at Turf Moor

The Premier League resumes after the last international break of 2025 at Turf Moor as Burnley hosts Chelsea in Saturday’s lunchtime kickoff.

The Clarets fell to a disappointing 3-2 defeat at West Ham last time out, and they will be seeking to secure a rare home victory over the Blues.

Enzo Maresca’s men secured a 3-0 victory over managerless Wolves in their last outing just before the break.

Match preview

Burnley have won just one of their 18 Premier League games against Chelsea (D5 L12), picking up a 3-2 victory at Stamford Bridge on the opening weekend of the 2017/18 season.

Chelsea have won eight of their nine Premier League away games against Burnley (D1), including each of the last six in a row. Only at Bolton (9 between 2004 and 2011) and Sunderland (9 between 2003 and 2013) have they won more consecutively in the competition.

The Blues have won their last six Premier League away games against Burnley, netting at least three goals in each of the last five.

The Clarets have lost four of their last six Premier League matches (W2), conceding 2+ goals in five of those games.

Maresca’s side have won both of their last two Premier League away games, each without conceding; the Blues last won three in a row on the road in the competition while keeping a clean sheet each time in November 2021 (4).

Chelsea have won each of their last seven Premier League games kicking off at 12:30pm on a Saturday and could equal their record of eight games won.

Burnley’s Zian Flemming has scored three goals in four Premier League starts for Burnley; the only player to score 4+ goals in his first five starts in the competition for the Clarets is Maxwel Cornet (4).

Alejandro Garnacho could make his 100th Premier League appearance in this match. Aged 21 years and 144 days, he would be the youngest South American to reach the milestone, overtaking Gabriel Martinelli from October 2023 (22y 125d).

Team news

Burnley

Former Blue Armando Broja was stretched off in Albania’s loss to England and is unavailable.

Jordan Beyer, Zeki Amdouni and Connor Roberts are sidelined until 2026.

Chelsea

Long-term absentees Dario Essugo, Benoit Badiashile, Levi Colwill, Romeo Lavia and Cole Palmer are all unavailable for selection.

Predicted line-ups

Burnley: Martin Dúbravka, Kyle Walker, Axel Tuanzebe, Maxime Estève, Quilindschy Hartman, Josh Cullen, Florentino, Loum Tchaouna, Lesley Ugochukwu, Jaidon Anthony, Zian Flemming.

Chelsea: Robert Sánchez, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Andrey Santos, Moisés Caicedo, Estêvão, João Pedro, Alejandro Garnacho, Liam Delap.