Chelsea look to extend their nine-year unbeaten streak against Burnley

Chelsea look to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they welcome relegation-threatened Burnley to Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

The Blues secured a comfortable 4-0 FA Cup victory at Hull City last time out thanks to Pedro Neto’s hat-trick.

However, Liam Rosenior’s side surrendered a two-goal advantage to draw 2-2 with Leeds United in their last Premier League outing.

Mansfield Town pulled off a major upset, beating Burnley 2-1 in the FA Cup at Turf Moor last time out.

The Clarets overturned a two-goal deficit to claim a stunning 3-2 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park last time out in the Premier League.

Match preview

Chelsea have lost just one of their 19 Premier League games against Burnley (W13 D5), going down 3-2 at home on the opening weekend of the 2017/18 season.

Seven of Burnley’s eight Premier League points against Chelsea have come at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues have lost 2-1 at home to Sunderland and 3-1 away at Leeds this season; they’ve never lost to all three promoted sides in a single Premier League campaign before.

The Clarets have conceded at least twice in each of their last eight Premier League away games against London sides. They did, however, beat Crystal Palace 3-2 last time out, only once before winning consecutive visits to the capital in the same season (vs Crystal Palace and West Ham in 2019/20).

Chelsea have dropped more points from winning positions in Premier League home games than any other side this season (15).

No team has scored in more different Premier League games than Chelsea this season (24), with the Blues’ only two blanks coming in goalless draws against Crystal Palace in August and Bournemouth in December.

Burnley haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 23 Premier League away games, since a 2-0 win at Fulham in December 2023. It’s the longest run by a side in the competition since Aston Villa went 26 games between February 2016 and July 2020.

Cole Palmer has been involved in 14 goals in his 12 Premier League starts for Chelsea against promoted sides (8 goals, 6 assists), the first game of which included a goal and assist against Burnley in October 2023.

Team news

Chelsea

Marc Cucurella, Levi Colwill, Dario Essugo, Jamie Gittens and Filip Jorgensen are sidelined with injuries.

Romeo Lavia has resumed first-team training, but the Blues are not expected to rush his return to action.

Burnley

Connor Roberts, Jordan Beyer, Mike Tresor, Zeki Amdouni, Alex Tuanzebe and Josh Cullen are unavailable due to injuries.

Predicted line-ups

Chelsea: Sanchez, James, Fofana, Chalobah, Hato, Santos, Caicedo, Palmer, Fernandez, Neto, João Pedro.

Burnley: Dubravka, Laurent, Worral, Esteve, Walker, Ugochukwu, Hannibal, Humphreys, Edwards, Anthony, Flemming.