Sheff Utd v Chelsea: Pick of the stats
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Here are the key facts and figures before Sunday's game between Sheffield United and Chelsea in the Premier League.
Sheffield United lost 2-1 the last time they hosted Chelsea in the Premier League - they most recently lost back-to-back home league games against the Blues in October 1965.
Chelsea have won six of their past eight Premier League games against Sheffield United, having lost their first three.
The Blades have conceded 50 goals at home this season, becoming just the second Premier League club to do so, after Derby County in 2007-08 (51).
Chelsea have not kept a clean sheet in any of their past 11 away Premier League matches, their worst run without a clean sheet on the road since going 12 in a row between December 2019 and September 2020.
Oli McBurnie has been involved in seven goals in his past seven home league appearances for United (five goals, two assists). In the five games he has scored in at Bramall Lane, he has not ended on the winning side (D2 L3), with only Dougie Freedman in 1998-99 scoring in more home games in a season without winning (six).
Cole Palmer has been involved in 11 goals in his past 11 away Premier League appearances for the Blues (five goals, six assists). He is the first player aged 21 or younger to score five or more goals and assist five or more goals away from home in a season since Dele Alli for Tottenham in 2016-17, also under Mauricio Pochettino.