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.

Chelsea have won their last six Premier League away games against Burnley, netting at least three goals in each of the last five. In English top-flight history, only two teams have won six consecutive away games at another while scoring 3+ goals each time – Chelsea at Arsenal between 1960 and 1965, and Man City at West Brom between 2013 and 2021.

Burnley have lost four of their last six Premier League matches (W2), conceding 2+ goals in five of those games. Indeed, the Clarets have kept just two clean sheets in their last 31 Premier League games, shipping 64 goals in this period (2.1 per game).

Chelsea 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).

In the Premier League this season, Burnley have had the fewest shots (90), lowest xG (8.3), lowest possession (38.6%), faced the most shots (192), and have the highest xGA (24.0). Since Opta have this data available (from 2012-13), the Clarets are the only side on record to rank poorest for each of these metrics in a campaign in the division.

Chelsea have won each of their last seven Premier League games kicking off at 12:30pm on a Saturday; in the competition’s history, on just three occasions has any side had a longer winning run in this exact kick-off slot: Manchester United (8 from Jan 2003-Dec 2003), Chelsea themselves (8 from May 2005-Dec 2017), and Manchester City (9 from May 2021-Oct 2022).

João Pedro has scored in both of Chelsea’s last two Premier League games and could score in three successive appearances in the competition for just the second time, after doing so in February/March last season for Brighton. However, the Brazilian has never scored in four games against Burnley in the Premier League, only facing Brentford (7) and Everton (5) more times without finding the net.

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).

Chelsea’s 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).