Chelsea vs. Burnley: Preview and betting tips

Chelsea welcome Burnley in Saturday’s Premier League round of 11 match. While the home side dominate the table, the visitors are a sad seven in the points column. Will the Blues confirm their role as favourites?

Chelsea couldn’t have asked for a better year. After their success in the Champions League, they lead their group again this year and haven’t lost a point so far. In the Premier League, it has a three-point lead over second-placed Liverpool at the top of the table.

Burnley got their first win in the tenth round, beating Brentford at home. Despite this, they remain seven points behind Leeds in the relegation zone, but only three points behind them.

Chelsea are relying on goalscoring full-backs. Reece James has had a hand in six league goals (4+2), while Ben Chilwell has hit three. Mateo Kovacic is having an excellent season so far, assisting five times in addition to one goal.

Burnley can consider the purchase of Maxwell Cornet as an excellent deal. He managed to score four goals in his first five Premier League games. Right back Matt Lowton is also a mainstay, with one goal and two assists.

Chelsea are also relying on a solid defence and have only conceded once in their last five games! Burnley have not kept a clean sheet in eight of their last nine games.

Considering the form of the London side, it is safe to assume that they will dominate this game without conceding a goal again.

On the whole, the stats of the games between the two sides are quite clear. In the previous three meetings, Chelsea defeated their opponent and did not score once (2::0, 3::0 and 3::0).