Premier League: Chelsea vs Burnley live
Premier League leaders, Chelsea, will welcome Burnley to the Stamford Bridge for their 11th round fixture today at 15:00 GMT. Both teams desperately need a win; Chelsea to extend their lead at the top of the table and Burnley, to leave the relegation zone.
Chelsea are currently the best team in the Premier League. They top the league with 25 points, fewest goals conceded, 3, and the most clean sheets, 7. They are unbeaten in their last five games; 4 wins and a draw. They scored 16 goals in those games and conceded just 1 goal. Lukaku, Kovacic, Werner and Alonso are all out for this game due to injury.
Burnley are having a tough campaign this season as they find themselves 18th on the Premier League table with 7 points. So far, they have won just a game in the league, this win was their triumph against Brentford last week, making it their only win in their last 5 games.
Head-to-head
Burnley’s only win against Chelsea was a 3-1 victory at Stamford bridge in 2017. Since then, they have played 1 draw and the rest of the games have ended in wins for Chelsea.
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Prediction
There is no doubt that Chelsea are going to pull this off with a spectacular win. Burnley will probably have to produce something special if they want to get a point out of this game.
Line up
Chelsea XI: Mendy; Christensen, Silva, Rudiger; James, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell; Ziyech, Havertz, Barkley
Burnley XI: Pope; Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Brownhill, Gudmundsson; Cornet, Wood
