The late kick-off in the Premier League this weekend is between Burnley and Chelsea at Turf Moor. Burnley begin the weekend in 8th place in the Premier League and have 12 points from their 9 matches played. Chelsea are currently 5 points above them in 4th place and will be aiming to cement their position in the Champions League qualifying places.
Burnley come into this match having lost their previous game 2-1 at Leicester City last weekend. The Clarets opened the scoring in the 26th minute but they could not hold on until half time and conceded an equalizer just a minute before the break. Leicester City found the winning goal with 16 minutes remaining on the clock.
That defeat was the first suffered by Burnley in their last 5 Premier League matches. Prior to the defeat at the King Power Stadium, Burnley enjoyed a run of 4 unbeaten games in the Premier League including wins over Norwich City and Everton at home plus draws at Brighton and Hove Albion and Aston Villa.
Trends show Burnley Have won 3 of their last 4 home Premier League matches with the wins coming against the two teams highlighted above plus a good 3-0 victory over Southampton. Burnley have kept a clean sheet in 3 of their last 4 home Premier League games and have won 4 of their last 8 home League games by 2 or more goals.
Chelsea travelled to Amsterdam to play Ajax on Wednesday night in the Champions League and came away with an excellent 1-0 victory to boost their claims of reaching the knockout stages this season. That win came after a tough home Premier League match against Newcastle United, which Chelsea managed to win 1-0 thanks to a goal in the 73rd minute scored by Marcos Alonso.
Off the bench to win us the game! 👌🦇 #AJACHE pic.twitter.com/OobCFsHJId— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) October 24, 2019
Off the bench to win us the game! 👌🦇 #AJACHE pic.twitter.com/OobCFsHJId
The win over Ajax means Chelsea have won each of their last 6 games in all competitions. They have won each of their last 3 in the Premier League with the victories coming at home against Brighton and Hove Albion and Newcastle United plus away to Southampton.
Trends show Chelsea have won each of their last 3 away matches in the Premier League, scoring 3 or more goals in each of those games. The Blues have also seen over 2.5 goals scored in all 4 of their away Premier League matches this season.
Team news and Burnley are set to be without both Daniel Drinkwater and Johann Berg Gudmundsson who have ankle and hamstring injuries respectively. Ashley Barnes and Jack Cork are rated as doubtful.
Chelsea are still without the injured duo of Andreas Christensen and Ruben Loftus-Cheek plus have doubts over the fitness of Antonio Rüdiger, Ngolo Kante, Marco Van Ginkel and Ross Barkley.
This is going to be a difficult match for Chelsea as they aim to continue their good run of results. However, the win at Ajax on Wednesday night shows what they are capable of on the road and they could win this game with both teams scoring.