Burnley vs Chelsea head to head

We are unbeaten at Turf Moor since losing 0-3 in April 1983 in the old Second Division.

The Blues last lost a top-flight encounter at Turf Moor in August 1973 when we were beaten by an 80th-minute Frank Casper goal when Dave Sexton was in charge of Chelsea.

The reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge in November ended 1-1. Despite our 25 shots to Burnley’s five, Matej Vydra equalised 10 minutes from time after Kai Havertz opened the scoring in the first half.

Chelsea stats

Since we played Tottenham on 23 January, this will only be our second match in the Premier League in eight games.

No side has kept more clean sheets away from home in the Premier League this season than Chelsea (seven).

At Turf Moor on Saturday, we will play our 3,500th league game in the top-flight. Our first was a 4-2 defeat at home to Sheffield United in 1907.

Chelsea have not been losing at half-time in any of our 25 Premier League games this season.

Excluding penalty shoot-outs, Thomas Tuchel’s side have been defeated twice in 34 games in all competitions winning 22 of them.

Saul scored his first goal for the club at Luton taking our total goalscorers (excluding own goals) in 2021/22 to 19, the second highest number of different scorers in a season in our history. The club record is 20 in 2015/16.

Since Thomas Tuchel’s arrival we have won five and drawn one of our six games that have kicked off at 3pm on a Saturday.

Burnley stats

This season’s Premier League stats (25 games)Most starts: McNeil 24, Pope 23, Tarkowski 23, Mee 21Most assists: Westwood 3, Lowton 2, Rodriguez 2, Tarkowski 2, Weghorst 2Most clean sheets: Pope 7

Premier League scorersCornet 6, Mee 3, Wood 3 (now Newcastle), Lennon 2, Brownhill 1, Lowton 1, Rodriguez 1, Tarkowski 1, Vydra 1, Weghorst 1, own goals 2

Despite being in the bottom three, only Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Southampton have lost fewer Premier League games at home than Burnley (four).

Burnley have won three Premier League games this season, fewer than any other side.

No side has drawn more Premier League games than Burnley this season (12).

Sean Dyche’s side have won 12 points from their 12 home league games this season. They have won two, against Brentford and Tottenham.

The Clarets have not scored or conceded a goal from a penalty this season.

Sean Dyche’s managerial record v ChelseaWon: 1Drawn: 4Lost: 8

Discipline

There are no suspensions. Players who accumulate 10 yellow cards in Premier League matches up to and including our 32nd fixture will serve a two-match suspension in the competition.

Premier League bookings listBurnley: Brownhill 8, Tarkowski 7, Westwood 6, Mee 3, Rodriguez 3, Barnes 2, Cork 2, Cornet 2, Gudmundsson 2, Lennon 2, Lowton 2, Collins 1, McNeil 1, Pieters 1, Roberts 1, Stephens 1, Taylor 1, Weghorst 1, Wood 1.

Chelsea: Alonso 6, Rudiger 5, James 4, Jorginho 4, Kovacic 3, Christensen 2, Mendy 2, Mount 2, Pulisic 2, Thiago Silva 2, Ziyech 2, Chalobah 1, Havertz 1, Hudson-Odoi 1, Kante 1, Loftus-Cheek 1, Sarr 1, Saul 1, Werner 1.

Referee and VAR

Referee: Andre MarrinerVAR: Mike DeanAndre Marriner was the official in the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge in November. His other Blues games this term were at West Ham and our Carabao Cup matches at Brentford and Tottenham.