By Brian Sears 27 November 2014 Chelsea’s storming start in the Premier League is their best ever start in the 23 seasons of England’s revamped top division. With 32 points from their first 12 games, they are a point ahead of their previous best-ever tally at this stage – and more than nine points clear […]
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Chelsea’s 10 unbeaten games keeps them on Invincibles course ….
By Brian Sears 7 November 2014 The 2014-15 Chelsea vintage are the 17th side to get into double figures of undefeated games at the start of a Premier League season but how long will they go unbeaten? Fourteen of their 16 predecessors did not get beyond 15 unbeaten games, although famously, 11 years ago, Arsenal set the […]
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Arsenal’s weakness at top-five rivals makes for daunting Chelsea challenge
By Brian Sears 3 October 2014 Arsenal’s away record against other ‘top’ Premier League teams has become a source of major concern in recent seasons. For the purposes of this article, ‘top’ is defined as any club that has finished in the top five in any given season. And the Gunners really have been woeful […]
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Chelsea best against Manchester clubs … and winning start points to title push
By Brian Sears 19 September 2014 Chelsea’s four wins from four Premier League games so far give them the only 100 per cent record this season. In winning their first four games, they become only the 16th team in 23 PL seasons to do so. On four of the 15 previous occasions, it has been […]
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CHELSEA: best against the best – and worst of the best against the rest
By Brian Sears 2 May 2014 Jose Mourinho celebrated last weekend’s win at Liverpool by stressing (a.k.a gloating) that Chelsea had completed Premier League doubles in the 2013-14 season over Liverpool and Manchester City. And yes, indeed, Chelsea are well clear when it comes to their record against fellow top-seven sides compared to other top-seven sides […]
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Why the 3-way title race hinges on games between Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool
By Brian Sears 28 March 2014 The top four teams in the Premier League this weekend before the action starts have all passed the 60-point milestone. They are the only clubs to do so and are the only four with any realistic chance left of winning this season’s title. (Some would argue Arsenal’s realistic chance […]
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Man Utd kings among PL ‘ever presents’ but Chelsea on verge of usurping Arsenal
By Brian Sears 14 March 2014 Seven clubs have been ever-present (EP) in the 22 seasons of the Premier League and six of them are in the top seven in the current table; this is no coincidence. Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal in first, second and third place before this weekend’s games, as well as Tottenham, […]
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Tottenham’s last league win at Chelsea: so long ago it involved Gary Lineker
By Brian Sears 7 March 2014 There have been seven ‘ever-present’ clubs in the Premier League, none of them relegated from the top flight since England’s top division was revamped in 1992-93: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham. That means each of those seven have now faced each of the others […]
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Chelsea’s challenge: a rampant Man City with a scoring home run of 61 matches
By Brian Sears 3 February 2014 Chelsea visit the Etihad Stadium on Monday evening to face a team racking up goals at unprecedented levels in the Premier League era. This season already City have netted 115 goals in 37 matches in all competitions for an average of 3.1 goals per game. At home they have […]
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Chelsea only club better than Manchester United, head-to-head … even before Moyes
By Brian Sears 17 January 2014 Chelsea host Manchester United on Sunday in the knowledge they have beaten the champions more often in the Premier League era than any other side have beaten them. In 43 meetings that have won 14 times for a win rate of almost 33 per cent. They achieved all those […]
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