⚽ Team news (via Sky Sports)
Chelsea: Kepa Arrizabalaga is sidelined with a shoulder injury. Thiago Silva is fit, even though he did not travel for a Champions League game in Russia.
Burnley: Johann Berg Gudmundsson has sustained a calf strain and might be sidelined. Defenders Erik Pieters, Phil Bardsley and Ben Mee, as well as midfielder Jack Cork, are all injured.
📋 Stats to know (via Opta)
- Burnley have won just one of their 12 Premier League matches against Chelsea (3 draws, 8 defeats).
- Chelsea have won five of their six Premier League away games against Burnley, scoring at least twice in each of them.
- Burnley have lost the last three home games in the Premier League - they have not lost more games in a row since April 2010.
- Edouard Mendy might become the first Chelsea keeper to earn a clean sheet in his first three Premier League appearances since Petr Cech in August 2004.
⚽ Probable line-up
🔮 Score predictions
Mark Lawrenson, BBC: Burnley 1-1 Chelsea
"Frank Lampard is still tinkering with his personnel and formation. Yes, they did pretty well against Manchester United at Old Trafford last weekend but it was without ever really looking like scoring. One positive is that Thiago Silva is already looking the part at the back, and it is already looking like a case of Lampard working out who is going to play with him.
"This will be Silva's first visit to Burnley but he will obviously be told what to expect about the way the Clarets play. To be honest, though, they could just hang a crash helmet on his peg in the dressing room, and if he asks what it is about, just tell him that he will find out at 3pm on Saturday."
Ben McAleer, WhoScored: Burnley 0-2 Chelsea
"Chelsea have won five of their last six visits to Turf Moor and their new-found defensive resolve could prove key in Burnley. Sean Dyche's side are struggling at both ends of the pitch and the Blues should come away from this clash with all three points as a result."
💬 Quotes from the manager (via Chelsea FC)
Frank Lampard: "When I came in, the circumstances were very particular so you have to take each situation at face value and try to deal with it. I thought last year everybody at the club dealt with it very well because it was a successful season to finish in the top four and now we find ourselves in a different position, with different players and the onus is on us to work as hard as we can to find a balance and move forward.
"We’re working in a really positive direction. I keep talking about the need for patience and hard work during this period because I understood early in this season that there would be some difficulties in trying to compete in this unforgiving Premier League with new players, some of them having never played in this league before. The signs I see game after game and week after week, there are a lot of positives."
