CHELSEA BY NUMBERS The Blues are seeking to maintain our 100 per cent home record in the Barclays Premier League this term. Chelsea have kept 14 clean sheets in our last 17 Premier League games at Stamford Bridge, conceding just five goals. The Blues have scored seven goals from corners this term, the most in the Premier League. Our 121 shots on target is more than any other top-flight team. Eden Hazard has completed 92 successful dribbles in the Premier League, 27 more than any other player. Hazard is also the most fouled (59) player in the top flight. Premier League scorers 44 Diego Costa 14, Hazard 8 (2 pens), Drogba 3, Oscar 3, Terry 3, Fabregas 2, Ivanovic 2, Remy 2, Schurrle 2, Cahill 1, Matic 1, Ramires 1, Willian 1, own goal 1 MILESTONES John Terry’s next appearance will be his 648 , bringing him level with Frank Lampard as our third equal all- time appearance maker behind Ron Harris 795 and Peter Bonetti 729. JT is now our 25th highest scorer with 62 goals, including 37 in the Premier League. He is now just one goal behind the all-time top scoring Premier League defender, David Unsworth. THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE Roger East, a 49-year-old referee from Wiltshire, is taking charge of a Chelsea match for the first time. OTHERWISE ENGAGED Newcastle’s Papiss Cisse and Cheick Tiote are at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea. Cisse was in any case suspended for this match. PREMIER LEAGUE TOP SCORERS Diego Costa 14 Sergio Aguero (Man City) 14 Charlie Austin (QPR) 12 Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) 10 Papiss Cisse (Newcastle) 9 Hazard 8 RACE FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE GOLDEN GLOVE Fraser Forster (Southampton) 9 Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea) 8 Thibaut Courtois 7 Brad Guzan (Aston Villa) 7 Joe Hart (Man City) 7
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:03:08 +0000