MATCH DAY: CHELSEA Vs BURNLEY
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Chelsea are unbeaten in their previous six Premier League meetings with Burnley (W4 D2 L0).
Chelsea have won more points on opening day than any other Premier League club (54).
In fact, the Blues haven’t lost an opening day Premier League fixture since 1998 v Coventry, going unbeaten in their last 18 games to start the season (W15 D3).
Just one of the previous 25 reigning Premier League champions have lost their opening game in the following season – Leicester City v Hull City in 2016 (W20 D4 L1).
Burnley have lost all three Premier League opening day fixtures, scoring just one goal in those three games.
Burnley have won just one of their 16 Premier League away games in London (D2 L13), although it came on their last visit to the capital against Crystal Palace in April, winning 2-0.
Chelsea (183) have won more points in August than any other team in Premier League history (P85, W54, D21, L10).
Chelsea summer signing Alvaro Morata (27.3%) had the highest conversion rate of any striker to score 10+ goals in La Liga last season, scoring 15 goals from 55 shots (inc. blocks).
Morata’s goals won Real Madrid 13 points in the La Liga last term, only Cristiano Ronaldo won more for the side (14).
Antonio Conte won 30 of his 38 Premier League games in charge of Chelsea last season (79%), the best win ratio of any manager in the competition's history (min. 10 games).
If Chelsea win, they’ll become the second team to win 300 Premier League games on a single weekday, with Manchester United having won 327 games on a Saturday.