Bournemouth are winless in five Premier League games against Chelsea (2 draws, 3 defeats). They had previously won three of their last four games against the Blues (1 defeat).
Chelsea have lost just one of their seven Premier League away games against Bournemouth (W4, D2), with three of their four defeats in the competition against the Cherries coming at Stamford Bridge.
Bournemouth are unbeaten in all three Premier League games this season (W1, D2), never before have they managed to go four games unbeaten from the start of a season in the competition.
Bournemouth beat Everton 3-2 last time out despite trailing 2-0 until the 87th minute. This is the latest result a team has scored in the Premier League after overcoming a deficit of more than 2 goals. It was the Cherries’ third win from a deficit of more than 2 goals since their return to the competition in 2022, more than any other team in that time.
Chelsea have won all of their last 3 Premier League away games, with the last longer streak being between February and April 2022 (4).
Chelsea have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 17 away games in the Premier League, conceding 36 goals in total. They have only had a longer run of clean sheets away from home in the competition once, 24 games between January 1993 and February 1994.
Both Bournemouth and Chelsea have scored a league-high four second-half goals between them in the Premier League this season. All four of Bournemouth’s goals have come in the final five minutes of matches (from the 86th minute onwards), while all four of Chelsea’s goals have come in their only away game to date, against Wolves.
Chelsea’s Premier League win percentage is 61.1% in August, the highest of any month except June/July, while it drops to 47.8% in September (its second lowest). Aside from June and July, only Arsenal, among the teams consistently in the competition, has seen a larger month-on-month decline (61.4% in October, 45.4% in November).
Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo has had more shots than any other Premier League player this season (17). Semenyo (17 shots, 4 chances created) and teammate Marcus Tavernier (12 shots, 9 chances created) have been directly involved in 21 attempts so far. In the league, only Kevin De Bruyne (23) has been involved in more shots.
Not only does he have the most assists (4) so far, but no player has created more big chances this Premier League season than Chelsea’s Cole Palmer (4). Palmer averages a goal (23) or an assist (15) every 76 minutes for Chelsea in the competition, the second-best rate of any player with at least 1,000 minutes of playing time for a given club (only Erling Haaland scores every 67 minutes for Man City).
