The Premier League weekend concludes with Burnley visiting Chelsea on Monday night, a match that was extremely one-sided in the reverse fixture. The Blues bulldozed Burnley 4-0 at the Turf Moor earlier this season, but the current Clarets are now playing much better.
Now free from worries of regulation, they have been able to play loose and have all three points from their last three.
However, they have not fared well against Chelsea in recent meetings, winning just one of the last six clashes (L3, D2).
In the all-time series though, they have the advantage with 38 wins to Chelsea’s 36; to go along with 23 draws.
The Bank Chelsea FC Starting XI Prediction vs Burnley FC
Attack: Eden Hazard, Gonzalo Higuain, Willian
Midfield: Ross Barkley, Jorginho, N’Golo Kante
Defense: Emerson Palmieri, David Luiz, Andreas Christensen, Cesar Azpilicueta
Goalkeeper: Kepa Arrizabalaga
Chelsea FC vs Burnley FC FYIs
Kickoff- Monday Apr 22, Stamford Bridge 8pm
Injury report for both sides: go to this link
Match official- Kevin Friend
Form Guide: Burnley- WWWLL Chelsea- LWWWL
Google Result Probability- Burnley win 8%, Draw 16%, Chelsea win 76%
Odds: Chelsea 2/7, Burnley 14/1, Draw 5/1
Prediction: Chelsea 2, Burnley 1
As always, feel free to post your own starting XI predictions for both sides as well as your best guest as to what the final score will be.
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