West Brom vs Chelsea Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 🛂
West Bromwich Albion have lost more Premier League games against Chelsea (18) than they have against any other opponent, including each of their last four in a row without scoring a single goal.
Chelsea have won each of their last three away league games at West Brom; they have beaten them in four or more consecutive such outings twice previously -eight in a row from April 1985 to April 2011 and five between December 1964 and March 1969.
Chelsea have lost three of their last seven away Premier League games at newly promoted sides (W4), including their most recent such clash at Sheffield United in July last season (0-3); they had only lost three of their previous 19 such matches before this (W11 D5).
West Brom have conceded more goals than any other Premier League side so far this season (8); indeed, their eight goals against is the most they've ever shipped in their first two games of a league campaign.
Chelsea have just kept one clean sheet in their 20 Premier League away games under manager Frank Lampard, winning 2-0 at Spurs in December 2019.
The Blues' last league clean sheet outside of London came in May 2019 (0-0 vs Leicester). West Bromwich Albion have won just 11 points from their last 48 available in the Premier League (W3 D2 L 11 ), with all of these points being earned in Darren Moore's six games in charge in April/May 2018 (W3 D2 L 1 ).
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has won both of his previous meetings with West Bromwich Albion as a manager, winning home (3-1) and away ( 4-1) with Derby in the 2018-19 Championship season.
Matheus Pereira has had a hand in both of West Brom's Premier League goals this season (1 goal, 1 assist).
Indeed, since the start of last season he's had a hand in 26 league goals for the Baggies (9 goals, 17 assists), 11 more than any other player at the club.
Centre-back Kurt Zouma and midfielder Jorginho are the only two players to have had more than one shot on target for Chelsea across their two Premier League games so far (2 each).
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Branislav lvanovic made 261 Premier League appearances for Chelsea between 2008-2016, scoring 22 goals, including one against new club West Brom back in February 2014.
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