Cole Palmer close to fitness and could give Chelsea boost for Arsenal clash

Bringing on Palmer at 60-70 minutes will be a huge boost to the team

They were serious 🤣🤣

Enzo Maresca has now beaten the Champions of England, France and Spain in the last 6 months… ✅

Players to join Chelsea:

• Emanuel Emegha
• Mike Penders
• Mamadou Sarr
• Aaron Anselmino
• Kendry Paez
• Dastan Satpaev
• Geovany Quenda
• Deinner Ordóñez

Our future is phenomenally bright.

🚨The FA have submitted a bid to host the Women’s World Cup in 2035. Stamford Bridge has been included as a proposed stadium but interestingly its “subject to development”

Chelsea’s back line and midfield are packed with naturally aggressive characters.

James, Caicedo, Enzo, along with Cucurella, Chalobah, Fofana and Gusto, all bring that sharp, confrontational edge you feel the moment the ball comes near them.

The forwards may come off as the nicer ones, but that softness is an illusion. Push them wrong and they’ll punish you just as quickly.

It's so difficult to penetrate Chelsea from any part of the pitch because whichever zone you intend to attack, your player would be confronted aggressively by a Chelsea player

These guys are no-nonsense young thugs

A lot of people say Chelsea is way too inconsistent, but when you actually line up the stats, that story starts to fall apart.

I checked out how all the "Top 6" clubs have been doing in all competitions since late February. I just looked at simple stuff: games played, wins, losses, goals for and against, and their points per game.

Right away, the first thing that stood out was how many more games Chelsea has played than everyone else—at least six more, and even twelve more than Manchester United!

But when you look past the busy schedule, a clear picture forms. Three teams are clearly performing better than the other three in almost every way. And the gap between those top teams is actually a lot smaller than you'd think.

Here's the breakdown:

Games played
Chelsea 45
Man City 39
Tottenham 39
Arsenal 37
Liverpool 34
Man Utd 33

Games won
Chelsea 32
Man City 26
Arsenal 24
Liverpool 17
Tottenham 14
Man Utd 12

Games drawn
Arsenal 9
Man Utd 8
Tottenham 8
Chelsea 5
Man City 5
Liverpool 2

Games lost
Arsenal 4
Chelsea 8
Man City 8
Man Utd 13
Liverpool 15
Tottenham 17

Goals scored
Chelsea 90
Man City 82
Arsenal 75
Tottenham 58
Liverpool 56
Man Utd 55

Goals conceded
Arsenal 25
Man City 31
Chelsea 36
Man Utd 47
Liverpool 52
Tottenham 53

Goal difference
Chelsea +54
Man City +51
Arsenal +50
Man Utd +8
Tottenham +5
Liverpool +4

Goals scored per game
Man City 2.1
Arsenal 2.02
Chelsea 2.00
Man Utd 1.67
Liverpool 1.65
Tottenham 1.49

Goals conceded per game
Arsenal 0.68
Man City 0.79
Chelsea 0.80
Tottenham 1.36
Man Utd 1.42
Liverpool 1.53

Clean sheets
Chelsea 22
Man City 19
Arsenal 18
Tottenham 10
Liverpool 8
Man Utd 5

Points per game
Chelsea 2.24 (85 points over 38 games)
Arsenal 2.18 (83 points)
Man City 2.13 (81 points)
Liverpool 1.56 (59 points)
Man Utd 1.33 (51 points)
Tottenham 1.28 (48 points)

The picture is obvious. Three clubs are miles ahead of the rest in every key metric, and Chelsea are firmly in that top bracket despite the constant talk about youth, inconsistency and inexperience. The numbers say the opposite.

Credits to CFCMJordan on X

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