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5 December 2015 2127 comments
James Barnes James Barnes
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Saturday’s curtain-closer finds Chelsea playing host to Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge. The Blues are growing in confidence following a dreadful start to the campaign, with two clean sheets under their belt in as many fixtures. The Cherries, meanwhile, have finally discovered their scoring touch, netting five goals in their previous two match-ups.

Chelsea occupy the middle of the pack with regards to attempts (53), shots inside the box (30), big chances (four) and shots on target (14) over the last four Gameweeks. No team racked up fewer goals (two) during that time frame, though, engendering the worst shot-conversion rate (3.8%). On a more positive note, the Blues rank bottom for big chances conceded (one) and third-bottom for shots inside the box conceded (21) since Gameweek 11.

Bournemouth lead the field in terms of attempts (71) over the last four Gameweeks, having mustered nine more efforts at goal than Liverpool and Spurs. Additionally, the south-coast outfit have crafted the second-most shots inside the box (41) and the most key passes (55) across that stretch. There’s still vast room for improvement at the other end of the pitch: Villa (10) were the only team to concede more goals than the Cherries (eight) in their previous quartet of fixtures.

  1. John t penguin
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Great for fans of teams like Bournemouth to experience wins like this. May only happen a few times in their life time

    1. Diva
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      What, winning a relegation 6 pointer?

      1. John t penguin
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Bmouth won't be relegation material

    2. GuyIncognito
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Maybe they will have a rematch in the Championship next year.

  2. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hang on a minute, there's a Francis clean sheet sitting on my bench!

    1. theeribert
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I have 3 clean sheets on mine 😀

    2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I played Zouma 🙁

      1. Pochecinno
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        I played Bellerin, Rose and Zouma over Ake

  3. Fernando Torres 9
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Mane> Kdb for a hit?

  4. Arteta
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Well done Bournemouth!

  5. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    I never, ever do this, but I have to lol at Hazard buyers. Chelsea and him showed no form all season. It's crazy how people latch onto an idea on this site.

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Truly this.

    2. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Well said . There is a lot of ballrooms spoken on here .

  6. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    WOW

  7. Jay10
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Chelsea are this season's Borussia Dortmund.

  8. Dukes of Hazard
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Well I guess we all have this to look for later on:
    http://arsenalist.com/f/2015-16/other/video-jose-mourinho-has-nothing-to-say.html

  9. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Just when you think it can't get any worse!

    Bye bye Jose

  10. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    VIVA BOURNEMOUTH!!!

  11. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Murray was never offside

  12. ralfb
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Glad i didnt listen to buy hazard.

  13. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Francis haul benched...

  14. andy85wsm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Francis MOTM and clean sheet in Sky 😎

  15. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    The ref will get it from Jose for that penalty claim

  16. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Lol at Hazard owners.

    1. The_Socca_Philosopha
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Facepalm
      It's been that kind of fantasy season for me ...

  17. Essan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Great result for football 😀

  18. Sponge-worthy
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Francis essential!!

  19. Mr Arsenal
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    These players are not playing for Mourinho. He has to go.

  20. Long Juan Silva
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  21. Jay_
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Did Jose just blank Howe handshake ?

      1. Mouth
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Looked like it

    • The_Socca_Philosopha
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Suddenly, I feel better about Azpi not starting with Simon Francis coming off my bench:)

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Well done Bournemouth

      Well deserved

      Wasn't even a back to the walls job. Fairly comfortable

    • Harper_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Ok, this truly is the point where we start treating Chelsea like Aston Villa from an FPL perspective 😆

      1. Diva
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        I've treating them like that for weeks.

        1. Harper_
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 2 months ago

          I had a tiny feeling that they would get better, almost back to the way they were. But they haven't, and they won't, oh they won't...

      2. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        You should have reached that conclusion weeks and weeks ago.

    • Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Well done Bournemouth.

      Eddie Howe is the new Mourinho!!

      And Murray was onside.

    • Özilla Firefox
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      LOL@Hazard owners

    • Syd.
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      This season is a way out of whack

      1. Sif
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        great isn't it. It's like football again.

    • rozzo
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Man United play Chelsea in a couple of weeks.

      High chance it will be the worst football match in history.

    • drughi
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Considered Hazard but went ramsey, dullet bodged. I dont have mahrez though so jokes on me in the end