Chelsea Roundup: Back-to-Back Wins Lift Blues to Sixth
Chelsea sit sixth in the Premier League table after four games with back-to-back wins, goals shared around the squad and bookmakers pricing them as favourites for both listed fixtures — but nine conceded is the concern.
Chelsea head into the next round of fixtures sixth in the Premier League table with seven points from four matches — two wins, one draw and one defeat. Ten goals scored and nine conceded leave their goal difference at +1, level with Brighton & Hove Albion on points but behind the Seagulls on goal difference.
The form column reads DLWW: after a draw and a defeat, Chelsea have reeled off two straight wins. Arsenal and Manchester City set the early pace on 12 points apiece with perfect records, and it was Arsenal who handed Chelsea their only defeat so far, winning 2-1.
Results in the book
With four games played, FanTribe's results data includes:
- Chelsea 2-2 Hull City AFC
- Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea
- Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
That 4-3 win over Brighton sums up the story so far. According to the Premier League table, only Brighton (13) have scored more than Chelsea's 10, while only Crystal Palace (11) and pointless Coventry City (10) have conceded more than the Blues' nine.
Goals shared around
No single player is carrying the attack. FanTribe's scoring data has M. Rogers, João Pedro and C. Palmer level at the top of the club's charts on two goals apiece, with R. Lavia and P. Neto among the other names on the scoresheet.
Next up: Brentford away
Chelsea travel to the Brentford Community Stadium on 18 September, and the market fancies their chances. Bookmaker odds (via api_football, as of 14 September) price a Chelsea win at 2.21 — a bookmaker-derived implied probability of 42% — with Brentford at 2.88 (33%) and the draw at 3.75 (25%).
On FanTribe, backing the away win is worth 44 points, while a draw carries 75 and a Brentford victory 58.
Bournemouth await at the Bridge
Chelsea's other listed fixture brings AFC Bournemouth to Stamford Bridge on 10 October, where the hosts are 1.78 favourites — a bookmaker-derived implied probability of 53%, against 22% for the draw (4.2) and 25% for an away win (3.8).
The FanTribe points on offer there: 36 for a Chelsea win, 84 for the draw and 76 for Bournemouth.
The FanTribe view
Chelsea's club hub on FanTribe has already gathered 25 supporters, and there is plenty to debate. A top-six side sharing the goals around and priced as favourites in both listed fixtures is a healthy early-season position — but with nine goals conceded in four games, only two teams in the division have been more generous at the back, according to the Premier League table.
This story was generated from structured football data (fixtures, official results, league standings, betting odds) and FanTribe's own aggregated, anonymised fan data by the FanTribe Data Desk. It was published under our editorial policy.
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