It was a great weekend in the Premier League for Chelsea. Not only did the Blues finally hit top gear to crush Blackburn 5-0, Liverpool took three points off Manchester United while Man City and Arsenal both dropped points having surrendered two goal leads.
Chelsea now sit two points clear at the top of the table with the joint best goal difference and, whilst more difficult games are on the horizon (not least Man Utd next month), things are looking bright. It will probably be a season unlike any other we have seen for a while with the ‘big four’ sides all likely to drop more points along the way, but for now Chelsea fans can enjoy being back at the top.
Looking back over the 96 league games played so far this season, high scoring games like Saturday’s have been a fairly common occurrence (although not all so one sided). There have been 52 home wins and 29 away wins, meaning that just 15 per cent of games so far have ended in a draw. Of those, just three have failed to produce a goal.
In total 287 goals have been scored. That’s just under three per game on average, and approximately half a goal per game more than last season. To put that in context: that’s the equivalent of an extra five goals hitting the net every weekend.
So we might have lost the Best Player in the World™, but it looks like the Premiership has lost none of what has made it the most attractive league on the planet: swashbuckling football at its most exciting.
Sky must be loving it. Regardless, despite their reputation for functional football, Chelsea are certainly playing their part.
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