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What Do The Record Books Tell Us About Our Trip To Swansea?

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This afternoon, in the late kick-off, Chelsea take on Swansea in a Premier League fixture.

It is a fixture Chelsea need to win if they are to hang onto their hopes of, snatching at the death, a place in the Champions League next season.

But, ahead of the fixture, what do the record and form books tell us to expect when it comes to the outcome of the game?

Here are a selection of facts and figures that might influence your thinking:

• Chelsea have a good record against Swansea, in the Premier League, in 13 games they’ve won 8, drawn 4 and lost just the 1.

• The 1 defeat, against Swansea, came in the game at the Liberty Stadium in April 2016.

• The last 7 fixtures played at the Liberty Stadium have also favoured Chelsea, with the Blues winning 2, drawing 4 and losing just the 1 game mentioned above.

• Chelsea, if they win this fixture, will have won their last 3 Premier League away games, after having lost the previous 3.

• Clean-sheets are becoming hard to come by for Chelsea with the opposition scoring, at least once, in each of the last 7 Premier League games.

• A victory for Chelsea, in this fixture will see Antonio Conte register win number 50, in the Premier League. That figure will have been achieved from 72 Premier League games making the Italian the third quickest manager to reach 50 wins in the Premier League, behind Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho who did it in 69 and 63 games respectively.

Up the Chels!

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