The stats that prove Chelsea’s season is officially over
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Jose Mourinho may not have been at the Britannia Stadium to hog the limelight, but it didn’t stop Chelsea’s woeful form from continuing.
Stoke became the latest Premier League outfit to profit from the Blues’ shoddiness, taking a 1-0 win thanks to Marko Arnautovic’s strike in the 53rd minute.
The loss leaves Chelsea in 16th place in the league and an incredible three points above the relegation zone after 12 games.
Although the drop isn’t a realistic possibility just yet – Ladbrokes make the defending champions a whopping 150/1 to go down – there is little left for the Stamford Bridge club to play for on the domestic front, as these stats from Opta suggest.
1 – Only one side in PL history has finished in the top 6 having taken 11 points or fewer from their 1st 12 games – Villa in 03/04. Uphill.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 7, 2015
With a spot in the top six looking as distant as their next win, it leaves Mourinho with a mid-season rebuild on his hands.
That’s a job the Portuguese may not even get to see through. The Special One is now the 4/11 favourite to be the next Premier League manager to leave and is in the middle of his worst-ever run as a manager:
7 – Jose Mourinho has lost seven league games in a campaign for the first time as a manager. Humbled.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 7, 2015
Whether he sticks around to turn the tide or not remains to be seen, but it’s clear Chelsea are a club in desperate strife:
2 – Chelsea have won just two of their last 10 away matches in all competitions (W2 D3 L5). Pressure.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 7, 2015
Although playing well at Stoke, Diego Costa and co couldn’t get the goal that their display deserved and, with a shaky defence undermining them, a slim, undeserved loss was recorded.
As the old cliché goes, it tends to go that way when you’re at the bottom of the table:
0 – Chelsea have kept no clean sheets in their last eight away Premier League games. Creaking.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 7, 2015
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