THE TRENDLINE Premier League
The Trendline · Premier League · 2026-27 · as of 2026-10-22

Chelsea

Premier League · football stats made fun
State of the clubNeto scored twice as Chelsea beat Everton 2-0, bringing their record to 4-1-2. Chelsea approaches the quarter-mark of the season well ahead of where it was at this stage last season. João Pedro leads the scoring with 5 goals, and is scoring significantly more often than he did last season. Palmer tops the club with 4 assists. Henderson is far ahead of his goals-and-assists rate from a year ago; James is slightly behind his.
74
2021-22
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44
2022-23
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63
2023-24
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69
2024-25
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52
2025-26
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71
2026-27 · current pace

league points, season by season

Trends vs last season
01

Points Pace

cumulative points by matchday

Cumulative points through each matchday, one colour per season. The bright red line is this season.

red = this season · tap a matchday to compare seasons
02

Goals For & Against

Goals scored and conceded per match, season by season. Lower is better on goals against.

per match
03

Who's Carrying The Club

goals + assists · 2026-27

Goals and assists this season, read per 90 minutes so a substitute is measured on the same scale as a starter. Switch to Totals for the raw counts.

the bar is this season · hover over or tap a name for that player's trend against 2025-26 · goals in club colour, assists in grey · click a bar for the player page

The top 9 by goals plus assists. A per-90 rate needs 221+ minutes this season — 35% of the most-played player in the league, a bar that rises as the season runs — so a cameo cannot own the chart; anyone below it appears in Totals and in the table but not in the per-90 view. Hover over or tap a name for the player's goals-plus-assists-per-90 trend against the full 2025-26 season (a trend needs 450+ minutes last season and 90+ this season).

Trend Across Seasons

The same question over time: one line per player, season by season.

one line per player · click a name in the legend to hide it · add any team-mate below

Each line covers every season the Fantasy Premier League API records for that player at 450+ minutes. Past seasons are league-wide — the API does not record which club a player was at, so a line can cross clubs, and a season spent outside the Premier League leaves a gap rather than a bridged line. 2026-27 is drawn dashed because it is 7 matches old. Expected goals and assists begin in 2022-23; before that the API published none, so those seasons are blank rather than zero.

All 9 players, in a table
PlayerMinGAG+AG+A/90G+A/90 trend
João Pedro5215381.38▲ +0.57 trend
Palmer6192460.87▲ +0.32 trend
Rogers6104150.74▲ +0.25 trend
Neto5043140.72▲ +0.31 trend
Henderson2702131.00▲ +0.81 trend
Hato3480330.78▲ +0.78 trend
Lavia2771010.32—
Lacroix5440110.17▲ +0.08 trend
Chavarria2980110.30—

João Pedro leads Chelsea with 8 goals and assists (5 goals, 3 assists); Palmer next with 6 goals and assists (2 goals, 4 assists). Against last season's goals-and-assists-per-90 pace, Henderson has risen most (+0.81); Welbeck has fallen most (-0.56). 15 of 24 players with minutes have enough for a trend (450+ minutes in 2025-26, 90+ in 2026-27).

04

Ball-Winners

defensive contribution / 90 · 2026-27

Who takes the ball back, per 90 minutes — the Fantasy Premier League's composite of ball-winning actions.

the bar is defensive contribution per 90 this season · hover over or tap a name for that player's trend against 2025-26 · top 12 charted, every qualifying player in the table

The composite is, for defenders, clearances + blocks + interceptions + tackles; for midfielders and forwards, the same plus ball recoveries. Players with 90+ minutes this season, with the year-over-year trend against 2025-26. Tackles, recoveries and clearances-blocks-interceptions (CBI) are this-season counts only — the API's past-season totals carry just the composite, so those three columns have no trend.

Trend Across Seasons

Defensive contribution per 90, season by season.

one line per player · click a name in the legend to hide it · add any team-mate below

The Fantasy Premier League API first published this composite in 2024-25, so the line reaches back that far and no further — the earlier seasons are missing, not zero. Past seasons are league-wide and may have been played at another club.

All 19 players, in a table
PlayerMinDefCon/90DefCon/90 trendTklRecCBI
Fofana31213.56▲ +2.77 trend71140
Lavia27712.02—81712
Lacroix54410.42▼ -0.37 trend121351
Barco1159.39—354
Rogers6108.11▲ +1.80 trend11359
Acheampong4018.08▲ +2.05 trend141522
Caicedo1747.76▼ -4.02 trend447
Neto5047.68▲ +3.50 trend112210
Colwill5216.91—41836
Henderson2706.67▼ -1.95 trend1127
Chavarria2986.64—5817
Palmer6196.11▼ -0.11 trend10284
Welbeck935.81▲ +1.33 trend132
Hato3485.17▼ -2.65 trend81112
Gusto2744.93▼ -0.10 trend41311
James2924.01▼ -1.88 trend21511
João Pedro5212.94▼ -1.73 trend2114
Martinez5240.00▬ +0.00 trend0592
Sánchez900.00▬ +0.00 trend051

Fofana leads Chelsea in defensive contribution per 90 (13.56, from 312 minutes); Lavia next (12.02). Against 2025-26, Neto has risen most (+3.50 per 90); Caicedo has fallen most (-4.02).

05

Playing Time

minutes per club match · 2025-26 → 2026-27

Who is getting on the pitch: minutes per club match, last season against this one.

paired bars: last season in grey, this season in club colour · hover over or tap a name for that player's trend against 2025-26

Minutes per club match = a player's minutes ÷ the club's matches played, so a starter reads near 90 and a substitute reads his true share. 2026-27: 7 matches so far; a player's minutes are his own season total, whichever club he played them for. 2025-26: minutes over 38 matches for any Premier League club — the API does not attribute a past season to a club, so a player who moved is measured at his previous club. The trend needs 450+ minutes last season and 90+ this season; every player with either is charted.

Trend Across Seasons

Minutes per club match, season by season — who is gaining, and losing, the manager's trust.

one line per player · click a name in the legend to hide it · add any team-mate below

Past seasons are a player's minutes over 38 matches at any Premier League club; 2026-27 is his minutes over the club's 7 matches so far, which is why that segment is dashed. A season spent outside the league leaves a gap rather than a bridged line.

All 20 players, in a table
PlayerMin 2026-27Min/match 2026-27Min 2025-26 (any club)Min/match 2025-26 (any club)Min/match trend
Palmer61988.4195451.4▲ +37.0 trend
Rogers61087.1328086.3▬ +0.8 trend
Lacroix54477.7308581.2▼ -3.5 trend
Martinez52474.9283574.6▬ +0.3 trend
João Pedro52174.4265869.9▲ +4.5 trend
Colwill52174.42255.9—
Neto50472.0262969.2▲ +2.8 trend
Acheampong40157.365717.3▲ +40.0 trend
Hato34849.7113930.0▲ +19.7 trend
Fofana31244.6171845.2▬ -0.6 trend
Chavarria29842.6———
James29241.7195751.5▼ -9.8 trend
Lavia27739.63749.8—
Gusto27439.1225559.3▼ -20.2 trend
Henderson27038.6191150.3▼ -11.7 trend
Caicedo17424.9279673.6▼ -48.7 trend
Barco11516.4———
Welbeck9313.3224959.2▼ -45.9 trend
Sánchez9012.9304080.0▼ -67.1 trend
Estêvão294.183922.1—

Palmer is on the pitch most for Chelsea: 88.4 minutes per club match (619 minutes in 7 matches); Rogers next (87.1). Against 2025-26, Acheampong has gained most (+40.0 minutes per match); Sánchez has lost most (-67.1).

▬ (level) means a trend within ±0.05 per 90, or ±2 minutes per match — a player who was on the pitch for every minute of both seasons reads ▬ 0.0. — means no trend is available.

06

Shots & Corners

Shots, shots on target and corners per match, for and against, by season. Where the source has no figure the bar is absent, not zero.

per match · for and against
07

Home / Away

The same seasons, split by venue.

Home

SeasonPWDLGFGAPtsPPG
2021-22199733722341.79
2022-23196762019251.32
2023-241911444426371.95
2024-251912523518412.16
2025-26197572625261.37
2026-27321011672.33

Away

SeasonPWDLGFGAPtsPPG
2021-221912433911402.11
2022-231954101828191.00
2023-24197573337261.37
2024-25198472925281.47
2025-26197573227261.37
2026-2742026761.50
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Match Log

2026-27 · 7 played

Every match this season, oldest first. Form, last five:

#DateOpponentH/AScoreResPts
12026-08-24FulhamA3–2W3
22026-08-30Brighton & Hove AlbionH4–3W6
32026-09-06ArsenalA1–2L6
42026-09-12Hull CityH2–2D7
52026-09-18BrentfordA0–3L7
62026-10-10BournemouthH5–1W10
72026-10-17EvertonA2–0W13

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