THE TRENDLINE Premier League
The Trendline · Premier League · 2026-27 · as of 2026-09-07

Chelsea

Premier League · football stats made fun
State of the clubChelsea has 6 points from 3 matches (2 per match), on pace for 76 points. Goals: 2.67 scored and 2.33 conceded per match. Trends against 2025-26 appear after 6 matches; last season Chelsea averaged 1.37 points per match and finished 10th. João Pedro leads the club in goals and assists (2 goals, 2 assists); Palmer next (2 goals, 1 assist). Ahead of last season's pace: Hato (+0.85 goals and assists per 90); behind it: James (-0.37).
74
2021-22
44
2022-23
63
2023-24
69
2024-25
52
2025-26
76
2026-27 pace · 3 pl

league points, season by season — the last is this season's pace over a full campaign

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 · hover for match detail
02

Goals For & Against

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

per match · this season so far in bold colour
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 · beside each name is that player's goals-and-assists-per-90 trend against 2025-26: ▲ up, ▼ down, ▬ level, — not enough minutes for a trend · goals in club colour, assists in grey · click a bar for the player page

The top 7 by goals plus assists. A per-90 rate needs 95+ 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. Each label carries the player's goals-plus-assists-per-90 trend against his full 2025-26 season: ▲ rising, ▼ falling, — no trend yet (a trend needs 450+ minutes last season and 90+ this season).

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 3 matches old. Expected goals and assists begin in 2022-23; before that the API published none, so those seasons are blank rather than zero.

PlayerMinGAG+AG+A/90G+A/90 trend
João Pedro2702241.34▲ +0.53 trend
Palmer2622131.03▲ +0.48 trend
Rogers2572131.05▲ +0.56 trend
Hato2130220.85▲ +0.85 trend
Lavia1901010.47
Neto1611010.56▲ +0.15 trend
Lacroix2700110.33▲ +0.24 trend

João Pedro leads Chelsea with 4 goals and assists (2 goals, 2 assists); Palmer next with 3 goals and assists (2 goals, 1 assist). Against last season's goals-and-assists-per-90 pace, Hato has risen most (+0.85); James has fallen most (-0.37). 12 of 20 players with minutes clear the trend guards (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 · beside each name is that player's trend against 2025-26: ▲ up, ▼ down, ▬ level, — not enough minutes for a trend · 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.

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.

PlayerMinDefCon/90DefCon/90 trendTklRecCBI
Fofana15714.90▲ +4.11 trend3323
Lacroix27010.67▼ -0.12 trend8524
Lavia19010.425107
Acheampong2028.47▲ +2.44 trend6713
Neto1618.39▲ +4.21 trend285
Colwill1617.273510
Palmer2626.87▲ +0.65 trend4142
Hato2136.34▼ -1.48 trend679
Rogers2575.95▼ -0.36 trend3131
Gusto1954.62▼ -0.41 trend496
James2024.01▼ -1.88 trend0119
João Pedro2702.33▼ -2.34 trend151
Martinez1800.00▬ +0.00 trend0211
Sánchez900.00▬ +0.00 trend051

Fofana leads Chelsea in defensive contribution per 90 (14.90, from 157 minutes); Lacroix next (10.67). Against 2025-26, Neto has risen most (+4.21 per 90); João Pedro has fallen most (-2.34).

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 · beside each name is that player's minutes-per-match trend against 2025-26: ▲ up, ▼ down, ▬ level, — not enough minutes for a trend

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: 3 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.

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 3 matches so far, which is why that segment is dashed. A season spent outside the league leaves a gap rather than a bridged line.

PlayerMin 2026-27Min/match 2026-27Min 2025-26 (any club)Min/match 2025-26 (any club)Min/match trend
Lacroix27090.0308581.2▲ +8.8 trend
João Pedro27090.0265869.9▲ +20.1 trend
Palmer26287.3195451.4▲ +35.9 trend
Rogers25785.7328086.3▬ -0.6 trend
Hato21371.0113930.0▲ +41.0 trend
James20267.3195751.5▲ +15.8 trend
Acheampong20267.365717.3▲ +50.0 trend
Gusto19565.0225559.3▲ +5.7 trend
Lavia19063.33749.8
Martinez18060.0283574.6▼ -14.6 trend
Neto16153.7262969.2▼ -15.5 trend
Colwill16153.72255.9
Fofana15752.3171845.2▲ +7.1 trend
Sánchez9030.0304080.0▼ -50.0 trend
Estêvão165.383922.1
Caicedo134.3279673.6
Welbeck31.0224959.2

Lacroix is on the pitch most for Chelsea: 90.0 minutes per club match (270 minutes in 3 matches); João Pedro next (90.0). Against 2025-26, Acheampong has gained most (+50.0 minutes per match); Sánchez has lost most (-50.0).

▬ (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
2026-2711004333.00

Away

SeasonPWDLGFGAPtsPPG
2021-221912433911402.11
2022-231954101828191.00
2023-24197573337261.37
2024-25198472925281.47
2025-26197573227261.37
2026-2721014431.50
08

Match Log

2026-27 · 3 played

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

#DateOpponentH/AScoreResPts
12026-08-24FulhamA3–2W3
22026-08-30Brighton & Hove AlbionH4–3W6
32026-09-06ArsenalA1–2L*6

* provisional result: the source has recorded the score but not yet marked the match final.

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