SAUL NIGUEZ has started Chelsea’s Premier League clash at Burnley – and Thiago Silva has had an early chance cleared off the line.
Dwight McNeil then missed a sitter for the Clarets, who should have gone in at half time with at least a goal on the board.
Sean Dyche’s side lost their last clash with Leicester but were undefeated in three before that, as they attempt to fight themselves out of a relegation battle.
- Start time: 3pm GMT
- TV/Live stream: Not televised
- Burnley XI: Pope, Roberts, Tarkowski, Collins, Taylor, McNeil, Brownhill, Westwood, Lennon, Rodriguez, Weghorst
- Chelsea XI: Mendy, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, James, Kante, Jorginho, Saul, Pulisic, Havertz, Mount
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Burnley 0-1 Chelsea
47. Chalobah finds James, the Chelsea wing-back goes to his right, to his left and then back onto his right.
He strikes the ball across Nick Pope and into the back of the net.
Burnley pay the price for not taking their chances.
Goal – Reece James (Chelsea)
Kick-off: Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
The second half gets underway.
Neither side have made any changes.
HT: Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
It has been a very downbeat performance from Chelsea in the first-half, Tuchel may need to makes some changes up top to try and change things.
Burnley will be happy with their display, limiting the visitors to shots from long-range.
It will be more of the same for Sean Dyche’s side as they try and get that killer blow on the counter-attack.
HT: Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
The referee brings the half to a close.
The highlights are really the mistake by Mendy that McNeil put over the bar, a real glaring miss for The Clarets.
As it stands, Burnley are out of the bottom three.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
45+1. Ngolo Kante puts a cross in but Tarkowski heads it clear for a corner.
Mason Mount crosses it in, the ball is headed clear by Burnley.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
45. There will be one additional minute.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
44. Rodriguez trips Reece James and the referee awards the visitors a free kick.
Jorginho hits the loose ball and it is headed over the bar by Roberts.
Chelsea corner.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
42. You would struggle to convince any broadcaster to make this their ‘game of the day’.
McNeil has a chance to stride into the penalty area but he seems to take one touch too many and allows Chalobah to intervene.
Rodriguez wins the ball back but Burnley can make nothing of the situation.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
39. Chance for Burnley.
The ball is played into Weghorst but as Rodriguez flicks it on, it evades the Burnley front man.
Reece James has to head the ball behind.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
37. Saul had a good game for Chelsea against Luton in the FA Cup in the week, he has been quiet in this first-half today.
Nick Pope could be wearing boots on his hands and it would not have caused any issues in the first 37 minutes so far.
Like a second-hand Monopoly board so far, very few chances.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
35. You can see already why Burnley have only scored 22 goals this season, they do not create many clean-cut chances.
That is a real issue if you are not clinical with your finishing.
Chelsea start to look to press for a goal before half-time.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
32. Weghorst and Rudiger are having a real go at each other at the moment.
Every time the ball comes to them they are grappling and wrestling each other.
The referee steps in to have a word with both players.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea – McNeil chance!
30. Lennon puts a good ball into the box and Mendy comes rushing off his line to meet it.
He misses the ball completely and McNeil has the chance to strike at goal.
Hitting it first time the ball goes over the top of the goal, that was a huge chance for Burnley to take the lead.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
27. There hasn’t been much for either sets of fans to shout about in these opening 27 minutes.
The closest we have come to a goal is the Weghorst chance that Thiago Silva cleared off the line.
It’s a quiet day to be a goalkeeper here.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
25. James tries to squeeze the ball into Mason Mount.
Kante lays the ball off, unable to find a way to unlock the Burnley defence.
Chelsea are struggling to get quality ball through The Clarets back line.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
23. Pulisic is coming into the game more and more.
When there are no options in front of him he tends to go backwards with the ball and the phase of play starts over again.
You just want to see him run at people and take them on.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
21. Chelsea have had 73% possession in the opening 20 minutes.
Burnley will not feel they have had many efforts on their goal considering the dominance of the visitors.
The Clarets need to show the urgency of a side looking to stay in the Premier League.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
19. Rudiger tries a speculative effort from distance.
Will have to do a lot better than that to beat Pope from that range.
An easy save for the England stopper.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea – Weghorst chance!
17. The Clarets nearly catch Chelsea out as Weghorst pokes the ball passed the keeper but his effort is cleared off the line.
Who else was there to mop up other than Thiago Silva.
Always calm under pressure.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
15. Great chance for Reece James there.
It looked like he was going to open the scoring there as the ball came through to him but it was a great block from Taylor.
Very close.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
12. Dwight McNeil is trying to get delivery into Weghorst in the middle.
Chelsea are able to keep Burnley at bay but they are knocking on the door.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
9. Lennon is already causing Chelsea issues down the right-hand side.
He has yet to find a Burnley player in the box but he is stretching Tuchel’s side and making them uneasy.
Chelsea do look capable of breaking quickly.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
8. Neither side have created any chance of note so far.
Both are trying to probe and get balls into the box to create problems.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
6. It is a noisy atmosphere as they try and get behind The Clarets.
Lennon takes on Rudiger and puts a dangerous cross in that Thiago Silva has to head behind for a corner.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
