Before the weekend’s shock defeat to Brentford at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea were well-placed to seal a place back in the Champions League. Having won the competition last term, the Blues were sitting comfortably in third albeit having failed to string together a consistent Premier League title challenge.
Whilst Thomas Tuchel’s men still have a buffer to the chasing pack, things might have gotten slightly twitchy following defeat to the Bees. The Blues then will be keen to rubber-stamp their place in the top four over the final two months of the campaign.
football.london has taken a close look at their upcoming fixture list and how it compares to the likes of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur: