The Chelsea Blues and Burnley are playing live on the English Premier League schedule on Saturday and the match is from Stamford Bridge and the game starts at 10:00 am ET on the NBC Sports Network and NBCSN Live Extra website as the EPL table leaders get into action.
Diego Costa will be in action for Chelsea after being out for a three game ban and the team also may have Petr Cech and Oscar fit. The team is looking for points in this match, as they currently are leading the EPL. The Blues have been leading all season and Jose Mourinho wants his team to continue playing well, especially against teams lower on the table standings. Burnley will have stephen Ward back and the teams now matchup after playing much earlier in the season.
Burnley has played well in games over the last few weeks, but they don't have the results and they currently are in relegation. Burnley has not won away at Chelsea in decades and so far this season the Blues have only given up two points in their home matchups. Chelsea comes in after playing in the Champions League round of 16 and they pulled a draw away against Paris Saint-Germain earlier in the week. Chelsea won over Everton and they have Burnley on the schedule and they will next play with Leicester City, West Ham and Southampton in the EPL.
Costa will be looking to come back strong after being out and he has been one of the scoring leaders in the EPL this season. Burnley has drawn once in the last six matches at Stamford Bridge in league play and the team has not had much success there in the last era. Chelsea has been strong at home with 16 clean sheets in the last 20 matches against EPL competition and Costa comes in hot, scoring six times in his last seven games.
Chelsea comes into the weekend at first in the EPL and they have been there for the entire season and they lead Manchester City by seven points. The team has a strong lead over Manchester United and they are in third place ahead of Southampton by one point. Southampton is over Arsenal by one point, while the Gunners are leading Tottenham and Liverpool.
Chelsea had their chances last year to win the EPL title and now they are coming in leading the league and have been doing so all season. The team knows that they have months to go and they have played most of their tough games and down the stretch they have Manchester United and that comes in April and the team also has Southampton coming up.