#CHELSEA WILD UPGRADE#

Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) While the precise score lines of most matches might not be critically important, there is still a goal difference swing to be considered that could be decisive between Chelsea and Leicester City finishing in 18th place.

Indeed, should results elsewhere among the other clubs still fighting for survival conspire against the beleaguered Blues between now and the end of the league campaign on May 28, then their dreadful season will end in utter catastrophe as relegation remains a mathematical possibility.īelow is one of the more realistic sequences of hypothetical results which could condemn Chelsea, crowned champions of Europe just two years ago, to playing in the Championship next season. And should Lampard's defective team fail to arrest the slide and lose their final four league fixtures, things will get worse. The five-time Premier League champions are on 39 points, nine above the relegation zone with 33 games played - still one point shy of the 'magic' 40, which is usually the target for teams battling to avoid the drop. What's more, a 12th-place finish would represent the club's worst final placing in the Premier League since they washed up in 14th back in 1993-94.

The Blues have now lost all six of their games under caretaker manager Frank Lampard, whose own managerial losing streak stands at 10 games if the final four results of his dire stint at Everton earlier this season are also taken into account.

#CHELSEA WILD UPGRADE#

You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĬould Chelsea really be relegated from the Premier League? It's not as wild as you might thinkĭespite spending more than £600 million on players over the past two transfer windows, Chelsea have endured an utter shambles of a season with yet another abject performance in Tuesday's 3-1 defeat at Arsenal leaving them 12th in the Premier League.

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