Tonight's 28th round of the Premier League kicks off, Leicester City's game against Leeds United starts first, and the next few games will start at 23:00, Villa against Southampton, Chelsea away to Burnley, Newcastle against Brighton, Norwich against Brentford, Wolves against Crystal Palace, only Chelsea are in the top four, because They only have a three-point advantage with Manchester United behind them, so the Blues must take all three points. Burnley is in the relegation zone and also needs to score points to get out of the relegation zone, as the team is only one point less than Everton.
The other two teams currently in the relegation zone are Norwich and Watford, so Brentford also need to face some tests. Liverpool will face West Ham at 1.30am on Sunday, a fifth-placed and resilient team that also needs to be prepared for a draw. Arsenal away to Watford at 22:00 on Sunday night, Monday 0:30 am is the only strong conversation of the round, Manchester City city's match against Manchester United can also affect the current standings, because Manchester United is only 2 points more than West Ham behind them, if the team loses, the opponent can beat Liverpool then can kick Manchester United out of the top four, so the attention of this game is the highest.
Burnley is also a dark horse, and after entering 2022 this season, he has also played 1-0 at home to Tottenham, 1-1 Manchester United, 0-1 Liverpool, 0-0 Arsenal away, and compared with the first half of the season, the performance after entering the New Year is indeed better. It is worth mentioning that Burnley's first game against Chelsea this season was a 1-1 handshake, so Chelsea's performance on the offensive end of this game is extremely important. Fortunately, the outbreak of Werner in the last round of matches, Lukaku's state of affairs has picked up, so this campaign should not repeat the mistakes of the draw.
Because Chelsea boss Abu had to sell the team, all parties believe that the current military is unstable, even the manager's position is unstable, and in fact, the current team is united in wanting to win more games, because they want to give 20 years of support to the boss who has given the team 20 years of support. Recently, Tuchel has said that he will stay at Chelsea and will face the changes in the club with a positive attitude. Tuchel's rotation in recent games has been in place, which also means that the player who started last game may be preparing on the bench. The players who got the break in the FA Cup in midweek were Mendy, Kante, Kovacic, Barkley and two young players, who will get a starting opportunity along with Pulisic and James, who came off the bench last time, because they have to do their best to get three points.
Burnley currently has 21 points in 25 rounds and is currently in 18th place with a record of 3 wins, 12 draws and 10 defeats in the league. Chelsea because of the previous Club World Cup competition, so the current 2 rounds of the less round of the game is still ranked third, the current team 25 rounds of 50 points, 16 points less than manchester City in the two rounds of the multi-round game, 10 points less than liverpool in the less round, to maintain the possibility of winning the championship, Chelsea must win. Behind them, United also play two more points than Chelsea, but still rank behind the Blues by a three-point gap, and although they have a certain advantage, Chelsea still need to win more easily to win more opponents in the third-tier schedule.
Chelsea currently have a record of 14 wins, 8 wins and 3 losses, and the last round of the Premier League 1-0 away to Crystal Palace is also a narrow victory, the team's previous three games are 2-0 Lille in the Champions League, the League Cup penalty shootout 10-11 lost to Liverpool, and the FA Cup 3-2 away to Luton. Burnley is a one-sided battle, losing 2-0 at home to Leicester City in the last round of the league, the team has enough time to rest, and the physical fitness of the players is also an advantage. Burnley's home record this season is 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, and the home record into 2022 is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses.
Chelsea have the advantage in terms of historical records, with the two teams having won 4 wins and 2 draws in their last 6 meetings. Burnley's players who can't play in this game are Vidra, Stephens and Gudmundson. Chelsea are injured by Azpilicueta and Chilwell, and the team may still play most of the main players, after all, this game is equally important.
Chelsea have only lost one of their 10 Premier League games before this game, and the team's defense is still very solid, the last league loss was 0-1 to Manchester City, the previous 10 league rounds to maintain a good record of 9 unbeaten, this game Tuchel deployment lineup is also very critical. The last time the two armies faced each other was The only goal Scored by Havertz, when James picked up Kanter's pass and chose to assist Havertz's header, which was scored in the 33rd minute, and regrettably lost the ball at the end of the second half.
In that game, Chelsea started Mendy, 2 Rudiger, 4 Christensen, 6 Thiago Silva, 21 Chilveville, 24 Rees James, 5 Jorginho, 7 Kante, 29 Havertz, 18 Barkley, 20 Hudson Huds, in the second half Cheek, Mount and Pulisic came off the bench, regrettably the bench did not save. Chelsea's last game was credited with Saul, Vernan and Romelu Lukaku, with Werner scoring 1 goal and delivering 2 assists, and the tough guy is bound to start this game. Chelsea's next two league rounds have played against Norwich and Newcastle, so it is relatively easy for the manager to arrange the lineup, and the team can play normally to win the opponent smoothly.