Some stats going in to the game.
- The team that has led the Premier League on Christmas Day in five of the last six seasons has gone on to win the title.
- Of the seven sides that have put together a run of 10 or more straight wins in a single season, only on two occasions has that team failed to go on and win the title.
- There's only been three other occasions in the Premier League era where a side has conceded a lead bigger than Chelsea’s at this stage of the season and lost the title.
- Chelsea have topped the table at Christmas in each of their previous four Premier League winning campaigns.
- Only one team in the last nine campaigns has recorded more than Chelsea’s current total of 43 points at Christmas.
- If Chelsea were to continue at their current pace of 2.5 points per game, the would finish the season with the most points ever in a Premier League season (96).