Cole Palmer has created more chances than anyone but Chelsea do not have a striker who can finish them.
By Ben McAleer for WhoScored.
“It’s about being realistic,” said Enzo Maresca in mid-December after his team had beaten Brentford at Stamford Bridge. It was Chelsea’s fifth league win in a row and they were being talked up as title contenders. No one is talking about the title now. Chelsea have only won four of their 12 matches since they beat Brentford – and two of them were at home to Shamrock Rovers and Morecambe. They have dropped to sixth in the table and will miss out on Europe entirely unless the manager can turn things around.
Their away form has fallen off a cliff. A 3-0 defeat at Brighton on Friday night – their second loss at the Amex in less than a week – means they have gone six games on the road without a win. The last time they won away was in the Conference League against Astana before Christmas. Maresca was right to play down Chelsea’s title ambitions given the lack of experience in his squad and the huge player turnover at the club, but the collapse in their form over the last few months has been worrying.
