Home advantage

Chelsea have only dropped four points at Stamford Bridge all season and two of those were down to Martin Atkinson more than the Blues’ own mistakes – but on the road they have been more shaky.

Sunderland showed that you can shut Chelsea out if you defend well enough and Sam Allardyce showed that he could park the bus with the best of them last season prompting Jose Mourinho to make the now infamous Black & Decker power drill quip.

This time around he went one better than a trip to B&Q with his raid on the Vicente Calderon but keep Diego Costa quiet and you have a chance.