Chelsea will be hoping to avoid matching an unwanted 30-year streak when they square off against Arsenal on Saturday evening.
Throughout the last campaign, a disjointed Blues outfit put together a number of runs and records that were their worst since the nineties.
The club's supporters also had little to cheer during the opening weeks of this campaign as Chelsea struggled for victories in the Premier League.
Prior to the international break, though, Mauricio Pochettino's team recorded three victories in succession in all competitions, overcoming Brighton & Hove Albion, Fulham and Burnley respectively.
However, extending that period of wins will be put to the test this weekend as they go up against an Arsenal side that are yet to lose in eight top-flight fixtures during 2023-24.
There is also a nine-point gap between the clubs in the standings, heaping the pressure on Chelsea to deliver at Stamford Bridge as they bid to avoid being cut adrift from Mikel Arteta's outfit.
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While Chelsea are full of confidence ahead of this encounter, they are also looking to avoid losing three times in a row at their West London home in the Premier League.
Not since 1993 have they endured such a run of losses at Stamford Bridge, the third of those setbacks coincidentally being against Arsenal.
In total, Chelsea have prevailed just once in their most recent 11 home league fixtures - that success coming against Luton Town in August - but they have since lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa respectively.
From Arsenal's perspective, they are attempting to record four consecutive Premier League victories away at Chelsea for the first time in their history.
Since May 2021, Chelsea have suffered 1-0 defeats to Arsenal either side of a 4-2 reverse in April 2022, and you have to go all the way back to August 2018 since Chelsea came out on top in this fixture.
Their solitary success in the last eight head-to-heads was the 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium in August 2021, a game which saw Romelu Lukaku make his second debut for Chelsea.
Darren Plant
