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Bolton Wdrs. face a trip to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Trotters will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 25 and win only 11 of the 46 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2003, the Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 12 Apr | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 23 Nov | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 12 Jan | Bolton Wdrs. | 2 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 23 Dec | Chelsea | 5 - 1 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 10 May | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 26 Oct | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 22 Oct | Bolton Wdrs. | 2 - 1 | Chelsea | LC |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Blues, with 3 goals against.
The Trotters have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Trotters's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 36 points from the 15 games played. Bolton Wdrs. see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 18 points from their 15 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Trotters are doing reasonably well on their travels in recent games, but FootyMad think this will not be enough to stop what should be a relatively comfortable home win for Chelsea. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chelsea | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Unbeaten run of 11 matches. |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |