The stats showing the extent of Chelsea's away day blues since last season
Chelsea are suffering from a severe case of the away day blues.
Mauricio Pochettino's men now have the joint-worst away record of any Premier League team in all competitions since the start of last season following their 4-1 hammering by Liverpool.
The Blues were soundly beaten at Anfield as goals from Diogo Jota, Conor Bradley, Dominik Szoboszlai and Luis Diaz piled on the misery for Mauricio Pochettino.
Defeat on Wednesday was Chelsea's 22nd away from home since the start of the 2022-23 campaign.
No Premier League side has lost more matches on the road in the same period, during which Chelsea have splurged over £1billion in the transfer market following the Todd Boehly-led takeover.
And Stats provided by Opta lay bare the scale of the problem for the beleaguered Blues. In those 22 matches, they have scored just 10 goals and conceded a whopping 51 - an average of 2.31 per game.
Chelsea's XG across their dreadful away run is 27.5, with an xG against of 40.7.
They have been taking shots - 273 - but opponents have found it easy to create chances as they have had a total of 300.
Only Nottingham Forest, who are 16th in the Premier League and narrowly survived the drop to the Championship during the 2022-23 campaign, have suffered the same number of defeats since last season.
By contrast, champions Manchester City have lost 9 games in that period, while Liverpool have been beaten on 15 occasions.
West Ham (21), Fulham (20), Wolves, (19), Bournemouth (18) and Crystal Palace (17) are among the teams to have lost fewer games than Chelsea. Crisis-ridden Manchester United have suffered 16 defeats across that timespan.
Chelsea's away day blues began in August 2022 when they were beaten 3-0 by Leeds at Elland Road.
Along the way have been 4-1
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