PRE-MATCH BRIEFING: CHELSEA V SWANSEA CITY

CHELSEA STATS
The Blues have won eight of our last nine Barclays Premier League games at Stamford Bridge drawing the other to Newcastle in May. Our last home league defeat was against Liverpool in February.

The Blues have only kept one clean sheet in our last nine Premier League games - at Stoke on the opening day of the season.

2011/12 Premier League scorers
Anelka 1, Bosingwa 1, Lampard 1 (pen), Malouda 1, Mata 1, Sturridge 1, Terry 1, Torres 1. Total 8.

League games since
A home win: 0
A home draw: 2
A home defeat: 9

MILESTONES
Frank Lampard should make his 350th league appearance for the Blues and become only the sixth Chelsea player to reach that milestone.

All-time top League appearances
Ron Harris 655, Peter Bonetti 600, John Hollins 465, Ken Armstrong 362, George Smith 351, Frank Lampard 349, John Terry 347.

Frank also needs a brace to equal George Mills 118 league goals for Chelsea and become our fifth equal highest league scorer.

All-time top League scorers
Bobby Tambling 164, Kerry Dixon 147, Roy Bentley 128, Jimmy Greaves 124, George Mills 118, Frank Lampard 116, Peter Osgood 105.

Ashley Cole is due to make his 150th Premier League start since his switch from Arsenal to SW6.

Congratulations to new boy Oriol Romeu who celebrates his 20th birthday tomorrow (Saturday).

SWANS STATS
Formed 1912

Major trophies
2 Football League Trophies, last in 2006
10 Welsh Cups, last in 1991

This is Swansea's third season in the top flight and first in 28 years. The previous two came in back-to-back years between 1981 and 1983.

In March 1978, a 28-year-old John Toshack became the youngest manager in the Football League and took the Swans from the Fourth Division to the First in four seasons. They achieved their highest ever finish, sixth, in 1981/82 but were relegated the following season and in another four years were back in the Division Four.

Swansea achieved a similar rise in fortunes after promotion from League Two (fourth flight) in 2004/05 and arriving in the Premier League via the Championship play-offs in May.

Scott Sinclair's penalty against West Brom last week was the first Swans goal in the top division since Bob Latchford scored against Man Utd in May 1983.

Sinclair's goal finally broke the Welsh club's goal drought in the Barclays Premier League of 374 minutes but they still are looking for their first away league goal since April.

It is 24 games since Swansea last won away in the top flight.

Scott Sinclair was the Championship's third highest scorer last term with 22 goals behind Reading's Shane Long (now West Brom) 24 and Watford's Danny Graham (now Swansea) 23.

Alan Tate, Leon Britton and captain Gary Monk have played for Swansea in all four divisions.

The Swans away record last term was won nine, drawn three and lost 11 goals 28-31.

Manager Brendan Rodgers
Days in charge: 435
Played 61
Won 31
Drawn 11
Lost 19

2011/12 Premier League scorers
Dyer 1, Lita 1, Sinclair 1 (pen).

League games since
An away win: 3
An away draw: 2
An away defeat: 0

WINDOW WATCH
Completed summer transfers
Swansea City
Ins Danny Graham (Watford £3.5m), Jose Moreira (Benfica, free), Steven Caulker (Tottenham, loan), Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough, £1.75m), Wayne Routledge (Newcastle, undisclosed), Michel Vorm (Utrecht, £1.5m), Gerhard Tremmel (Red Star Salzburg, free), Federico Bessone (Leeds, undisclosed).
Outs Dorus De Vries (Wolves, free), Darren Pratley (Bolton, free), David Cornell (Hereford, loan), Gorka Pintado (released), Yves Ma Kalambay (released)

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE
Referee Mike Dean was the official for Swansea's Premier League debut at Man City in August. His last Chelsea game was at Blackpool in March.

OTHERWISE ENGAGED
Alex is suspended (one match) for his red card against Fulham on Wednesday.

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