PRE-MATCH BRIEFING: BLACKBURN ROVERS V CHELSEA

CHELSEA STATS
The Blues have only kept one clean sheet in our last 14 Barclays Premier League games. It is nine league games since our last shut out at Stoke on the opening day of the season which is the worst run since September 2003 which was also nine games.

Chelsea have won seven points from a possible 15 away from home this term.

It is over 12 years since Chelsea last lost three successive Premier League matches (Liverpool a 0-1, Arsenal h 2-3 and Derby a 1-3) in October 1999.

2011/12 Premier League scorers
Lampard 5 (pen), Sturridge 4, Ramires 3, Terry 3, Mata 2, Torres 2, Anelka 1, Bosingwa 1, Drogba 1, Malouda 1. Total 23.

League games since
An away win: 1
An away draw: 4
An away defeat: 0

MILESTONES
Salomon Kalou's next appearance from the bench will be his 100th for the club as a substitute, a total not achieved by any other Chelsea player.

BLACKBURN STATS
Formed 1875

Major trophies
3 League championships, last in 1995
6 FA Cups, last in 1928
1 League Cup in 2002

Rovers' starting line up against Norwich last week was their youngest in the Premier League since 1999 - 25 years, 192 days.

Only Bolton (27) have conceded more goals than Blackburn's 23 in 10 games.

The only points Blackburn have won at home were against Arsenal when they won 4-3. They have lost the other four against Wolves, Everton, Man City and Tottenham. The Arsenal game on 17 September was their last Premier League victory.

Blackburn have been awarded two penalties this season and missed them both. Junior Hoilett (saved by Tim Howard) and Mauro Formica missed (hit post) in the same game against Everton in August.

Blackburn's average crowd this term is 23,001

Blackburn have yet to keep a clean sheet in 13 league and cup games this term.

Manager Steve Kean
Days in charge: 327
Played 36
Won 10
Drawn 10
Lost 16

Last Barclays Premier League Line-up
Norwich City 3 Blackburn Rovers 3
Saturday 29 October 2011
Blackburn Rovers(4-2-3-1): Robinson; Lowe Samba (c) Givet Olsson; Nzonzi, Pedersen; Rochina, Formica, Hoilett; Yakubu
Substitutes Dunn for Rochina (69), Goodwillie for Yakubu (69), Petrovic for Hoilett (81)
Booked Lowe
Scorers Hoilett (45+3), Yakubu (62), Samba (64)
Attendance 26,440

2011/12 Premier League scorers
Yakubu 3, Formica 2, Hoilett 2, Samba 2, own goals 2, Pedersen 1, Rochina 1. Total 13

League games since
A home win: 2
A home draw: 5
A home defeat: 0

WINDOW WATCH
Blackburn's completed major summer transfers
Ins David Goodwillie (Dundee United, undisclosed), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed), Simon Vukcevic (Sporting Lisbon, £2m), Scott Dann (Birmingham, £6m), Yakubu (Everton, £1.5m).
Outs Phil Jones (Man Utd, £16.5m), Brett Emerton (Sydney, free), Nikola Kalinic (Dnipro, undisclosed), Keith Andrews (Ipswich, loan), Benjani (Portsmouth, free), Zurab Khizanishvili (Kayserispor, free), El Hadji Diouf (Doncaster, free).

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE
It is referee Mike Dean's second Chelsea game this season having previously sent off Fernando Torres against Swansea in September. His last Blackburn game was against Bolton in April.

OTHERWISE ENGAGED
Didier Drogba (third of three) is suspended.

Frank Lampard and John Terry each have four yellow cards and are one booking away from a domestic suspension.

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