Instead this weekend’s game is a significant landmark as it is the 1000th since Roman Abramovich became Chelsea owner.We will be building up to that over the next four days and begin here with a detailed look at the achievements and statistics for the era which began back in July 2003.

The headline figures

Ahead of this weekend’s 1000th game, Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea have:Played 999 competitive matchesAchieved 608 winsBeen involved in 215 drawsSuffered 176 defeatsScored 1,903 goalsConceded 896 goalsThe Blues have a 60.9 per cent win percentage (compared to our all-time 44.3 per cent)

The Trophies

Premier League2005, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2017Champions League2012

Europa League2013, 2019

FA Cup2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018

League Cup2005, 2007, 2015

Community Shield2005, 2009

Number of major trophies won by English clubs during the Roman Abramovich era

Chelsea 16Man Utd 14Man City 11Liverpool 7Arsenal 6Birmingham 1Leicester 1Middlesbrough 1Portsmouth 1Swansea 1Tottenham 1Wigan 1

Chelsea Women’s trophies

FA Women’s Super League2015, 2018, 2020

FA Women’s Super League Spring Series2017

Women’s FA Cup2015, 2018

Women’s League Cup2020

Women’s Community Shield2020

Chelsea Academy trophies

FA Youth Cup2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

UEFA Youth League2015, 2016

Premier League 22020

Premier Reserve League South2011

Premier Reserve League National2011

Under-21s Premier League2014

Under-18s Premier League South2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Under-18s Premier League NationalWinners 2017, 2018

Under-18s Premier League Cup2018

Most appearances

John Terry 599Frank Lampard 547Petr Cech 494Cesar Azpilicueta 395Didier Drogba 381

Most goals

Frank Lampard 196Didier Drogba 164Eden Hazard 110Willian 63Salomon Kalou 60

Most clean sheets

Petr Cech 228Thibaut Courtois 58Carlo Cudicini 55Kepa Arrizabalaga 33Henrique Hilario 18

Biggest win

8-0 twice – Aston Villa 2012/13 and Wigan 2009/10

Heaviest defeat

0-6 – Man City 2018/19

During the era, Chelsea have played 120 different teams

- Statistics by Paul Dutton