Three things to look for as Chelsea travels to Sevilla for a decisive match

2. Can Chelsea . . . score some goals?

The last piece of the last slide leads nicely into the next question, will Chelsea be able to find the back of the net? As alien as this statement sounds, the Blues have already been involved in three 0-0 draws this season, which is three more than they incurred during the entirety of 2019/20, one of those with Sevilla at Stamford Bridge on match week one of the Champions League. The most recent of these matches coming against Premier League leaders, Tottenham.

Lampard would rightly point out that whilst the goals have not been thick and fast as before, Chelsea’s defensive record has certainly skyrocketed. With a nod to Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva and Edouard Mendy’s introductions, as well as N’Golo Kante retreating to his rightful home in front of the back four. However, whispers can be heard that this attraction towards safeguarding their own goal has detracted some of the enthusiasm towards scoring in the opposition’s.

Spurs were the latest sharers of the stalemate and you can imagine Julen Lopetegui’s team will raise a similar barrier when it hosts Chelsea in the midweek match. La Liga’s third meanest rearguard is drilled as a unit, demonstrated at the Bridge when the visitors limited their hosts to just a handful of half-chances. A new front line is expected to greet Los Nervionenses with hopefully some fresh dynamism to unsettle their rigid structure. Combine the pace of Pulisic and Hudson-Odoi to the strength of Giroud, the Blues should be asking a fresh batch of questions of which Sevilla will have to answer.