It is looking like qualification for the Champions League is beyond the Blues as they travel to the south coast on Saturday
Chelsea have been boosted by a recent comeback win over Southampton at St Mary's Stadium, but they have broadly had a 2018 to forget as they look like they will fall short of Champions League qualification.
The Blues have only won four Premier League games since the turn of the year and they look likely to finish below Liverpool and Tottenham in the battle to finish in the top four.
They next travel to Burnley away, who have been one of the surprise packages of the Premier League this season as they sit in seventh place with the possibility to join Chelsea in the Europa League still alive for them.