This weekend, Graham Potter will manage his first Premier League game as Chelsea's head coach.
On Saturday afternoon, his Blues team will play their first league game in 28 days when they travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace. The 2-1 victory over West Ham United in Chelsea's last competition game seems like an age ago in terms of football.
When Thomas Tuchel led Chelsea at the time, there were no indications — at least from the outside — that his position was in jeopardy. The German was let go from his position at Stamford Bridge four days later.
As we get ready to enter October, Chelsea have a new head coach in Potter and supporters are eager to see what the former Brighton boss will bring to the club. First up for the 47-year-old is a London derby against Palace.
Chelsea's recent record in London derbies is quite strong. In their last 10 matches – in the Premier League – against opposition from the capital, the Blues have came out victorious on six occasions, while losing three and drawing one.
Their last five London derbies have all been at home. They were supposed to take on Fulham away from home a couple of weeks ago, but the match was postponed to pay respect to the Queen, who died just days before.
In that time, Chelsea have had a variety of goal scorers – which kind of sums the side up. Nobody in the squad has really taken on the role of being that 20-goal-a-season player, who scores every week.
In fact, the man with the most goals in the last 10 league London derbies is no other than Thiago Silva. We all know Silva for being one of the best defenders of his generation, and at 38 years old, he's still going strong. But nobody would have expected that stat.
The Brazil international has scored three goals in those 10 London derbies – with the goals all coming last season against Tottenham (in the 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge and the 3-0 win away from home) and West Ham United (3-2 defeat at the London Stadium).
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