Chelsea and Sunderland Analysis: Key Talking Points in November 2026

Chelsea and Sunderland in Focus

Chelsea FC are being talked about again. The table says what that talk is worth.

The Season So Far, in Numbers

Chelsea FC are 5th in the Premier League on 16 points from 10 games: 5 won, 1 drawn, 4 lost. They have scored 19 and conceded 16, a goal difference of +3 — 1.9 scored and 1.6 conceded per game.

Liverpool FC sit directly above on 18, 2 points clear. Everton FC are next below on 16, level.

The gap to Arsenal FC at the top is 11 points.

What the Split Tells You

At 1.9 scored and 1.6 conceded per game, this is a scoring side with a soft middle. Goal difference of +3 after 10 games is the honest summary — it moves slower than form does, and it is the number that ends up deciding where a side finishes.

The Pace They Are On

16 points from 10 is 1.6 per game. Held across a full season that lands around 61 points. Whether that is enough depends entirely on the clubs immediately around them in the table above — which is why the gap to Liverpool FC matters more than the headline that brought you here.

Analysis from the Planete Football team. Table, form and scoring data from football-data.org, correct at publication. The 38-game figure is a straight projection of current points per game, not a prediction.