Chelsea host in-form Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea return to Stamford Bridge on 10 October to face Bournemouth in a Premier League fixture that pits two teams with matching recent records against one another. Both sides have won twice in their last five outings, Chelsea's run reading LDWLW against Bournemouth's LWDWD, leaving little to separate them on current form heading into matchday six.
A fixture that keeps producing stalemates
The two clubs have met three times without a winner in their most recent encounters, including a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge on 30 December 2025 and a goalless stalemate at Bournemouth on 6 December 2025. An earlier 2-2 draw in January 2025 continued the same pattern, with neither side able to find a breakthrough in three successive meetings.
Chelsea's last win over Bournemouth came in May 2024, a 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge, following a 1-0 away success the previous September. Since then, the fixture has settled into a run of shared points that this latest meeting will look to break.
With both teams carrying two wins apiece from their last five league games into the match, neither arrives with a clear edge in current form. Given the recent history between the sides, another close contest at Stamford Bridge looks a reasonable expectation.