CHELSEA are making unwanted history with horror stats.
And the figures are only getting worse for Todd Boehly‘s 11-month reign of mega-spending under-achievement.
Interim chief and club legend Frank Lampard has set a record with four straight defeats in his first four matches back in charge of Chelsea
Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly reflects on another painful night
For fans the worst fact might be the least spectacular one – missing out on European football next season for the first time in six years.
But there are also landmark figures that would have seemed impossible under previous owner Roman Abramovich – no matter what the rights and wrongs of his dynasty.
And for interim boss Frank Lampard in particular the record books couldn’t look much grimmer, following Boehly’s sackings of Thomas Tuchel and then Graham Potter.
Stamford Bridge legend Lampard became the first Chelsea boss to lose his opening four games after another toothless night against Real Madrid on Tuesday.
The Spanish giants returned home with a 2-0 win and 4-0 aggregate triumph to reach the Champions League semi-finals.
Lampard was sacked as permanent manager in January 2021 after nine months in charge.
And some pundits reckon he might not last nine weeks in his shock return as caretaker chief.
Tuesday made it the first time the Blues have lost four matches in succession since January 1963, when they were defeated six times on the bounce.
And Chelsea’s current winless run of seven games is unmatched since the start of 1995.
Lampard’s bulging 30-man squad are now three points adrift of the top half of the Premier League.
The last time they were 11th or lower in the Prem after 31 games was on the final day of the 1995-96 season.
And you have to go back 49 years for the last occasion Chelsea were knocked out of the two main domestic cup competitions without scoring.
Manchester City dumped them out of both in the third round, 4-0 in the FA Cup and 2-0 in the EFL Cup.
And for this stage of the campaign they are close to a string of other worst-ever scenarios.
Only in 19223-24 did they score fewer than 42 goals, and their total of 18 games without netting this term is the Blues’ third lowest in history.
Their 39-point total after 31 matches beats only the 35 they managed at this point in 1993-94.
And the Blues have equalled last season’s record of using 33 players – the most in the past decade.
How much worse can it get before it gets better?
