Chelsea's defence again on top

Despite having to do for most of the season without regular goalkeeper Petr Cech and, at times, central defender John Terry, Chelsea still managed to retain their top placing as the team with the best defensive record in England. In 2006-07, Chelsea...

Despite having to do for most of the season without regular goalkeeper Petr Cech and, at times, central defender John Terry, Chelsea still managed to retain their top placing as the team with the best defensive record in England.

In 2006-07, Chelsea conceded 24 goals (for an average of 0.63 goals per league match). Chelsea's totals in the previous two years read: 2005-06: 22 (0.58) and 2004-05: 15 (0.39).

Throughout the campaign, the Blues chalked up 22 clean sheets to finish with the highest tally of 'shutdowns' in the Premiership.

Since the start of the 1990s, this is the first time that a club has topped the classification for goals against for three years running.

Only three teams have featured in both top tens - for and against - in scoring potentiality and in mean backlines in 2006-07: Chelsea, Manchester United and Scunthorpe.

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