For the third consecutive 12 months, we now have at the very least one new addition to the WAGNH Neighborhood Participant Scores Corridor of Disgrace, a.okay.a. (televised) video games from the previous fourteen years the place the general common score was under 4.0. (As normal, the caveat about “televised video games” is to elucidate why the to 3rd division Bradford Metropolis within the 2014-15 FA Cup will not be on this record.)
And this one’s proper up there close to the “high” (nicely, backside). In actual fact, it’s the lowest rated dwelling recreation within the historical past of those scores — beating the document that was set only a couple years in the past. For almost a decade, we used to have to return to “The Mourinho Season” to search out such horrendous performances on the Bridge. Now they appear to be occurring far more ceaselessly (and never simply away).
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3.02 — Manchester Metropolis 6-0 Chelsea (2019.II.10.)
In what nonetheless stays a real assertion, it’s robust to see (a contemporary period) Chelsea ever “topping” this efficiency and consequence, which stays the group’s worst loss in three a long time. We have been down three inside 20 minutes, down 4 by half, and gave up two extra within the second half for good measure. The nadir of Sarri-ball, or any ball.
3.36 — Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Chelsea (2025.II.14.)
The group confirmed no need, mentioned head coach Enzo Maresca, however our mentality was simply one of many many points missing on this one. In actual fact, we have been discovered missing in nearly each facet of the sport, from assault to protection, from planning to focusing, from technique to execution.
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3.42 — Arsenal 5-0 Chelsea (2024.IV.23.)
“After we conceded the third purpose the group gave up.”
-Mauricio Pochettino
3.62 — AFC Bournemouth 4-0 Chelsea (2019.I.30.)
This was the away recreation earlier than the (aforementioned) Metropolis away recreation, and with Chelsea giving up 4 targets within the second half of this one and 4 targets within the first half of that one, we managed to lose 90 minutes of (away) soccer by a mixed 8-0 scoreline. Now that’s actually spectacular!
3.69 — Chelsea 0-3 PSG (2026.III.17.)
Chelsea had misplaced this Champions League Spherical of 16 tie within the first leg already, so all we actually wished to see was some cheap effort, a little bit of high quality leisure, and a few care. We conceded twice within the first quarter-hour, and it solely acquired extra embarrassing from there. Not one participant stood out; everybody was merely dangerous.
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3.69 — Newcastle United 3-0 Chelsea (2018.V.13.)
Antonio Conte’s final Premier League recreation in cost, which started with Chelsea holding a slim likelihood of qualifying for the Champions League (Liverpool received so it didn’t matter in the long run), however ended up with one more hilarious collapse. Per week later, Chelsea beat Manchester United within the FA Cup remaining so yeah, good luck determining soccer.
3.83 — Steaua Bucharest 1-0 Chelsea (2013.III.13.)
There have been many lows of the (We’re-Simply-Not-That-)Interim Blues, and this was definitely considered one of them. Chelsea got here again to smash Steaua 3-1 within the second leg of the Europa League Spherical of 16 and would ultimately go on to win the competitors. Looking back, seen by the lens of current seasons, it have to be acknowledged that this interim period seems fairly okay.
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3.95 — Chelsea 2-4 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2024.II.4.)
The bottom-rated recreation at Stamford Bridge within the historical past* of our WAGNH Neighborhood Participant Scores (*see caveat in intro) … till at this time! That mentioned, we might end each this season (2023-24) and the next season (2024-25) strongly regardless of the springtime video games that made this record. Can we do the identical this season?
3.95 — Sheffield United 3-0 Chelsea (2020.VII.11.)
Exterior of the primary jiffy, Chelsea have been by no means on this recreation, which was performed in July in an empty stadium because of the COVID-19 pandemic. What made the consequence much more stunning was Chelsea’s typically excellent play and type throughout “Undertaking Restart”. Like the present editions, this was a reasonably younger and inexperienced group, however with Frankie’s Fledglings we at the very least gave the impression to be on the appropriate path for (re-)constructing in the direction of a extra optimistic future.
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3.95 — Watford 4-1 Chelsea (2018.II.5.)
Conte misplaced 3-0 to Bournemouth within the recreation earlier than this and requested the membership for an official vote of confidence, which was then adopted by an excellent worse efficiency as 10-man Chelsea have been destroyed at Vicarage Highway. In equity, Chelsea, after falling behind, really equalized within the remaining ten minutes regardless of taking part in a person down for the reason that thirtieth (Tiémoué Bakayoko taking the last word prize with a 1.4 particular person score). However Watford took the lead once more instantly after Hazard’s equalizer and the Blues folded from there.
Enjoyable truth: Bakayoko’s score stood for a very long time because the lowest particular person score. It was “bettered” by Robert Sánchez’s 1.1 in opposition to Manchester United earlier this season (when he acquired himself despatched off within the fith minute).
3.96 — Chelsea 1-3 Southampton (2015.X.3.)
The Mourinho Season was already in full swing by the point Sadio Mané impressed Saints to their first win on the Bridge in 13 years. Enjoyable truth: this was Falcao’s one and solely begin within the Premier League (he would play simply three extra occasions for us that season for a grand whole of 35 minutes, and we might lose all three video games).
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3.99 — Chelsea 0-2 Brentford (2023.IV.26.)
The worst of a most horrible season, the primary of the post-Abramovich period. This was the fifth in a run of six successive defeats in all competitions as we wished nothing greater than for the season to finish. We set fairly a couple of new marks for futility on this season, and sadly, enchancment on that has been marginal at greatest…
vs. PSG (CL, H, L 0-3)
EXCEPTIONAL (8.5-9.5): —
EXCELLENT (7.5-8.4): —
GOOD (6.5-7.4): —
AVERAGE (5.5-6.4): —
SUBPAR (4.5-5.4): —
BAD (3.5-4.4): João Pedro (4.2), Acheampong (4.2, sub), Sánchez (4.0), Cucurella (3.9), Garnacho (3.9, sub), Lavia (3.8, sub), Neto (3.8), Caicedo (3.8), Enzo (3.8), Chalobah (3.8), Hato (3.7), Delap (3.6, sub), Palmer (3.5)
TERRIBLE (2.5-3.4): Santos (3.4), Tosin (3.3, sub), Sarr (2.6)
OVERALL