during his news conference which turned out to be from his wife
Match stats
Burnley won the reverse of this fixture on the opening weekend - their first top-flight victory over Chelsea since August 1973.
Chelsea haven't lost both league meetings in a season against Burnley since the 1968-69 campaign.
Burnley haven't done the league double against the reigning top-flight champions since 1953-54, when they beat Arsenal home and away.
Chelsea have scored in all seven of their Premier League meetings with Burnley; only against Wigan (16), Derby and Portsmouth (14 each) do they have a better 100% scoring record in the competition.
Chelsea have only lost one of their six Premier League games on a Thursday (W3 D2), with that defeat coming in their last such match (3-5 vs Tottenham, January 2015).
Sam Vokes scored twice at Stamford Bridge in the reverse fixture - no player has ever scored at least twice in two Premier League meetings against the Blues within the same season.
Merson's prediction
I think Burnley are ridiculous odds to beat Chelsea here. With the FA Cup semi-final coming up, it's a great bet. We saw on Saturday Chelsea didn't even want to be there in the first 70 minutes against Southampton, it was only when Olivier Giroud came on did they look energetic and urgent. He wanted to prove something.
You can't go 2-0 down at Burnley, they're a completely different side to Southampton. Burnley have been outstanding.
