Chelsea vs Burnley: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, provisional betting odds and stats ahead of the Premier League clash

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Ahead of the opening weekend of Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for champions Chelsea's home clash with Burnley.

Chelsea vs Burnley (Stamford Bridge) 

N'Golo Kante and Chelsea begin the defence of their Premier League title against Burnley

Chelsea 

Team news

Pedro and Victor Moses are unavailable as Chelsea begin their Premier League title defence at home to Burnley on Saturday.

Forward Pedro picked up an ankle knock in last Sunday's Community Shield penalty shootout loss to Arsenal, while wing-back Moses is suspended following his dismissal in May's FA Cup final defeat to the Gunners.

Striker Diego Costa remains in exile, while playmaker Eden Hazard (broken ankle) and midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko (knee) remain out.

Provisional squad: Courtois, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Kante, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Eduardo, Christiansen, Tomori, Musonda, Boga, Remy, Scott.

Tiemoue Bakayoko (centre) and Eden Hazard (right) are both sidelined through injury

Burnley 

Team news

Burnley begin life without Michael Keane and Andre Gray with a visit to defending Premier League champions Chelsea.

The key pair have been sold this summer, with Keane's place in defence going to James Tarkowski, while summer signing Jon Walters will slot into the forward line.

Jack Cork is also pencilled in for a debut in midfield but Phil Bardsley is not fully match fit and may be made to wait.

Provisional squad: Heaton, Legzdins, Pope, Lowton, Long, Mee, Taylor, Ward, Darikwa, Tarkowski, Defour, Brady, Ulvestad, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, Arfield, Gudmundsson, Vokes, Agyei, Barnes, Walters.

Key match stats (provided by Opta) 

Chelsea are unbeaten in their previous six Premier League meetings with Burnley (W4 D2 L0).

Chelsea have won more points on opening day than any other Premier League club (54).

In fact, the Blues haven’t lost an opening day Premier League fixture since 1998 v Coventry, going unbeaten in their last 18 games to start the season (W15 D3).

Just one of the previous 25 reigning Premier League champions have lost their opening game in the following season – Leicester City v Hull City in 2016 (W20 D4 L1).

Burnley have lost all three Premier League opening day fixtures, scoring just one goal in those three games.

Burnley have won just one of their 16 Premier League away games in London (D2 L13), although it came on their last visit to the capital against Crystal Palace in April, winning 2-0.

Burnley have won just one of their last 16 Premier League away games in London (D2 L13)

Chelsea (183) have won more points in August than any other team in Premier League history (P85, W54, D21, L10).

Chelsea summer signing Alvaro Morata (27.3%) had the highest conversion rate of any striker to score 10+ goals in La Liga last season, scoring 15 goals from 55 shots (inc. blocks).

Morata’s goals won Real Madrid 13 points in the La Liga last term, only Cristiano Ronaldo won more for the side (14).

Antonio Conte won 30 of his 38 Premier League games in charge of Chelsea last season (79%), the best win ratio of any manager in the competition's history (min. 10 games).

If Chelsea win, they’ll become the second team to win 300 Premier League games on a single weekday, with Manchester United having won 327 games on a Saturday.