WeAreFootballTV © 2014 © Official Channel © Match facts Chelsea • The Blues are 11 matches unbeaten in 2014/15, winning nine. They have not lost since April's UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg defeat at home to Club Atlético de Madrid. • John Terry captained Chelsea for the 500th time on Saturday, skippering the Blues to a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace FC. Mourinho's team played 50 minutes with ten men following the dismissal of César Azpilicueta. • Fàbregas doubled the visitors' lead with his first league goal for the club. Diego Costa sat out the match with a hamstring problem. • Costa has scored in six of his seven league outings following his summer switch from Atlético, nine goals in all. • Costa scored his first international goal at the seventh time of asking as Spain responded to their 2-1 loss in Slovakia with a 4-0 victory over Luxembourg on 12 October. Mohamed Salah (Egypt 2-0 Botswana, 10 October) and Loïc Rémy (Armenia 0-3 France, 14 October) were also on target. • Having started the defeat by Poland three days earlier, André Schürrle left the Germany camp with illness ahead of their draw against the Republic of Ireland on 14 October and consequently was not involved on Saturday. • Chelsea are five points better off in the Premier League than they were at this stage last season. • Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 on 5 October, leaving Arsène Wenger 12 games without a win against Mourinho. • The Blues are the last remaining unbeaten side in the Premier League and the division's top scorers, their 23 goals coming at almost three per game. Maribor • Ibraimi is a booking away from a suspension after picking up yellow cards on matchdays one and two. • Two own goals from Aleksander Rajčevič condemned Maribor to their first defeat in nine games in all competitions, the Purples losing 2-1 at home on Saturday to NK Celje. • Ante Šimundža's side had been 13 matches unbeaten at the Stadion Ljudski vrt, since a 2-0 reverse against NK Rudar Velenje on 23 April. • The 18-year-old Zahovič, son of Slovenia's all-time top scorer Zlatko, has registered nine goals in 13 games this term. • Aleš Mertelj featured in three wins in six days last week. He had 90 minutes in Slovenia's 1-0 UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying victory at home to Switzerland on 9 October, came on as a half-time substitute in a 2-0 triumph over Lithuania then started Maribor's 2-0 success away to ND Gorica. • All three of Maribor's defeats this campaign have been in the domestic championship. • The Slovenian title holders are five away games unbeaten, winning three. • Marko Šuler scored his first goal for the club – in his 26th 90-minute outing – as Maribor drew 3-3 with NK Olimpija Ljubljana on 4 October. Tavares scored a last-minute equaliser.

• published: 20 Oct 2014
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