Chelsea eye glory
Having seemingly been promised to them all season, the Premier League title will be within Chelsea's grasp on Sunday when they host Crystal Palace needing three points to become champions.
While the free-flowing football of the autumn has faded, Chelsea have unquestionably been the season's stand-out team and their coronation is now only a question of time.
It is five years since they last won the title and the circumstances then were quite different, with a side steered by Carlo Ancelotti eviscerating Wigan Athletic 8-0 at Stamford Bridge on the campaign's final day to set a new Premier League scoring record of 103 goals in a season.
The current Chelsea team have faced accusations that they are 'boring' over the past few weeks, following a run of seven wins by a single-goal margin and three draws.
But as manager Jose Mourinho has pointed out, they have won more games (24), been beaten fewer times (twice) and kept more clean sheets (16) than any other team, while only reigning champions Manchester City have out-scored them (70 to 68).
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