SATURDAY STATS: Chelsea v Swans

20: Last season's champions are undefeated in their last 20 match in the Premier League, making today's encounter a stern test for Garry Monk's men.

50: Chelsea have the best opening weekend record in Premier League history - P23 W15 D5 L3. They have the most points (50 from possible 69) and best points-per-game (2.17) of any Premier League club in opening day matches.

16: The Blues have not lost a single game on the opening weekend of the last 16 Premier League seasons (W14 D2) since a 2-1 defeat at Coventry in August 1998.

5: Diego Costa has scored more Premier League goals against Swansea than any other player (5).

10: Cesc Fabregas has reached 10 assists in five of his last six Premier League campaigns (he got eight in 22 appearances in 2008-09).

2: This is only the second time that Swansea have started their top-flight campaign against a non-Manchester club in their five seasons in the Premier League. The other exception was the Swans' 4-0 victory over QPR in 2012.

8: There had been under 2.5 goals scored in eight of Swansea's last 10 away games in the Premier League.

8: Swansea have scored as many goals in their last three season openers (8) as they did in the previous nine games combined.

13: Lukasz Fabianski kept the second highest amount of clean sheets in the Premier League last season with 13 shut outs.

0: Garry Monk's side went the entire pre-season without losing a game, picking up a victory over 1860 Munich, while drawing their other four friendlies.

Chelsea: Nemanja Matic - 73

Swans: Ashley Williams - 101

4: Chelsea, who lost last Sunday's Community Shield to Arsenal, have never been beaten by Swansea in the Premier League, winning all four encounters at home against the Swans.

18: 18% of the goals conceded by Garry Monk's side in the top-flight last term came against the Blues (9/49).

Overall, Chelsea have the advantage over the Swans in terms of total league meetings, with 13 wins to Swansea's five. The two sides have drawn eight times.