Chelsea Team Corners Stats: How Often They Take 5, 6 or 7
Chelsea have out-cornered the typical Premier League side for two decades. This file shows where the team lines hold, where they fade, and what that means for price.
- Market
- Corners
- On file
- Chelsea in the Premier League, 2005/06–2025/26: 798 league matches with corner counts
- Question
- How often do Chelsea clear the main team-corner lines in Premier League games, and how does that shift by venue, opponent strength and half-time score?
- E168.8%Chelsea over 4.5 team corners
- E21.84fair odds, Chelsea over 5.5 corners
- E36.20Chelsea corners won per game
- E44.31corners conceded per game
Chelsea are a corner side. Across 798 Premier League matches from 2005/06–2025/26 they won 6.20 corners per game and conceded 4.31. A typical team in the same seasons won 5.36, which puts Chelsea +0.84 per match above the league mark. My question is simple: how often do they clear the team lines a bettor actually sees, and what moves those rates?
The headline answer is that over 4.5 Chelsea corners landed in 68.8% of league games, a fair price of 1.45. Over 5.5 landed in 54.4%, a fair 1.84, which is close to a coin flip with a slight lean to the over. The bigger story sits in the splits. Venue and opponent strength move these numbers a long way, and I lean on those splits on my corner bet tips today page.
Exhibit AChelsea clear 4.5 corners in most league games
This chart stacks every team line for Chelsea against the same lines for their opponents. Chelsea went over 3.5 in 80.2% of games, and the rate drops steadily from there: 42.7% over 6.5 and 31.6% over 7.5. On the other side, opponents won more than 3.5 corners in 58.5% of matches and more than 4.5 in 43.2%.
The highlighted bar is over 5.5, where the full-sample fair price is 1.84. That is the line where I think the market usually sets its main Chelsea number, so it is where I start comparing.
View the data: chelsea team corners: over-line hit rates
| Share of 798 league games over each team-corners line | |
|---|---|
| Chelsea over 3.5 | 80.2% |
| Chelsea over 4.5 | 68.8% |
| Chelsea over 5.5 | 54.4% |
| Chelsea over 6.5 | 42.7% |
| Chelsea over 7.5 | 31.6% |
| Opponents over 2.5 | 72.7% |
| Opponents over 3.5 | 58.5% |
| Opponents over 4.5 | 43.2% |
| Opponents over 5.5 | 28.8% |
What I take from this is that the over 4.5 line is often too short to be interesting at 1.45, while 6.5 and above hold up less than half the time across the whole sample. The middle lines are where the venue and opponent context can actually change a decision.
Exhibit BStamford Bridge adds more than a corner line
Split by venue, the gap is wide. Chelsea went over 5.5 team corners in 61.7% of home games but 47.1% away. At the top end the difference is starker still: over 7.5 landed in 40.6% of home matches and only 22.6% on the road.
The two samples are the same size, 399 each, so this is a like-for-like comparison. At home, Chelsea's over 6.5 rate of 50.6% sits close to their full-sample over 5.5 rate. Away, over 4.5 sits at 63.7%.
View the data: chelsea team corners by venue
| O3.5 | O4.5 | O5.5 | O6.5 | O7.5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home (399) | 85.2% | 73.9% | 61.7% | 50.6% | 40.6% |
| Away (399) | 75.2% | 63.7% | 47.1% | 34.8% | 22.6% |
In practice I treat home and away as two different clubs. A single season-long Chelsea corners average hides almost a full line of difference between the two venues.
Exhibit CTop-four opponents flip the corner count against Chelsea
Opponent strength uses each side's final league position that season. Against top-4 finishers Chelsea averaged 4.46 corners won and 5.53 conceded across 138 games, and they won the corner count only 37.7% of the time. Against teams finishing 11th or lower, across 418 games, it was 6.87 won and 3.81 conceded, with Chelsea winning the count 70.8% of the time.
Match totals move less than the team split. Total corners averaged 9.99 against top-4 sides and 10.68 against the bottom half. Over 9.5 landed 52.9% of the time against top-4 opposition and 62.7% against 11th or lower.
| Opponent finish | Games | Won | Conceded | Total | Over 9.5 | Won count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 4 | 138 | 4.46 | 5.53 | 9.99 | 52.9% | 37.7% |
| 5th–10th | 242 | 6.04 | 4.49 | 10.53 | 60.7% | 61.6% |
| 11th or lower | 418 | 6.87 | 3.81 | 10.68 | 62.7% | 70.8% |
For me this is the most useful table in the file. Against elite opponents, backing Chelsea's team-corner over on reputation is the trap. The opponent-corner and corner-handicap markets deserve a closer look in those games instead.
Exhibit DLevel games at the break produce the most corners
These are full-match counts grouped by the half-time score, because half-time corner counts are not in the data. When Chelsea led at the break, in 341 games, they finished with 5.83 corners to 4.43. When level, in 319 games, they finished with 6.59, and over 9.5 landed in 64.6% of those matches.
When trailing, in 138 games, Chelsea won 6.25 corners and conceded 4.15, and they won the count in 67.4% of them. A lead seems to slow their output, while a level score keeps them pressing.
| Half-time | Games | Won | Conceded | Total | Over 9.5 | Won count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leading at HT | 341 | 5.83 | 4.43 | 10.26 | 56.6% | 56.9% |
| Level at HT | 319 | 6.59 | 4.26 | 10.85 | 64.6% | 65.8% |
| Trailing at HT | 138 | 6.25 | 4.15 | 10.40 | 60.1% | 67.4% |
Corners are full-match totals; half-time corner counts are not available.
My caveat applies here and everywhere else. These are observed rates, not returns against real prices, and they span many squads and managers, so older seasons may describe a different Chelsea. For in-play bettors, though, a level half-time score has been the strongest corner state in this file.
Dossier verdict
Case closed- Split home from away
Price Chelsea's over 5.5 against the 61.7% home rate or the 47.1% away rate, never the blended 54.4%.
- Fade them against elites
Against top-4 finishers Chelsea averaged only 4.46 corners and won the count 37.7% of the time, so look at the opponent side of the market.
- Watch level half-times
When the score was level at the break, over 9.5 corners landed in 64.6% of games and Chelsea won the count 65.8% of the time.
Questions bettors ask
How many corners do Chelsea average per Premier League game?
Across 798 league matches from 2005/06–2025/26, Chelsea won 6.20 corners per game and conceded 4.31. That is +0.84 above the 5.36 a typical Premier League team won.
How often do Chelsea get over 5.5 corners?
Chelsea took more than 5.5 corners in 54.4% of league games, a fair price of 1.84. At home the rate rises to 61.7%, and away it falls to 47.1%.
Do Chelsea win fewer corners against top teams?
Yes. Against top-4 finishers they averaged 4.46 corners won and 5.53 conceded over 138 games. Against sides finishing 11th or lower they averaged 6.87 won.
I'm Marta Vance, and I dig into corner markets, where width, low blocks, set-piece coaches and even the referee all quietly stack up before a ball is kicked.
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