Chelsea have absolutely, without question, been by far and away the best team in the Premier League this season. A glance at the table will tell you as much.

A further delve will tell you their total of 56 points is the fourth-highest ever at this stage of a Premier League season. Their nine-point lead is the sixth-greatest ever after 23 games. They have been utterly dominant and probably won't be caught by May.

And yet what stands out from this brilliant Chelsea team's statistics for the season is the fact that they don't dominate the Premier League in any particular way. Rather, they have enjoyed success so far, equaling the Premier League record of 13 consecutive wins in a single season, as a result of their being an absolutely devastating sum of their parts. In the main individual statistics they rank mid-table across the board.

They don't have tonnes of possession, they don't create a great deal of chances, they don't hit the target particularly often and they aren't the best finishers in the league.