Chelsea now and Chelsea one year ago in November 2015 could hardly be more different. The owner is the same and most of the players are the same, but the manager is not. In short, the whirlwind impact Antonio Conte has had at Stamford Bridge is nothing short of remarkable.
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Conte's Chelsea are 15 places better off after 12 Premier League games of this season compared to 2015/16. The team sits top of the table at the same stage as Jose Mourinho's team were 16th and unthinkably looking nervously looking behind at the relegation zone.
Mourinho's side, who were then reigning champions, only won three of their opening 12 games, drawing two and losing as many as seven (he lost fewer league games in the first two seasons of first spell at the club combined). It was form that soon cost the Portuguese his job.
In stark contrast 12 months on, Conte's team have won nine and lost just twice in 12 games.
Six of those nine wins have come on the spin without conceding a single goal. Only five other managers in Premier League history can match such a run of results - Mourinho himself (2005, 2005, 2007), Sir Alex Ferguson (2007, 2009, 2013), Rafa Benitez (2005), Carlo Ancelotti (2010) and Manuel Pellegrini (2015). It is the highest of company, but no one else managed it in their six months.
Conte's Chelsea have scored 11 more goals than a year ago, have conceded 14 fewer, are as many as 17 points better off and have a positive goal difference of 18 instead of negative 7.
10 - Premier League clubs have won 6+ games in a row without conceding on 10 occasions, with Chelsea responsible for half of those. Epic.
The points tally of 28 already virtually guarantees a top four finish and the return of Champions League football to Stamford Bridge for next season after missing out for the first time since 2002/03.
Since the Premier League was reduced to 20 clubs in 1995, seven teams with 28 or more points from their first 12 games in any given season have finished as champions. As many as 14 have finished second or better, while only Liverpool (5th in 2002/03) and Aston Villa (6th 1998/99) have ever placed lower than fourth. 'Top Four' didn't always mean Champions League but it most certainlydoes now.
Conte's impact on individuals has also been significant. The likes of Diego Costa, Pedro, Nemanja Matic and others look like new players, but none more so than Eden Hazard.
The Belgian had a nightmare 2015/16 campaign when he scored just four times - waiting until late April for his first - but is currently on course to break his personal best for goals in a single Premier League season. He's scored seven times already and has averaged 0.69 goals for every 90 minutes he's played, bettering the same statistic when he netted 14 in both 2013/14 and 2014/15.
Antonio Conte, the Special One 2.0, you'd better believe it.
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