Chelsea Boast Youngest Starting Eleven In Premier League As Enzo Maresca Backs The Youth

Chelsea have named the youngest starting eleven on average for the opening eight games of the Premier League so far.

Enzo Maresca has made a strong start to his time as Chelsea manager, picking up 14 points from the opening eight games and sitting four points off the top four.

The former Leicester manager was tipped to be the first Premier League manager to face the sack on UK betting sites, but has managed to secure good results with a young Chelsea team.

Chelsea have the youngest average age of any Premier League side in relation to starting eleven’s so far, having an average age of 23.2 years old.

Not only that, the Blues are the only team in history to play their first eight games without a single player over 27-years-old.

Tosin Adarabioyo has been their oldest player at 27 and Maresca named the youngest team in the league this season during a 6-2 away to Wolves.

In fact, this starting eleven against Wolves was the youngest in the Premier League by a fair distance, sitting at 23.4 years old – 1.2 years younger than the next youngest starting eleven.

Chelsea’s youngest player is Marc Guiu, who is just 18-years-old and their oldest outfield player is just 27-years-old and are the only team in the league to not have a single outfield player over 30.

Average Age Of Starting Eleven In Premier League

Youngest Premier League Starting Elevens For Each Club So Far

1. Chelsea – 23.4 years old (Wolves 2-6 Chelsea)
2. Southampton – 24.6 years old (Southampton 0-3 Manchester United)
3. Bournemouth – 24.6 years old (Bournemouth 2-0 Arsenal)
4. Manchester United – 25.1 years old (Manchester United 0-3 Spurs)
5. Brighton – 25.2 years old (Brighton 0-0 Ipswich)
6. Brentford – 25.2 years old (Spurs 3-1 Brentford)
7. Spurs – 25.3 years old (Spurs 4-0 Everton)
8. Leicester – 25.4 years old (Southampton 2-3 Leicester)
9. Crystal Palace – 25.5 years old (Crystal Palace 0-2 West Ham)
10. Ipswich – 25.7 years old (Ipswich 2-2 Aston Villa)
11. Arsenal – 25.7 years old (Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal)
12. Nottingham Forest – 25.9 years old (Southampton 0-1 Nottingham Forest)
13. Manchester City – 26.4 years old (Chelsea 0-2 Manchester City)
14. Wolves – 26.5 years old (Arsenal 2-0 Wolves)
15. Aston Villa – 26.6 years old (Aston Villa 3-2 Everton)
16. Liverpool – 27 years old (Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea)
17. Newcastle – 27.1 years old (Newcastle 0-1 Brighton)
18. Fulham – 27.4 years old (Manchester United 1-0 Fulham)
19. West Ham – 27.5 years old (West Ham 0-3 Chelsea)
20. Everton – 27.9 years old (Spurs 4-0 Everton)

Chelsea Squad

Goalkeepers: Robert Sánchez (26), Filip Jørgensen (22), Marcus Bettinelli (32), Lucas Bergström (22)

Defenders: Levi Colwill (21), Axel Disasi (26), Benoît Badiashile (23), Wesley Fofana (23), Tosin Adarabioyo (27), Renato Veiga (21), Marc Cucurella (26), Ben Chilwell (27), Reece James (24), Malo Gusto (21)

Midfielders: Moisés Caicedo (22), Roméo Lavia (20), Enzo Fernández (23), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (26), Carney Chukwuemeka (21), Cesare Casadei (21), Cole Palmer (22), Christopher Nkunku (26)

Forwards: Mykhaylo Mudryk (23), Jadon Sancho (24), Pedro Neto (24), Noni Madueke (22), João Félix (24), Nicolas Jackson (23), Marc Guiu (18)