All-conquering Chelsea have been looking down on all others since day one of this Premier League season.
The table-topping Blues hit the front early and have never looked back piling up wins and points on a relentless march to the title, a title their boss Jose Mourinho says his team more than deserve.
But is it all set in stone?
With seven games remaining Chelsea sit seven points clear of Arsenal and a further point ahead of Manchester United with a game in hand on both to boot.
All signs point to yet another trophy for an already bulging Stamford Bridge silverware cabinet - but maybe, just maybe, all is not yet decided ...
Here Ben Burrows takes a look at the Blues' run-in and where the league could be won - or, whisper it quietly, lost - down the stretch:
Chelsea's race for the title - or maybe not ...
(H) vs Manchester United
The first hurdle for Mourinho and Co. comes in the shape of Louis van Gaal and a resurgent Manchester United.
King Louis takes his Red Devils down to Stamford Bridge next weekend for a Saturday teatime battle which promises to be a cracker.
No team in the league - Chelsea included - are playing as well as United are right now and they will go into the game full of confidence after a sensational six-game winning streak.
Games against Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester City have shown what they can do to top teams. Can table-topping Chelsea stop the juggernaut?
King Louis takes his Red Devils down to Stamford Bridge next weekend for a Saturday teatime battle which promises to be a cracker.
No team in the league - Chelsea included - are playing as well as United are right now and they will go into the game full of confidence after a sensational six-game winning streak.
Games against Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester City have shown what they can do to top teams. Can table-topping Chelsea stop the juggernaut?
(A) vs Arsenal
Next up after what could be a damaging home loss come Arsenal who, other than United, are playing as well as anyone.
Arsene Wenger's men are right in the hunt after a great run themselves and as things stand are only seven points off the top.
With an FA Cup semi-final with Reading next on the agenda the Gunners will face Chelsea in a fortnight having played the same amount of games.
And a win that they look more than capable of producing could see them close the gap to just four points with six games remaining.
More worrying is the fact that United, who travel to Everton that lunchtime, could be as close as two points behind that evening.
Arsene Wenger's men are right in the hunt after a great run themselves and as things stand are only seven points off the top.
With an FA Cup semi-final with Reading next on the agenda the Gunners will face Chelsea in a fortnight having played the same amount of games.
And a win that they look more than capable of producing could see them close the gap to just four points with six games remaining.
More worrying is the fact that United, who travel to Everton that lunchtime, could be as close as two points behind that evening.
(A) vs Leicester
The game in hand - on everyone other than Arsenal - comes at Leicester in what should be a return to winning ways.
Mourinho will be feeling the breath of Van Gaal and Wenger on his neck and will send out the big guns despite having to play two games in a week.
Top-scorer Diego Costa will all but certainly still be missing but Player of the Year in waiting Eden Hazard will get the job done with a much-needed goal.
Three precious points extend the lead over Arsenal and United to seven and five respectively.
Mourinho will be feeling the breath of Van Gaal and Wenger on his neck and will send out the big guns despite having to play two games in a week.
Top-scorer Diego Costa will all but certainly still be missing but Player of the Year in waiting Eden Hazard will get the job done with a much-needed goal.
Three precious points extend the lead over Arsenal and United to seven and five respectively.
(H) vs Crystal Palace
Next up, Palace and Alan Pardew.
As well publicised Team Pardew would be knocking on the European football door if his points at Newcastle and now Palace were added together.
His Eagles are flying at the moment and will relish the chance to further dent Chelsea's title charge.
That said, Chelsea don't lose many at home and they should have enough to get at least a point - or most likely three - here.
As well publicised Team Pardew would be knocking on the European football door if his points at Newcastle and now Palace were added together.
His Eagles are flying at the moment and will relish the chance to further dent Chelsea's title charge.
That said, Chelsea don't lose many at home and they should have enough to get at least a point - or most likely three - here.
(H) vs Liverpool
It's old foes Liverpool now on the horizon and with Arsenal
again playing a day later a chance to keep in control of their
destinies.
United, on a roll, could have closed back to within two with a win over West Brom the previous evening leaving the Blues in desperate need of all three points.
It won't be easy though against a Liverpool team back in with a sniff of the Champions League after their springtime wobble.
Brendan Rodgers' men will need a win and Chelsea old boy Daniel Sturridge, perhaps finally firing again, could be the man to get it for them.
United, on a roll, could have closed back to within two with a win over West Brom the previous evening leaving the Blues in desperate need of all three points.
It won't be easy though against a Liverpool team back in with a sniff of the Champions League after their springtime wobble.
Brendan Rodgers' men will need a win and Chelsea old boy Daniel Sturridge, perhaps finally firing again, could be the man to get it for them.
(A) vs West Brom
Monday 18th May and D-Day for Chelsea's title challenge.
Their one-time seven point lead has evaporated and after a famous win at Old Trafford the day before Arsenal are now only two points behind with a game in hand.
Tony Pulis, wearer of baseball caps, destroyer of dreams, now stands between Mourinho and the title.
It's wet, it's windy, the floodlights are beaming down and West Brom have designs on blowing the title race wide open, just as Pulis' Palace did almost exactly a year previous.
They couldn't could they ...
Their one-time seven point lead has evaporated and after a famous win at Old Trafford the day before Arsenal are now only two points behind with a game in hand.
Tony Pulis, wearer of baseball caps, destroyer of dreams, now stands between Mourinho and the title.
It's wet, it's windy, the floodlights are beaming down and West Brom have designs on blowing the title race wide open, just as Pulis' Palace did almost exactly a year previous.
They couldn't could they ...
(H) vs Sunderland
Here we are then, it's finally come to this.
Chelsea go into the league's final game behind for the first time after Arsenal's midweek hammering of Sunderland in their game in hand put them top of the pile.
In a bizarre twist the Black Cats, still scrapping for their Premier League lives at the other end, now find themselves at the very centre of the title race.
The Blues, then, must outscore Arsenal, who face West Brom at the Emirates at the same time, to try and leapfrog them on goal difference.
Maybe, just maybe ...
Chelsea go into the league's final game behind for the first time after Arsenal's midweek hammering of Sunderland in their game in hand put them top of the pile.
In a bizarre twist the Black Cats, still scrapping for their Premier League lives at the other end, now find themselves at the very centre of the title race.
The Blues, then, must outscore Arsenal, who face West Brom at the Emirates at the same time, to try and leapfrog them on goal difference.
Maybe, just maybe ...
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