VENUE:LONDON STADIUM
This is a tough fixture for both Chelsea and West Ham as they are London rivals, so it is expected to be a tight clash between the two sides.
Chelsea sits 10 points at the top of the table ahead of Tottenham who are second and 11 ahead of Manchester City.
While West Ham team is not as gifted as Chelsea, they have their reasons to have confidence, they have won two matches, drawn two and lost one match in their last five matches.
They have also won the past two home matches against the Blues.
Perhaps, now the feeling of reticence and gloom that had surrounded the team early on in the season has been driven away a bit, and they are now ninth on thirty-three points, which can be considered good enough for this team, despite a slightly overachieving last season.
But to beat Chelsea, some of their stars will have to execute their job prominently.
They will have to attack Chelsea’s left flank, which according to some experts is a minor chink in the Blues’ armor.
TEAM NEWS.
WESTHAM
West Ham will not have the services of Michail Antonio who is on suspension after being sent off. Diafra Sakho and Ogbonna are injured.
CHELSEA
Hazard suffered a minor injury in training but is expected to start.
PREDICTIONS
Despite the slight confidence, Hammers should have to go into this fixture; I feel that Chelsea will be too much for them to handle.
The only way to trouble them is by attacking Chelsea rapidly using the counter attack, especially from the wings. West Ham will find it tough to use this method with Antonio missing in action due to a suspension picked last weekend.
PREDICTIONS
1. Both teams to score @1.90
2. CHELSEA WIN @ 1.70
RESULTS
WESTHAM 1-2 CHELSEA
BOTH TIPS WON
FINAL RESULT; WESTHAM 1-2 CHELSEA
