PREMIER LEAGUE MONDAY: We preview Monday’s Premier League game between CHELSEA v WEST HAM with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended match stats.
CHELSEA V WEST HAM
8pm After losing a lot of ground in the Premier League recently, Chelsea now have a chance to go into third place with a win over West Ham tonight. We have seen slip ups from Spurs, Manchester United and Arsenal and the race for a Top Four finish is wide open. If indeed Chelsea are to finish in the Top Four, they really have to be winning games like this one and they are looking to put in three wins in a row here since losing 2-0 to Everton.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Chelsea 1.32, West Ham 11.5 and the draw is 6.2. West Ham have been having a pretty decent season as they sit in 11th position after all the results at the weekend – they have been really up and down recently though. They have lost 2-0 to Everton and Cardiff recently, and while they conceded three goals against Huddersfield in between those games; they did score four! They have been a tough team to call at time this season and while the market has Chelsea heavy odds on favourites – West Ham won’t be a push over.
Manchester City were only able to put one goal past the Hammers recently when they had home advantage and while Chelsea will more than likely get the job done tonight – it’s hard to see them running away with the game. Any Other Home Win (Chelsea to score four or more and win) looks very short at 4.4 in the Correct Score market, but we like West Ham on the handicap here. They’re currently 2.12 +1.5 goals and that looks good value – they have been scoring plenty of goals this season and while Chelsea haven’t looked very confident. They only beat Cardiff by one goal, lost to Everton and drew 1-1 with Wolves here within their last five games. West Ham have been good enough this season to keep this London Derby close.
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West Ham +1.5 goals to beat Chelsea at 2.12.
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MATCH STATS
- Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 12 home league meetings with West Ham (W8 D4) since a 2-3 loss in September 2002.
- West Ham are unbeaten in their last three Premier League games against Chelsea (W1 D2), last having a longer unbeaten run against the Blues between March 1998 and March 2000 (5 games).
- Chelsea have lost three home Premier League London derbies over the past four seasons (W9 D4 L3) – as many as they had in the previous 11 campaigns in the competition (W34 D13 L3).
- After a run of eight London derby matches without a win (D5 L3), West Ham have won four of their last five in the Premier League (D1).
- Chelsea haven’t lost a home Premier League game on a Monday since December 1994 (2-3 vs Man Utd), winning 11 and drawing three since.
- No side has conceded fewer home goals than Chelsea in the Premier League this season (10). Only Arsenal and Manchester United (2) have scored more than once as a visiting side at Stamford Bridge this season.
- West Ham are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League games in which they’ve scored this season (W12 D5) since a 1-3 loss at Arsenal in August. It’s the longest current such run in the division.
- West Ham striker Javier Hernandez has scored in each of his last four Premier League away games against Chelsea. Only four players have scored in five consecutive away Premier League games against an opponent – Dion Dublin vs Tottenham, Alan Shearer vs Leeds, Ruud van Nistelrooy vs Newcastle and Robert Pires vs Tottenham.
- Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud has had a hand in nine goals in 11 Premier League games against West Ham (6 goals, 3 assists) – against no side has he been involved in more.
- Chelsea’s Eden Hazard has been directly involved in nine goals in his last nine Premier League games at Stamford Bridge (4 goals, 5 assists).
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