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West Ham vs Chelsea Prediction & Betting tips
After a trip to Thessaloniki, a London derby is on the program for Chelsea on Sunday afternoon. The leader of the Premier League is visiting West Ham United.
West Ham United:
West Ham United is rid of the hateful zero. After four games, The Hammers stood no chance at the bottom. All four duels were lost to West Ham United and so the pressure increased on Manuel Pellegrini. The Chilean has invested quite well in the summer and some players have been attracted to their name in the football world, but at West Ham United it did not come out yet. Now the question is whether the first victory will also be followed up this weekend. At home against Chelsea, West Ham United seems to have no chance in advance. Especially because it lost earlier this season with 4-0 to Liverpool and 3 to 1 to Arsenal.
Last weekend West Ham United took the first points of this season. It also booked the first win of this season in the Premier League. A few weeks ago, 1-3 were already won from AFC Wimbledon and last weekend The Hammers won 1-3 of Everton. A very good result. The Ukrainian Andriy Yarmolenko was quite successful with two goals and Marko Arnautović also spoke with a goal and an assists at Goodison Park. It is now up to Pellegrini’s team to also book the first home win this weekend. Especially because the West Ham United supporters have been waiting for a home win for more than four months.
Chelsea:
Together with Liverpool, Chelsea was the leader of the Premier League after five rounds. The Blues took fifteen points from the first five games. Prior to this season, Chelsea was not really a title favorite, but that is now different. The Chelsea players adapt to the philosophy of Maurizio Sarri and that is still bearing fruit. Especially footballers like Eden Hazard and Pedro come to their right at Sarri. Where under Antonio Conte they were more concerned with defending than with attacks there, that is the other way around.
Chelsea is active in the Europa League this season. A competition that is too small for the Chelsea club, but Sarri thinks it is important that The Blues perform in the Europa League. So he pitched a reasonable team on Thursday evening against PAOK Saloniki. Eden Hazard was left in London, but players like N’Golo Kanté, Willian and Pedro just started in the base in the Touma stadium. If Sarri de Europa League takes the whole season so seriously, The Blues will be the top favorite for the overall victory. The only question is whether Chelsea can combine the busy program of the English league with the matches in the Europa League.
West Ham vs Chelsea head to head matches
08.04.18 PL Chelsea West Ham 1 : 1
09.12.17 PL West Ham Chelsea 1 : 0
06.03.17 PL West Ham Chelsea 1 : 2
26.10.16 CC West Ham Chelsea 2 : 1
15.08.16 PL Chelsea West Ham 2 : 1