Chelsea welcomes West Ham United as clear favourites: Big betting preview

Competition: England Premier League
Date: Mon 08.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41841 seats)

Chelsea perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. West Ham United can look both up and down from their 11th position.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea are steadily winning games and points here at Stamford Bridge. 10 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 16 games.

The Chelsea supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Brighton & Hove Albion in Premier League and win 3-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Cardiff City with a 2-1 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chelsea as they are travelling to their away game against Slavia Praha in the Europa League. That match is three days after this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (32 in 16 games), Chelsea's attacking play is working. Chelsea are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stamford Bridge, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 16 matches.

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West Ham United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for West Ham United so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-8 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as West Ham United have lost on their last two travels.

West Ham United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Everton that ended with defeat 0-2. Before that, West Ham United secured a home win against Huddersfield Town with the score 4-3.

The attacking power of West Ham United when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored in 15 matches. In the opposite end, West Ham United have conceded 23 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: West Ham United - Chelsea 0-0. Chelsea-West Ham United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chelsea 4 wins, West Ham United 3 wins, 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

E. Hazard
14 goals / 12 assists
Pedro
8 goals / 1 assists
Felipe Anderson
8 goals / 4 assists

Chelsea missing players

West Ham United missing players

Chelsea West Ham United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 16 Played 15 32
52 32 Scored 14 41
34 10 Conceded 23 48
90% 88% Over 0.5 100% 97%
84% 81% Over 1.5 87% 81%
58% 44% Over 2.5 40% 47%
29% 31% Over 3.5 20% 34%
13% 19% Over 4.5 0% 9%
45% 44% Both teams to score 40% 47%
39% 50% Clean Sheet 13% 16%
26% 19% Failed To Score 47% 41%
Key stats this season:
  • West Ham United hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Liverpool 33 25 7 1 75 20 16 14 2 0 46 10 17 11 5 1 29 10 55 82
2 Manchester City 32 26 2 4 83 21 17 16 0 1 55 12 15 10 2 3 28 9 62 80
3 Tottenham Hotspur 32 21 1 10 60 34 15 10 1 4 27 13 17 11 0 6 33 21 26 64
4 Arsenal 31 19 6 6 65 39 17 14 2 1 39 12 14 5 4 5 26 27 26 63
5 Chelsea 32 19 6 7 55 34 16 10 5 1 32 10 16 9 1 6 23 24 21 63
6 Manchester United 32 18 7 7 61 43 15 9 5 1 30 19 17 9 2 6 31 24 18 61
7 Leicester City 33 14 5 14 46 44 16 7 2 7 21 19 17 7 3 7 25 25 2 47
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 13 8 11 40 39 16 8 3 5 24 20 16 5 5 6 16 19 1 47
9 Watford 32 13 7 12 47 47 15 8 2 5 23 20 17 5 5 7 24 27 0 46
10 Everton 32 12 7 13 45 42 16 7 4 5 23 21 16 5 3 8 22 21 3 43
11 West Ham United 32 12 6 14 41 48 17 8 3 6 27 25 15 4 3 8 14 23 -7 42
12 Crystal Palace 33 11 6 16 39 43 16 4 4 8 13 17 17 7 2 8 26 26 -4 39
13 AFC Bournemouth 33 11 5 17 44 61 17 7 5 5 29 24 16 4 0 12 15 37 -17 38
14 Burnley 33 10 6 17 40 60 16 6 2 8 21 28 17 4 4 9 19 32 -20 36
15 Newcastle United 33 9 8 16 31 43 17 7 1 9 19 21 16 2 7 7 12 22 -12 35
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 9 6 16 32 46 15 6 4 5 17 16 16 3 2 11 15 30 -14 33
17 Southampton 32 8 9 15 36 53 16 4 6 6 20 25 16 4 3 9 16 28 -17 33
18 Cardiff City 32 8 4 20 28 61 17 6 2 9 19 33 15 2 2 11 9 28 -33 28
19 Fulham 33 4 5 24 30 76 16 4 3 9 19 32 17 0 2 15 11 44 -46 17
20 Huddersfield Town 33 3 5 25 19 63 17 2 2 13 8 28 16 1 3 12 11 35 -44 14

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