Chelsea vs West Bromwich Albion Preview

November 21, 2014
By: Deke Hardman

Jose Mourinho

Saturday afternoon’s game at Stamford Bridge sees league leaders Chelsea take on a West Bromwich Albion side who begin the weekend just a point off a top half spot.

With League One leaders Bristol City losing at Swindon Town last weekend, Jose Mourinho’s side is the only one yet to be defeated this season.

They currently sit four points clear of second place Southampton having dropped just four points from their eleven games so far, and go in to this match on the back of a come-from-behind victory over last season’s runners up Liverpool at Anfield two weeks ago.

Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Andre Schurrle all look set to feature, though Nathan Ake is ruled out with a hamstring problem.

Costa is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 3.75 (11/4) with Bet Victor, with Eden Hazard a 6.5 (11/2) chance with the same firm.

The home win is a 1.25 (1/4) chance with a variety of firms, with the visitors as highly priced as the 17.0 (16/1) on offer from Bet Victor. The draw is a 7.0 (6/1) shot with Bet 365.

Alan Irvine’s men lost to in-form Newcastle United a fortnight ago having not lost in their previous three outings.

The defeat left them just four points ahead of the relegation zone, but an unlikely victory here could see them move into the top half, should other results fall in their favour.

Craig Gardner could return after serving his suspension, but Jonas Olsson and Sebastien Pocognoli both miss out with respective Achilles and hamstring injuries.

Saido Berahino, who was an unused substitute in England’s back to back wins over Slovenia and Scotland, is widely available at 15.0 (14/1) to open the scoring, with Chris Brunt a 34.0 (33/1) shot with a variety of firms.

Both of last season’s meetings between the sides ended in score draws, while the Baggies were victorious in two of the three clashes before that.

However, with Jose Mourinho’s men in such splendid form, you may be tempted to back them to score at least three times at 2.1 (11/10) with Coral.

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