West Bromwich Albion vs Chelsea Preview

February 10, 2014
By: Deke Hardman

Hazard

Tuesday evening’s game at The Hawthorns sees relegation threatened West Bromwich Albion host Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Pepe Mel’s side go in to the game on the back of Saturday afternoon’s 3-1 defeat to resurgent Crystal Palace, a result which saw the Baggies slip into the bottom three.

Nicolas Anelka, Stephane Sessegnon and Jonas Olsson remain absent for West Brom, though Theivy Bifouma could get his first start for the club after scoring as a substitute on his debut at the weekend.

The France U21 international, who joined on loan from Espanyol on transfer deadline day, is 16.0 (15/1) to get the first goal of the game with Bet Victor, with both Saido Berahino and Victor Anichebe available at the same price with the same firm.

The home win in 8.0 (7/1) with Bet 365, who offer 4.33 (10/3) for the draw while Chelsea are best priced with Ladbrokes, who have them at 1.53 (8/15).

The visitors replaced Arsenal at the summit after beating Newcastle United 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, after the Gunners had been thumped 5-1 at Anfield earlier in the day.

Captain John Terry will miss the game after picking up a minor knock at the weekend, though Fernando Torres is available after missing the last three weeks with a knee problem.

Top scorer Eden Hazard, whose hat-trick last time out took his season’s tally to thirteen, is 7.0 (6/1) to open the scoring with Bet Victor, with Samuel Eto’o favourite at 5.5 (9/2) with the same firm.

Hazard netted a controversial penalty in stoppage time to salvage a point for Jose Mourinho’s men when the sides faced off at Stamford Bridge three months ago, while last season’s corresponding fixture ended in a shock 2-1 victory for the hosts.

However, with West Brom having won just once in the league since the pair last met, and Chelsea losing just once in that time, few would bet against an away win this time around.

With just one goal conceded in their last six games, you may be tempted to back a Blues’ win to nil at 2.45 (29/20) with Coral.

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