West Ham United vs Chelsea Preview

September 22, 2018
By: Deke Hardman

Premier League

Sunday’s Premier League action kicks off at the London Stadium where West Ham United take on Chelsea.

Having lost their opening four fixtures, the Hammers secured an impressive victory at Goodison Park last time out – a result good enough to see them climb out of the relegation zone.

Marko Arnautovic could miss out after picking up a knee injury in that win over Everton and fellow forward Javier Hernandez has a virus while Jack Wilshere is still recovering from an ankle problem.

After opening his Hammers account on Merseyside Andriy Yarmalenko is 11.5 (23/2) to open the scoring with Unibet with Mark Noble a 19.0 (18/1) chance with the same firm.

The home win is as highly priced as the 6.0 (5/1) on offer from Betfair, with the visitors favourites at 1.62 (8/13). The draw can be backed at 4.4 (17/5).

Maurizio Sarri’s side made it five wins from five at Cardiff City last weekend after coming from behind to record a 4-1 victory.

That goal haul saw them leapfrog fellow perfect starters Liverpool into first place while they also opened their Europa League campaign with a win on Thurdsday, with Willian’s early strike enough see them past Greek side PAOK.

Pedro hurt his shoulder in that game though he may be fit enough to feature while Mateo Kovacic has recovered from a dead leg and David Luiz and Eden Hazard are set to return after being rested midweek.

Hazard, who bagged a hattrick last weekend is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 5.0 (4/1) with most firms, ahead of 6.0 (5/1) chance Olivier Giroud.

A sixth minute strike from Arnautovic was enough to separate the sides in last season’s corresponding fixture last December while the sides played out a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge five months later.

Both teams have scored in this fixture on six of the last seven occasions so you may be tempted to back that outcome this time around, with some firms offering a price of 1.67 (4/6) while Bet Victor offer 1.62 (8/13) for their to be a goal scored in both halves.

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