Chelsea let a chance at Champions League knockout round qualification slip through their fingers last night, but there isn’t much time to stew about it. The Blues face a very quick turnaround London derby against West Ham United on Saturday, a series that has been pretty evenly matched.
Chelsea lead this all time fixture with 50 wins to West Ham’s 40; accompanied by 22 draws. The Blues come into this one 11 points off the pace of league leaders Liverpool, so at this point, the top four is most likely the goal for the season. Young American Christian Pulisic kept his hot streak going last night at Valencia, and he’ll be expected to help provide even more offense in the short term while Tammy Abraham is sidelined with a hip injury.
Chelsea FC Starting XI Prediction (4-3-3) vs West Ham United
Pulisic Batshuayi Mount
Jorginho Kovacic Kante
Emerson Tomori Zouma Azpilicueta
Kepa
Chelsea FC vs West Ham United FYIs
Kickoff: Stamford Bridge, Saturday November 30, 3pm
Team News for both sides: go to this link
Starting XI Predictions: Chelsea FC West Ham United
Google Result Probability: Chelsea win 74%, Draw 16%, West Ham win 10%
Form Guide- Chelsea LWWWW West Ham United LLLDL
Odds via BetFair Exchange: Chelsea win 2/7, Draw 5/1, Valencia win 19/2
Prediction: Chelsea 3, West Ham 1
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