Chelsea vs West Ham Match Preview

For the 34th round of the English Premier League, Chelsea welcomes West Ham at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea comes from a second consecutive home defeat right after that to Brentford. In their midweek game, Chelsea lost to Arsenal 4-2. They paid for their numerous and great defensive mistakes by conceding four goals, two in each half. In the first half they found a way to respond by equalizing twice but in the second half did not look aggressive at all and did not get anything from the match.

This defeat can put difficulties in terms of 3rd place as they remain at this spot with 62 points, while Arsenal have now reduced their difference to 2 points, but still, Chelsea has 2 games in hand.

West Ham is not performing well lately, in the previous match, they played a 1-1 home draw against Burnley. A result that flatters them as they were behind in the score from the middle of the first half, they avoid a second goal when their opponent missed a penalty kick but at least they reached the equalizer at 75 ΄ and escaped with one point from this match

Having just 2 wins in the last 5 matches, West Ham sees themselves moving away from the top four. At this point they are in 7th place with 52 points.

Chelsea were bad in their last home matches and today they will look for a comeback and return to victories. West Ham, for their part, need the points of victory to make another step to secure a European ticket for the new season. Both sides have quality from the middle and front but defensively it is difficult to keep a clean sheet. My choice is Over 2.5 goals at 1.80 odds.