Chelsea vs West Ham United
Competition – Barclays Premier League
Stadium – Stamford Bridge
Date: 8th April 2019
Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
Chelsea will continue their quest to play Champions League football next season as they welcome West Ham to Stamford Bridge for this game.
The Blues are currently 5th in the league table but just one point separates them from the 3rd position and a win here could take them to 3rd in the league table pending other results, however, if they drop points in this game, they could be ending the season outside the top four.
The Blues come here in relatively good form ahead of this game. They may have been beaten by Everton in their last away league game, but their home form has been fine and they have lost just once in normal time in their last 10 competitive games.
They come here on a run of 3 wins from 4 games and they would be keen on extending that run here.
West Ham have been hot and cold for much of this season and that explains why they come into the final weeks of the season outside the top ten.
They Hammers have earned some impressive results like beating Arsenal and holding Liverpool to a draw, but they have also lost to the likes of Everton and Cardiff City.
They have won just three of their last six games and two of those wins came against struggling Huddersfield and Fulham so it could be tough for them to survive Chelsea in this Stamford Bridge showdown.
Bookmakers have priced Chelsea up as strong odds-on favourites to come out on top in this game while goal markets point to a high-scoring game as over 2.5 goals is currently trading odds-on.
Eden Hazard is slight favourite ahead of Gonzalo Higuain to score the opening goal of the game according to oddsmakers.
This Monday night football game kicks off at 20:00 BST.
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:
December 28, 2020
Everton
01:00
Manchester City
January 3, 2021
Burnley
01:00
Fulham
January 13, 2021
Aston Villa
01:00
Tottenham Hotspur
January 17, 2021
Aston Villa
01:00
Everton
January 20, 2021
Leeds United
01:00
Southampton
Manchester City
19:00
Aston Villa
Fulham
21:15
Manchester United
January 21, 2021
Liverpool
21:00
Burnley
January 23, 2021
Aston Villa
21:00
Newcastle United
January 26, 2021
Crystal Palace
19:00
West Ham United
Newcastle United
19:00
Leeds United
West Bromwich Albion
21:15
Manchester City
Southampton
21:15
Arsenal
January 27, 2021
Burnley
19:00
Aston Villa
Chelsea
19:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton & Hov…
20:30
Fulham
Everton
21:15
Leicester City
Manchester United
21:15
Sheffield United
January 28, 2021
Tottenham Hotspur
21:00
Liverpool
Premier League Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Leicester City
19
12
2
5
35
21
+14
38
2
Manchester United
18
11
4
3
34
24
+10
37
3
Manchester City
17
10
5
2
29
13
+16
35
4
Liverpool
18
9
7
2
37
21
+16
34
5
Tottenham Hotspur
18
9
6
3
33
17
+16
33
6
Everton
17
10
2
5
28
21
+7
32
7
West Ham United
19
9
5
5
27
22
+5
32
8
Chelsea
19
8
5
6
33
23
+10
29
9
Southampton
18
8
5
5
26
21
+5
29
10
Arsenal
19
8
3
8
23
19
+4
27
11
Aston Villa
15
8
2
5
29
16
+13
26
12
Leeds United
18
7
2
9
30
34
-4
23
13
Crystal Palace
19
6
5
8
22
33
-11
23
14
Wolverhampton Wanderers
19
6
4
9
21
29
-8
22
15
Newcastle United
18
5
4
9
18
30
-12
19
16
Brighton & Hov…
19
3
8
8
22
29
-7
17
17
Burnley
17
4
4
9
9
22
-13
16
18
Fulham
17
2
6
9
14
25
-11
12
19
West Bromwich Albion
19
2
5
12
15
43
-28
11
20
Sheffield United
19
1
2
16
10
32
-22
5
Latest Premier League Results
January 19, 2021
Leicester City
2 - 0
Chelsea
West Ham United
2 - 1
West Bromwich Albion
January 18, 2021
Arsenal
3 - 0
Newcastle United
January 17, 2021
Manchester City
4 - 0
Crystal Palace
Liverpool
0 - 0
Manchester United
Sheffield United
1 - 3
Tottenham Hotspur
January 16, 2021
Leicester City
2 - 0
Southampton
Fulham
0 - 1
Chelsea
Leeds United
0 - 1
Brighton & Hov…
West Ham United
1 - 0
Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers
2 - 3
West Bromwich Albion
January 14, 2021
Arsenal
0 - 0
Crystal Palace
January 13, 2021
Tottenham Hotspur
1 - 1
Fulham
Manchester City
1 - 0
Brighton & Hov…
January 12, 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1 - 2
Everton
Burnley
0 - 1
Manchester United
Sheffield United
1 - 0
Newcastle United
January 4, 2021
Southampton
1 - 0
Liverpool
January 3, 2021
Chelsea
1 - 3
Manchester City
Newcastle United
1 - 2
Leicester City