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:
January 17, 2021
Aston Villa
02:00
Everton
April 17, 2021
Southampton
01:00
Crystal Palace
April 19, 2021
Leeds United
20:00
Liverpool
April 20, 2021
Chelsea
20:00
Brighton & Hov…
April 21, 2021
Tottenham Hotspur
18:00
Southampton
Aston Villa
20:15
Manchester City
April 22, 2021
Leicester City
20:00
West Bromwich Albion
April 23, 2021
Arsenal
20:00
Everton
April 24, 2021
Liverpool
12:30
Newcastle United
West Ham United
17:30
Chelsea
Sheffield United
20:00
Brighton & Hov…
April 25, 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers
12:00
Burnley
Leeds United
14:00
Manchester United
Aston Villa
19:00
West Bromwich Albion
April 26, 2021
Leicester City
20:00
Crystal Palace
Premier League Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Manchester City
32
23
5
4
67
23
+44
74
2
Manchester United
32
19
9
4
64
35
+29
66
3
Leicester City
31
17
5
9
55
37
+18
56
4
West Ham United
32
16
7
9
53
42
+11
55
5
Chelsea
31
15
9
7
50
31
+19
54
6
Liverpool
31
15
7
9
53
37
+16
52
7
Tottenham Hotspur
32
14
8
10
54
37
+17
50
8
Everton
31
14
7
10
43
40
+3
49
9
Arsenal
32
13
7
12
44
36
+8
46
10
Leeds United
31
14
3
14
49
49
+0
45
11
Aston Villa
30
13
5
12
43
33
+10
44
12
Wolverhampton Wanderers
32
11
8
13
32
41
-9
41
13
Crystal Palace
31
10
8
13
33
52
-19
38
14
Southampton
31
10
6
15
39
56
-17
36
15
Newcastle United
32
9
8
15
35
53
-18
35
16
Brighton & Hov…
31
7
12
12
33
38
-5
33
17
Burnley
32
8
9
15
26
45
-19
33
18
Fulham
33
5
12
16
25
43
-18
27
19
West Bromwich Albion
31
5
9
17
28
59
-31
24
20
Sheffield United
32
4
2
26
17
56
-39
14
Latest Premier League Results
April 18, 2021
Manchester United
3 - 1
Burnley
Arsenal
1 - 1
Fulham
April 17, 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1 - 0
Sheffield United
Newcastle United
3 - 2
West Ham United
April 16, 2021
Everton
2 - 2
Tottenham Hotspur
April 12, 2021
Brighton & Hov…
0 - 0
Everton
West Bromwich Albion
3 - 0
Southampton
April 11, 2021
Sheffield United
0 - 3
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
1 - 3
Manchester United
West Ham United
3 - 2
Leicester City
Burnley
1 - 2
Newcastle United
April 10, 2021
Crystal Palace
1 - 4
Chelsea
Liverpool
2 - 1
Aston Villa
Manchester City
1 - 2
Leeds United
April 9, 2021
Fulham
0 - 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers
April 5, 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers
2 - 3
West Ham United
Everton
1 - 1
Crystal Palace