West Ham United vs Chelsea

1/3- Chelsea have been the silent runners this season, nor have they actively been a part of the rat race at the top of the table and neither they have been fighting for the fourth spot. Chelsea have slowly but steadily ensured that their 3^rd spot is confirmed and now are 6 points behind the second placed Manchester United having played a match less. This suggests that they still do have an outside chance to upset the top two and take away the crown. They travel this week to take on West ham United after they have managed only two draws in the last two EPL matches they have played. Chelsea would hold an upper hand over the home side as the last meeting between the two sides ended 1-0 in favour of Chelsea and the head to head record also favours Chelsea heavily. Looking at the recent form while Chelsea have won 6 and drawn 4 of their last 10 matches, West Ham have won 5 while lost 2 and drawn the remaining three.

A point that would also work in favour of Chelsea is that they have performed amazingly well away from home this season while their opponents have not performed that impressively at home and can be vulnerable. Chelsea get into the match after they drew their Champions League tie against Olympiakos and would want to put up a strong performance here. Chelsea have not been a team dominated by a striker and hence it would be important that their entire team can play as a unit and get the desired result.

West Ham United come a fresh from their victory last week against Fulham, away from home and would like to replicate the performance in front of the home crowd but with opponents as strong as Chelsea it would be quite difficult.

Prediction: 0-1, Chelsea win