West Ham United v Chelsea 7/1/20 – Premier League Pick & Prediction
This is starting to turn into the point that West Ham has to get some points. The West Ham club has a total of 27 points, but is currently sitting in 17th position in the table, which is right on the cusp of relegation versus staying. Chelsea for their part are fairly safe with 54 points on the year and are currently sitting in 4th place on the year.
West Ham is not great offensively, but not horrible with a total of 35 goals scored on the year. Defensively the West Ham club has allowed a total of 54 goals which explains why the team is where they are. Heading into the last 5 games for West Ham, they have been very disappointing. The West Ham team has won 1 game, but lost 4 games and that includes the last game to Tottenham by a 2-0 score.
When it comes to Chelsea the offense has been a machine with a total of 55 goals scored. The defense for the Chelsea team has allowed 41 goals to be scored. Chelsea has been on point in their last 5 games and that includes 3 of them that have taken place since coming back to live action. The Chelsea team has ended up winning all 5 games and that includes the Leicester City game which ended up being a 1-0 win for Chelsea.
While it would be easy to think that Chelsea has dominated the series between the teams that is not the case in the last 5 matches. Those matches have seen West Ham win 2 matches, but also fight well enough to get 2 draws as well. That has led to the highly talented Chelsea team to only getting 1 win in their last 5 matches against West Ham.
West Ham vs Chelsea Odds: West Ham +440, Chelsea -167, Draw +285
Over/Under: Over 2.5 -112, Under 2.5 -108
West Ham vs Chelsea Pick: Chelsea, Over 2.5
Odds From Betonline.ag
The game here will feature a struggling West Ham team taking on a juggernaut offensively in Chelsea. Look for the Chelsea team to come into the match and play quite a bit better. However, the big difference between the teams is the fact that the Chelsea team has managed to restart really good and really quickly, which allows Chelsea to win and go on the over in this game.
