Chelsea v West Brom Betting Preview – Premier League 11th December
Chelsea’s impressive season continued in great fashion last weekend when they rolled into the Etihad and smashed Manchester City 3-1. That means that they are running on an eight match winning streak at the moment and could be heading to top spot for Christmas. The Blues have been powerful then but they have drawn two of their last three at home against the Baggies. West Brom turn up in some decent form as well with them having posted a W3 D1 record in their last four league games. Can the Baggies frustrate another point out of the Pensioners on this visit?
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Chelsea v West Brom Betting Tips
It has been some impressive form from Chelsea lately with the eight match winning streak that they have put together. They have really laid down some big title claims too with back to back victories posted over Tottenham and Manchester City, so now they head into a much easier period of fixtures and if their winning streak continues, they could be starting to run away with things come the new year. They will be expected to beat West Brom as Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League home games against Stamford Bridge against the Baggies. Chelsea have been held however to two draws in their last three home games against West Brom (W8 D2). On top of that, the Blues have hit the back of the net in each of their last 21 home league games against West Brom, so it is likely though that Chelsea will have enough in the tank. Last season the two league meetings went over 2.5 goals and at Paddy Power that over option can be backed at 4/6 to happen again.
Cesar Azpilcueta scored in both games against West Brpmoin the Premier League last term, but you are looking at a big 12/1 shot on him repeating that. At the head of the market there is Diego Costa as 8/11 favourite in the market with Eden Hazard at 5/4. Costa has now scored 70 goals in his last 103 league appearances (Premier League and La Liga combined) and Hazard is looking for his 50th Premier League goal. Even though Chelsea have fallen behind in their last two games they have struck back to win so they are going to take some stopping. They have conceded just the two goals in their last eight games and Chelsea to win to nil in the match up is trading at a price of 4/5 with Paddy Power. Will the impressive Blues march on to their ninth win on the bounce, equalling their own winning record in the top flight?
West Brom are going to be vulnerable at the back probably as they have taken just one clean sheet in their last ten league games now in the Premier League. So will they be able to deal with the Chelsea attack? West Brom are actually carrying some decent form at the moment with an unbeaten W3 D1 record in their last four games. This is actually their second best haul of points at this stage of a Premier League season with the 20 they have collected so far. So they can be pleased with their work at the moment and Tony Pulis has only lost one of his last four Premier League games against Chelsea (W2 D2 L1). West Brom Have gone W2 D3 L2 out on the road and have lost just one of their last five away from home. The Baggies are without a clean sheet in this last six away games.
If you can see West Brom Scoring in the match then a both teams to score wager at Paddy Power is a price of 6/5. West Brom, not known for their scoring prowess, have scored in all but one of their road games this season. It’s been awhile since West Brom won a league game at Stamford Bridge, they have not managed it since September 1978 (W0 D3 L10). Up in the anytime goalscorer market West Brom have Salomon Rondon at 15/4 with Nacer Chadli at 6/1. West Brom have beaten Chelsea just once in their last seven league games against them, so it’s a big ask for them to got the Bridge and take down the Blues. But West Brom are going well enough to push the champions elect. West Brom have drawn two of their last three at Stamford Bridge by a 2-2 scoreline and that is a price of 28/1 in the correct score market with the shortest priced option being 5/1 on a Chelsea 2-0 result.
Chelsea v West Brom Betting Odds
Chelsea 2/9, Draw 5/1, West Brom 11/1
Chelsea v West Brom Predictions
Well the momentum and form is all with Chelsea at the moment and they are bursting with confidence. They have come through some stern tests of their title credentials recently and have passed them with flying colours. As long as no complacency sets in from them there should be another three points heading their way on Sunday. The Baggies have scored a couple of points from recent visits there, but their lack of clean sheets is probably going to hurt them going into this one. Home win and look for Chelsea to win by a two goal margin.
