West Brom v Chelsea Betting Preview – Premier League 18th November 3.00pm
The Baggies are starting to look as if they are heading to dire straits as they are only the one point above the drop zone and have gone winless in their last nine. It’s been a rapid decline from a positive start to the season that they had. Chelsea have won their last three games in the top flight and they took a confidence-boosting win over Manchester United last time out. There could be a good three points up for grabs for them here.
West Brom v Chelsea Betting Tips
Tony Pulis may not be in a job too much longer if the Baggies lose this game. He is already feeling the pressure weighing down on him as West Brom have lost their last three league games and they have failed to win any of their last nine in the top flight with a D4 L5 record. It’s not as if he has been all that popular a figure there anyway and with other clubs like Everton and Crystal Palace having already sacked managers this season, you can’t help but feel that Pulis is close to the door. West Brom have gone W1 D3 L1 at home this season in the Premier League and they are winless in four there. They suffered a 3-2 loss against Champions-elect Manchester City last time out at the Hawthorns, which at least showed some fight on their behalf. Each of their last three league defeats have all been by a one goal margin and Chelsea to win by a one goal margin at Ladbrokes is a quote of 5/2.
Last Six Premier League Head to Head
West Brom 0 – 1 Chelsea
Chelsea 1 – 0 West Brom
Chelsea 2 – 2 West Brom
West Brom 2 – 3 Chelsea
West Brom 3 – 0 Chelsea
Chelsea 2 – 0 West Brom
The last three league defeats that the Baggies have picked up against Chelsea have all been by only the one goal. The Baggies have scored six and have conceded six goals at home so far this season so that’s just 40% of their home games having gone over 2.5 goals. Under 2.5 goals at Ladbrokes returns a price of 3/4. While suffering a defeat against Man City is excusable, their loss to Huddersfield fans should be less forgiving about. They have not taken a clean sheet in any of their last five league games now and 67% of their goals this season at the Hawthorns have been in the first half of matches and they took the lead in matches against Stoke, Watford and Leicester this season and failed to win any of those from a good start. Both teams not to score at Ladbrokes is a price of 4/6.
Current League Form (most recent last)
West Brom LDDLLLL
Chelsea WLLWWW
Are Chelsea building themselves up a good head of steam? The Blues have won their last three league games now and after their little blip of back to back defeats against Crystal Palace and Man City they look to be getting back on track. They posted a morale-boosting 1-0 home win over Manchester United just before the international break and that helped them close the gap on the top three. Chelsea have posted a very good W4 D0 L1 record away from Stamford Bridge in the top flight this season and out in their last away game, they took a 1-0 win at Bournemouth. Their last two away victories have been to nil and Chelsea to win to nil at Ladbrokes is a 7/5 price. That’s a big price because they haven’t looked partially steady at the back for most of the season. Alvaro Morata was the one who got them the winner against Man United and he is the 10/11 anytime goalscorer favourite.
Chelsea to win 1-0 in the Ladbrokes correct score market is a price of 11/2, the shortest priced option in the market and there is a trend there to back that up as Chelsea’s last two league wins over West Brom have been by a 1-0 scoreline. A Chelsea 2-0 win for them collected a 6/1 price. The Blues have been winning at halftime in three of their five away games so far this season, and a Chelsea/Chelsea half time/full time bet comes in at a price of 6/4. They have been scoring consistently away from home, averaging exactly two goals per game on their travels and four of their five road games have gone over 2.5 goals. Chelsea have netted the first goal in all but one of their five away games so far and have been leading for an average of 47 minutes per away fixture.
West Brom v Chelsea Betting Odds
Chelsea 11/20, Draw 16/5, West Brom 9/2
West Brom v Chelsea Predictions
Chelsea to win: Even though the Blues slipped at Crystal Palace, they are likely to see off the Baggies just because West Brom are unlikely to hurt them too much. This is probably going to be a low scoring game and a Chelsea 1-0 victory isn’t unappealing in the correct score market.
