Chelsea vs West Ham Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 11/08/2016, 13:15  by | Modified on 20/08/2016 at 16:12 in Premier League Predictions

Chelsea could only manage 10th in the Premier League last season and incredibly were 31 points behind champions Leicester City. The disappointing start ended the reign of Jose Mourinho and while they didn't lose that many games under Gus Hiddinck there were far too many draws and they failed to even get into contention for a Europa League place. Now it's the turn of Antonio Conte to either win the Premier League or get the sack. There hasn't been that much activity in the Premier League so far but the signing of Kante from Leicester will make their midfield even stronger. Home form wasn't that great last season with plenty of score draws. One of those were against West Ham who went on to finish seventh in the table and qualify for the Europa League. They had some big away wins last year but also some poor results on the road. Their season started a while back with qualifiers for the Europa League and they haven't been that impressive. How Payet plays will again be vital for the Hammers as well as getting used to their new home ground. Chelsea know making Stamford Bridge a fortress again is vitally important. I think they can start the season with a good home win here.