West Ham take on the visitors Chelsea in the round 23 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, February 11th at London Stadium (London).
West Ham under David Moyes, the current coach, in both previous seasons made their way to the European Cup, pushing the usual favorites. They expected that in this draw the Scot would aim for the top 4. But in fact, “Mosey” was on the verge of resignation even in January. The reason is the very weak results of the “Hammers”, which actually sank into a struggle for survival. Yes, there is still a fight in the cup, where the Hammers knocked out Brentford (and then Derby County), making it to the 5th round of the tournament. But in the championship there was 1 draw with 6 defeats. As a result, it was possible to slide into the relegation zone, but in the duel with Everton it turned out to win 2-0 at the expense of Bowen. After that, they managed to start February with a 1-1 draw against Newcastle on the road - Lucas Paqueta, who generally did not shine in Albion, was able to score the second half. However, even after that, the gap from the same “Toffees” is only 1 point, and before “Bournemouth” - 2.
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Chelsea have failed this season, perhaps even more than West Ham. The new owner, Boehly, is acting decisively. After a relatively weak start, he parted ways with Tuchel without sentimentality, which had recently won the Champions League. Convinced that the new manager, Potter, was not up to par, the American spent tens and even hundreds of millions in January to strengthen the squad, uncluding the signing of Enzo Fernandez for a record 121 million in the last hours of the deadline in January. The Blues were closer to victory over Fulham, but the match ended up 0-0. This is the 10th match in 12 last rounds in which the Blues could not win - in this segment they managed to take victories only with Bournemouth and Crystal Palace (and that's not counting the relegation from both domestic cups). It is not surprising that in the end it turns out to go to a miserable place, as for such a grandee, at the very equator of the standings. And, most importantly, you need to play back ten points behind in 17 matches in order to maintain a “residence permit” in the Champions League. In fact, the only success of Potter in a new place is reaching the playoffs of the European Cup. There, by the way, already on Wednesday to go to Dortmund.
Chelsea have won 4 out of 5 last matches between the clubs. Including was issued 2-1 in September last year. Chelsea are favorites. But at the same time, Potter’s team is not impressive, and West Ham is gradually coming to life. We recommend limiting the bet on “less than 2.5 goals scored”.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
