Chelsea take on the visitors West Ham in the round 24 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Monday, February 3rd at Stamford Bridge (London).
Chelsea faced problems at the moment of reaching the peak. The "Blues" failed the season before last and showed mediocre performance in the 2023/2024 draw - it was not for nothing that they rushed to terminate the contract with Pochettino. But Maresca still agreed to take the post, leaving Leicester, which was brought to the Premier League directly by Enzo. And for a long time, this move looked 100% justified. Only in the League Cup they were eliminated early, but even the reserve team was 100% successful in the Conference League - they won all 6 matches there. Well, Palmer and other stars looked better and better, until in the end they even pushed out Arsenal, reaching 2nd place ... And then they remained without victories in 5 winter rounds (2 defeats with 3 draws), which immediately threw them out of the top quartet. And only the crisis Wolverhampton was beaten 3-1. In the last round with Manchester City, even with a gross mistake by the opponents, they still lost.
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West Ham has already changed the manager. The Hammers won the Conference League in 2023. And then, even without the sold captain, Rice, they managed to finish in 9th place in the Premier League, at the same time making it to the Europa League playoffs. As a result, the club's management seriously began to strengthen the squad, spending more than a hundred million on newcomers. They entrusted them to be managed not by Moyes - having fired him in the summer, they called in Lopetegui. Julen did not succeed from the very beginning, and in the end he was fired in the winter, which surprised no one: the ambitious team failed. As a result, the Spaniard was replaced by Graham Potter - and immediately flew out of the cup, losing to Aston Villa away. In the Premier League, they still managed to win the “shootout” against Fulham, but with Crystal Palace it was already 0-2. Having played the club from Birmingham again, they at least achieved a draw.
Last calendar year, both in May and in September, the “blues” won big and “dryly”. Victory is expected from the “blues”, and a very confident one at that. But there are also enough questions about them - it’s better to stop at “total over 3.0 goals scored”.
Prediction for the match: Over 3.0 scored goals.
