SportyBet West Ham vs Chelsea preview

A lively opening at the London Stadium was halted by a cut head suffered by the fit-again Hammers striker Andy Carroll, who required a couple of minutes’ treatment before he could resume.

The striker, who had scored in two of his last three games against Chelsea, proved the ideal target for an early cross from Sofiane Feghouli but found himself requiring medical attention soon after when Victor Moses’ subsequent clearance caught the England global in the face.

“I saw his potential quickly”.

“I know how Leicester feel”.

“He showed me great commitment to understand, to study the new role, above all in defensive situations”.

West Ham will be playing at home for this game and after only losing one of their last 6 games they are will want to extend their form by beating Chelsea.

It looked to be going pear-shaped with Troy Deeney’s penalty three minutes in and the Londoners wasted a host of chances, but Andre Ayew was on hand late on to grab a late point. “Now we have a complete player, offensively and defensively”. I think it always takes time, it takes time with any partnership, ‘ he said.

Slaven Bilic has spoken about his contract, Carroll’s fitness and the challenge facing the Hammers when they meet Chelsea. They gave away a corner which Cesc Fabregas clipped into the box.

A Chelsea spokesman said that the clubs had been in contact over… Chelsea have kept only one clean sheet in their last five games in all competitions, and they stand a chance to improve their clean sheet record to two after the game at a price of (2.13). If they try and emulate Burnley, they will need to attack Chelsea’s left flank, which according to some experts is a minor chink in the Blues’ armour.

Chelsea nearly created a chance from the kick off.

“But now, after seven months, I can tell I’m very happy of my experiences so far with Chelsea, to have this relationship with the club, with my players”.

Worrying scenes followed as an angry West Ham got on to the field to confront the celebrating Chelsea players, before being led away by security. Live coverage of the match is available on Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 1 HD.

Not only is it comforting for the Bray man, but also for Irish fans as Randolph is the only Irish goalkeeper now playing regular Premier League football.