English Premier
2011-04-23 - Chelsea vs West Ham United
A Sports Betting Pick by Addicted
Football : England : Premier League
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 - Kickoff 5:30PM GMT
CHELSEA
Like I said. Forget Torres. The rest of this Chelsea team are tearing down the final part of the season, winning 5 of their last 6, with the attack well and truly firing. The west Londoners ripped through on form West Brom 3-1 and won by the same scoreline on Wednesday against Birmingham City to move ahead of faltering Arsenal on goal difference.
Ancelotti is well aware that his job here will be terminated if he wins nothing, and it seems a miracle retention of his teams title might just still be possible. Chelsea need to keep winning, and winning by big margins to make up their goal difference. So far, they are doing that. Lampard, Drogba, Malouda and Kalou have been doing what Torres refuses to do and Chelsea have come from nowhere to now have a better chance at the title than Arsenal.
The team is firing, and there is enough talent here to destroy the West Ham defence which will be even worse than normal when playing in West London, where they have not won for many, many years. Cech is good enough to frustrate the East London team and I guess the bet is already clear in my mind, but lets take a look at the Hammers anyway.
WEST HAM UNITED
West Ham have no chance of stopping Chelseas 8 match unbeaten run. That for me is a certainty. The Hammers are 2nd from bottom and they are coming into this one without Scott Parker, their influential captain.
Former Chelsea player Parkers absence will hurt West Ham, who don't really have any other players that could drag this team into this match. To be honest, I don't think they could manage even with their captain, but Avram Grant will know he is in for a thrashing from his former employers.
While Chelsea have hit form, West Ham have gone the other way. The Hammers are on a 3 match losing streak and this is one place they will do well to just lose by a goal or two.
BETTING VERDICT
I'm going with Chelsea to score more than 3 goals, although you can cover it with a safer bet on Chelsea to score more than 2 goals!
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The Pick :
Chelsea to score 4 or more
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take Chelsea to score more than 2.5 goals @ 1.83 (Bet365)Take Chelsea to score more than 3.5 goals @ 3.25 (Bet365) - MAIN BET
