| West Ham travel across London to the cauldron of | | | | physical presence is crucial in breaking down sides |
| Stamford Bridge today and have little chance of | | | | who congest their back line to counter the Blues fluid |
| defying their 12/1 odds to beat Chelsea. Since West | | | | passing, and after bagging one from off the bench in |
| Ham’s re-promotion to the top flight in 2005/06, | | | | mid-week, the Ivorian is good value at 7/2 to bag the |
| Chelsea have won all six league meetings between | | | | first goal with BetUK. |
| the sides and are 1/4 with BetUK to win again today. | | | | There could be value in betting on West Ham to score |
| Visit for more details. | | | | first in tonight’s game against Spurs at Upton Park. |
| With just four goals in six away games under former | | | | Tottenham have conceded first in six of their seven |
| Chelsea player turned West Ham manager | | | | away trips and five of eight games at White Hart |
| Gianfranco Zola, coupled with Chelsea’s defensive | | | | Lane this season - one of the worst records in the |
| record against non-big four sides, and the chances of | | | | Premier League. |
| a home shut out look likely. | | | | By contrast, West Ham are far better at scoring first, |
| Chelsea to win to 1-0 or 2-0 at 6/1 and 5/1 respectively | | | | having done so in four of seven home matches. |
| are therefore tempting scorelines to bet on with | | | | Those stats indicate a touch of value about the even |
| BetUK. | | | | money price on the hosts scoring the first goal of the |
| It is also important to recognise the importance of | | | | game with BetUK. |
| Didier Drogba to the Chelsea team at home. His | | | | |