West Ham vs Chelsea: Predictions, betting tips, live stream, TV, team news – Premier League 2018-19 preview

West Ham vs Chelsea
Premier League 2018/19
Venue: London Stadium
Date: Sunday, 23 September
Kick-off: 1:30pm BST

A resurgent West Ham host Chelsea in a London Stadium derby which could provide Premier League fireworks this afternoon.

Manuel Pellegrini's start to life at West Ham could barely have gone any worse, with four straight defeats leaving them bottom of the table.

However, a 3-1 win at Everton has given Hammers fans hope - but next up is are Chelsea, with Maurizio Sarri's table-toppers heading across the capital as they bid to keep their perfect league record in tact.

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TV online and live stream coverage

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports' Premier League and Main Event channels, and is available via Now TV with a day pass on offer for £7.99. Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match online via SkyGo and the SkyGo app.

You can follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog, with Jack Rosser and Vaishali Bhardwaj in attendance.

Tickets

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Prediction

Betting tips via Betfair | UK users only | Subject to change

• West Ham to win 1-0: 16/1

• 2-2 draw: 12/1

• Chelsea to win 2-1: 13/2

• Hazard to score last: 7/2

• Arnautovic to score 2 or more: 10/1

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Head to head

The sides have met 44 times in the Premier League. West Ham have secured 12 wins - eight of those at home - while Chelsea have taken 24 victories.

West Ham took four points off Chelsea last season, winning 1-0 at London Stadium and drawing 1-1 at Stamford Bridge.

Team news

Pellegrini is hopeful Marko Arnautovic will be fit to face Chelsea.​ Arnautovic was substituted in the second half of West Ham's 3-1 victory at Everton last weekend with a knee problem.

Javier Hernandez (flu) is a doubt, while Jack Wilshere (ankle) is sidelined after surgery. Andy Carroll, Manuel Lanzini and Winston Reid remain long-term absentees.

Provisional squad: Fabianski, Adrian, Fredericks, Zabaleta, Ogbonna, Diop, Balbuena, Rice, Cresswell, Masuaku, Obiang, Noble, Sanchez, Antonio, Yarmolenko, Snodgrass, Arnautovic, Perez, Anderson.

Pedro is a major doubt after the Spain winger sustained a shoulder injury in Thursday night's Europa League win at PAOK - a trip Eden Hazard and David Luiz missed.

The rested pair are expected to return against the Hammers, while Mateo Kovacic has a minor injury and may miss out again.

Provisional squad: Kepa, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Jorginho, Kante, Barkley, Hazard, Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Moses, Giroud, Zappacosta, Willian, Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Morata, Luiz, Emerson Palmieri, Ampadu, Hudson-Odoi, Bulka.