London rivals Chelsea and West Ham United round off the Premier League weekend when the pair do battle at Stamford Bridge on Monday night.
The early season form which saw Chelsea considered as genuine title challengers is fast becoming a distant memory.
Enzo Maresca’s team have triumphed in just one of their last seven top-flight tussles, most recently falling to a 3-1 defeat away at Man City.
That sticky patch has seen the Blues drop down to sixth place in the table ahead of their Monday night showdown with West Ham.
The Hammers produced their best performance under Graham Potter when claiming a well-deserved 1-1 draw away at Aston Villa last weekend.
The new West Ham boss will be hoping his side can replicate that effort when they make the short trip across the capital for Monday night's all-London affair.
How the bookies view it: Blues to bag the points
Despite winning just one of their last three Premier League games, Chelsea are red-hot 1/3 favourites on Boylesports.
West Ham are as big as 13/2 on Boylesports to bank all three points at Stamford Bridge, while a point apiece is also considered unlikely at 4/1 with the same bookmaker.
Head to head: A Bridge too far for West Ham?
West Ham have fallen to defeat in six of their last nine Premier League meetings with Chelsea, including this season’s reverse fixture. It’s also worth noting that the Hammers have come away empty-handed from each of their last four visits to Stamford Bridge.
Players to watch: Palmer to purr?
Cole Palmer has scored in two of Chelsea’s previous three Premier League home games and he looks well placed to repeat the trick against what is a leaky West Ham side on Monday night at 10/11 on Bet 365.
Lucas Paqueta has been deployed in a false nine role for West Ham in recent weeks, making him worthy of consideration for an anytime strike at 4/1 on Boylesports.
Predicted line-ups
Chelsea will be without injured trio Benoit Badiashile, Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana, while Filip Jorgensen is pushing to replace Robert Sanchez between the sticks.
West Ham’s Konstantinos Mavropanos is available again after serving a suspension, while captain Jarrod Bowen could be fit enough to feature in some capacity following a spell on the sidelines. However, Jean-Clair Todibo Michail Antonio and Niclas Fullkrug remain in the treatment room.
Chelsea: Sanchez; James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Kilman, Cresswell; Wan-Bissaka Alvarez, Soucek, Emerson; Soler, Kudus; Paqueta
Anything else catch the eye?
Mohammed Kudus merits support to register at least one shot on target on Monday night at 21/20 on Ladbrokes.
The West Ham livewire is averaging a shade under one on-target effort per-game in the Premier League this season.
The 24-year-old Ghanaian worked the Chelsea goalkeeper on two separate occasions when the pair locked horns at the London Stadium earlier this season.
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