
Sparks usaully fly whenever West Ham United and Chelsea collide and both teams head into this London derby with a point to prove after making disappointing starts to the Premier League season.
Plenty of pundits tipped the Blues as dark horses for the title after Enzo Maresca's men won the Club World Cup against the odds in America this summer, dishing out a 3-0 beating to PSG in the final.
The Betting Desk backed them to score a few goals at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday but Chelsea drew a blank and only escaped with a point after Eberechi Eze had a goal ruled out.
Dropping two points on day one was a blow for Maresca's side but West Ham got off to a much worse start as they crashed to a 3-0 defeat at Sunderland.
Slips Tips fancied the promoted Black Cats to get something from the game and they swept the Hammers away with a slick second-half performance.
Graham Potter was already under a bit of pressure after a disappointing run of results last term so the West Ham boss desperately needs a much-improved display against Chelsea to stop the heat from being cranked up.
How the bookies view it: Blues to bounce back
Chelsea are BoyleSports' 4/6 favourites, despite their unconvincing display last weekend. West Ham are as big as 15/4 and the draw pays 14/5.
Recent head to head: Chelsea in command
Chelsea have held the upper hand in this derby of late, winning the last three meetings. They eased to a 3-0 victory at the London Stadium last term but that came after a run of three games without a win at West Ham's home.
Players to watch: Palmer the inspiration
Cole Palmer scored in Chelsea's 3-0 win at the London Stadium last season and will be a huge threat to Potter's defence. He's 11/10 at Bet365 for a goal but I'm more drawn to the 11/4 on offer for an assist.
Jarrod Bowen is shouldering the burden for goals at West Ham and should be their best bet for a goal in most games this season. The England international is 13/5 at Bet365 to open his account for the season.
Probable line-ups
West Ham have almost a full squad to pick from, with only Crysencio Summerville and George Earthy out. Chelsea are set to be without Levi Colwill, Romeo Lavia and Benoit Badiashille again.
West Ham United: Hermansen, Kilman, Aguerd, Todibo, Ward-Prowse, Diouf, Soucek, Wan-Bissaka, Paqueta, Fullkrug, Bowen.
Chelsea: Sanchez, Cucurella, James, Chalobah, Fofana, Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer, Neto, Estevao, J Pedro.
Anything else catch the eye?
With both these sides drawing a blank last weekend, there could be some value in betting against BTTS for this derby at 21/2o with BoyleSports.
Chelsea won 11 corners in their opener while the Hammers also racked up seven at the Stadium of Light. That suggests we could see a lot of flag kicks here and backing over 10.5 corners pays 11/10 at Bet365.
Blues keeper Robert Sanchez had to make four saves against Palace and that was in a game at Stamford Bridge. He could be busy away from home in a derby so over 2.5 saves for Sanchez looks good at 6/4 with Bet365.