After picking up a narrow 1-0 win against Stoke in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Chelsea now turn their attention towards the relegation threatened West Ham, who are currently eighteenth in the Premier League table. West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has already boosted his fragile squad with Italian pair Marco Borriello and Antonio Nocerino signing loan deals until the end of the season last week from Italy.
Jose Mourinho’s side are currently third in the table and with Arsenal and Manchester City ahead of the London side. The Stamford Bridge outfit have had a great start to the new year and Mourinho will be keen to continue that run and cause more agony to Sam Allardyce and his Hammers. Last time these two sides met was at Upton Park when the Blues steamrolled the West Ham outfit by a 3-0 margin. Can they better the score in their first match since the post Mata era? We here at Soccersouls provide our readers with Chelsea’s strongest eleven against West Ham.
Goalkeeping:
Peter Cech is expected to start in goal afresh and will be eager to get yet another clean sheet at home and going by West Ham’s current form, don’t be surprised if he is rarely troubled throughout the entire course of ninety minutes. Fantasy Managers can perhaps pick him for a clean sheet offer.