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Chelsea face a trip to West Ham United at Boleyn Ground on Wednesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2006, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 18 Nov | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 09 Apr | Chelsea | 4 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 3 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 27 Oct | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | LGEC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Chelsea | 2 - 3 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 06 Feb | West Ham Utd. | 2 - 3 | Chelsea | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
West Ham United's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Hammers's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Chelsea's away form is none too clever either, remaining unbeaten in their last six, winning five and drawing the one. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Blues, and 5 goals against.
West Ham Utd. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 29 points from their 33 games thus far. Chelsea sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 75 points from their 32 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Chelsea are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to West Ham Utd.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 10 . |
| Chelsea | 6 successive away victories. 7 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |