STAR PREVIEW: WBA v Chelsea

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he final Monday Night Football of the season from SKY on Monday and we head to the Hawthorns for the visit of the champions Chelsea.

1st plays 13th in the table and, like a lot of matches left in the Premier League, there’s precious little left to play for, so it will come as a relief when the final whistles sound around the country on Sunday afternoon.

Chelsea had the title wrapped up some time ago and now it’s just a question of whether they’ll pull further clear – a win tonight would leave them 11 points at the top of the table with one game left to play.

Whether they will win however is debatable. They haven’t managed a win at the Hawthorn’s in their last three visits and West Brom have been good this season at keeping clean sheets against top seven rivals.

The team news also favours West Brom who have a near fully-fit squad with their only absentee goalkeeper Ben Foster, who has a long-term injury. James Morrison has recovered from the back problem which meant he was only named as a substitute last week.

For Chelsea Mourinho is widely expected to rotate his squad against the Baggies, however Ramires, Kurt Zouma and Oscar will miss the end of the season.

Teams

West Brom (from): Myhill, Rose, Gamboa, Wisdom, Dawson, McAuley, Lescott, Olsson, Brunt, Pocognoli, Gardner, Baird, Morrison, Fletcher, Mulumbu, McManaman, Yacob, Sessegnon, Berahino, Ideye, Anichebe.

Chelsea (from): Courtois, Cech, Ivanovic, Luis, Fabregas, Ake, Hazard, Drogba, Mikel, Remy, Costa, Matic, Willian, Cuadrado, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Blackman, Loftus-Cheek, Brown.

West Brom v Chelsea
Premier League
8pm LIVE ON SKY

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Maximum 10 matches)
Nov 2014 Premier Chelsea 2-0 West Brom
Feb 2014 Premier West Brom 1-1 Chelsea
Nov 2013 Premier Chelsea 2-2 West Brom
Mar 2013 Premier Chelsea 1-0 West Brom
Nov 2012 Premier West Brom 2-1 Chelsea
Mar 2012 Premier West Brom 1-0 Chelsea
Aug 2011 Premier Chelsea 2-1 West Brom
Apr 2011 Premier West Brom 1-3 Chelsea
Aug 2010 Premier Chelsea 6-0 West Brom
Dec 2008 Premier Chelsea 2-0 West Brom

Not a match to get heavily involved in – I’m having a small play on the draw at around 13/5 with Star Sports.

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