There are several games to look forward to in the English Premier League on Wednesday night including the meeting between West Ham United and Chelsea.
The hosts are involved in a relegation fight at the bottom of the table and need to pick up points in order to avoid the drop this season. Chelsea want to finish inside the top four and qualify for the Champions League, so this game is important to both teams.
West Ham come into the match having suffered a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur last Tuesday night. That result means The Hammers have lost both of their games following the resumption of the Premier League in June with the previous loss at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Those defeats mean West Ham have lost 9 of their last 12 matches in all competitions, winning just one. In the Premier League, West Ham have lost 5 of their last 6 games, with the only victory coming at home against Southampton. Looking further back at previous results, it becomes apparent West Ham have been in poor form for some time having won only 4 of their last 25 Premier League matches.
Both teams have scored in 9 of West Ham's last 12 home games in the Premier League and they have been defeated by 2 or more goals in 5 of their 10 most recent games in all competitions.
Chelsea booked their place in the semi-final of the FA Cup on the weekend as they defeated Leicester City 1-0 away from home. That result means Chelsea have won each of their last 5 matches in all competitions, with wins coming over Everton, Aston Villa and Manchester City in the Premier League plus Liverpool in the FA Cup.
Trends show Chelsea are undefeated in their last 5 Premier League games, winning 4 and drawing one. However, victories have not always been easy to achieve away from home and Chelsea have won only one of their last 5 away league matches.
Both teams scored in 16 of Chelsea's 20 most recent away games in all competitions plus over 2.5 goals have been seen in 12 of Chelsea's last 15 away matches in the Premier League. In addition, Chelsea have managed to score at least 2 goals in 10 of their 14 most recent away league games.
Team news and West Ham are still without the injured duo of midfielder Robert Snodgrass and striker Sebastien Haller. Arthur Masuaku is a doubt due to an ankle injury.
Chelsea travel without defenders Andreas Christensen and Fikayo Tomori who are both injured. They also have doubts over the fitness of attackers Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Both teams really need to take maximum points from this game in order to meet their goals this season. Chelsea are clearly the team in better form and should score the goals to win this game. However, we could see both teams finding the back of the net and over 2.5 goals scored.