Chelsea vs West Ham
Premier League 2018-19
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London
Kick-off time: 8:00pm GMT, tonight
Chelsea will look to maintain their challenge for a top-four finish when they return to Premier League action with a London derby against West Ham on Monday evening.
The Blues moved up to fifth on Wednesday as the perennially under-fire Maurizio Sarri made changes to inspire a comfortable 3-0 home victory over Brighton.
The next visitors to Stamford Bridge are a West Ham team who currently sit 11th in the top-flight after slipping to a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Everton last weekend.
Chelsea vs West Ham team news and line-ups
Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Emerson Palmieri, Kante, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Higuain, Hazard
Subs: Barkley, Pedro, Caballero, Kovacic, Giroud, Willian, Christensen
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Noble, Rice, Felipe Anderson, Lanzini, Arnautovic, Hernandez
Subs: Snodgrass, Adrian, Obiang, Nasri, Diop, Masuaku, Lucas Perez
Score prediction: Chelsea 2-0 West Ham
Chelsea have not lost a home league match against West Ham since 2002 and cannot afford to slip up here if they are to keep their Champions League qualification hopes alive.
Another comfortable win may not completely ease the pressure on Sarri, but it would provide a nice confidence boost ahead of the Europa League quarter-final first-leg tie against Slavia Prague and a trip to Liverpool.
Head to Head history and results (h2h)
These two familiar foes have met on 45 occasions in the Premier League era, with Chelsea boasting 24 wins to West Ham's 12. There have been nine draws.
September's meeting at the London Stadium ended 0-0, curtailing a run of five successive league wins for the visitors.
