Chelsea will look to secure a fifth consecutive win in all competitions on Saturday night as they welcome relegation-threatened West Ham United to Stamford Bridge in a London derby.
Liam Rosenior has won each of his opening two Premier League games in charge of Chelsea, as he saw his new side back up their 2-0 win over Brentford by going to Selhurst Park and running out comfortable 1-3 victors against an out-of-form Crystal Palace side.
That result moved the Blues up into fifth position in the Premier League table, just a point behind resurgent Manchester United in fourth.
Chelsea also sealed a top-eight finish in the league phase of the Champions League in midweek in impressive fashion, as they came from 2-1 down to defeat reigning Scudetto holders Napoli 2-3.
West Ham looked doomed for relegation following back-to-back damaging defeats away at rock-bottom Wolves and at home to relegation rivals Nottingham Forest.
However, Nuno’s men have shown some fight in the past couple of weeks, as they clinched a late 1-2 victory away to London rivals Spurs, before recording an impressive 3-1 win at home to newly-promoted Sunderland.
Nevertheless, the Hammers remain five points adrift of safety following Forest’s 0-2 win away at Brentford last Sunday.
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