Chelsea vs West Brom
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Kick off: 1pm
Chelsea hosts West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as Antonio Conte’s men look to reclaim their position at the top of the table, having been dislodged by the Gunners following their 3-1 win over Stoke City on Saturday.
The Blues are on an eight-game winning run and a win here will equal their best-ever run since 2007.
Chelsea come into the game on the back of a 3-1 thrashing of Manchester City and can go seven points clear of Pep Guardiola’s men with a win here, following the Citizens’ 4-2 loss to a rejuvenated Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.
They will have Nemanja Matic back in contention after the midfielder missed last weekend’s game with a slight calf problem.
The Blues have a good home record against the Baggies, with their last loss coming in 1978.
However, they have lost thrice in their last nine league games against Tony Pulis’ men, but will back themselves to take all three points in this fixture given the form they are in.
Diego Costa has scored 11 goals in the league, jointly with Alexis Sanchez, and can go above the Chilean should he find the net on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Baggies are seventh in the league and can go above Manchester United should the Red Devils lose or draw at home to Tottenham.
Pulis is unbeaten in his last four league games against the Blues and would back himself to take at least a point against Conte’s men, who have been the most consistent team in the league thus far.
James Morrison and Gareth McAuley are both major doubts for the fixture with injury, while Saido Berahino is still building up match fitness.
The trio have not trained this week and will be assessed ahead of the fixture.
Chelsea Possible XI: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso, Willian, Batshuayi, Hazard.
West Bromwich Albion Possible XI: Forster, Nyom, Evans, Dawson, McAuley, Phillips, Morrison, Fletcher, Brunt, Yacob, Rondon.