West Brom v Chelsea preview: Baggies aim to end Chelsea's unbeaten run

West Brom welcome Premier League champions Chelsea to The Hawthorns for their final home game of the season on Monday Night Football.

The Baggies have taken eight points from a possible 12, including a win at Old Trafford, to ensure they are not involved in the relegation battle at this late stage of the campaign.

That is probably for the best as they finish their season with the visit of Chelsea and then a trip to Arsenal.

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While the Baggies are unbeaten in their last three Premier League home games against Chelsea, the champions have not lost in the top-flight since New Year’s Day.

They have won six of their last eight matches and can hit the 90-point mark if they win both their remaining matches.

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West Brom have a fully fit squad to choose from as Callum McManaman has fully recovered from his foot injury.

Saido Berahino and Brown Ideye are pushing to start after being named on the bench in last week's 1-1 draw at Newcastle.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa could return from his hamstring problem but the Premier League winners are without a number of players.

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Goalkeeper Petr Cech (calf) is a doubt and more likely to return for the final game of the season at home to Sunderland but defender Kurt Zouma is out for the rest of the campaign with a knee injury sustained against Liverpool.

Ramires (kidney) and Oscar (thigh) are also out for the season, with young players like Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Isaiah Brown, once of West Brom's academy, likely to feature.

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Didier Drogba has scored eight goals in seven starts against the Baggies in the Premier League.

Cesc Fabregas has made 18 assists this season; his best return in the Premier League. Only Thierry Henry (20) in 2002/03 has provided more PL assists in a single season than Fabregas this term.

West Brom have conceded a league-high 20 goals from set pieces this season (including penalties).

Only Chelsea (17) have kept more clean sheets in the top-flight this season than West Brom (15, level with Southampton).

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The Blues have gone 16 games unbeaten (W11 D5); the longest run in the division this season.

Chris Brunt has delivered more assists from set-pieces than any other Premier League player in 2014/15 (8).

Merson's prediction

I see Chelsea winning this game comfortably, having too much class for West Brom, and ending their season on a high.

They have received a lot of unfair criticism in recent weeks about their style of play and being boring, but they have just had that great knack of being able to win games when not playing that well, unlike many of their rivals.

PAUL PREDICTS: 0-2 (8/1 with Sky Bet)

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Betting

West Brom are 8/11 to stretch their unbeaten home record against Chelsea to four games by claiming either a win or a draw against the champions. The visitors are favourites to win the match though, with Sky Bet going 1/1 on the Blues for three points, with the Baggies 13/5 to win.

Considering the number of clean sheets these two sides have racked up between them in the Premier League this season, a 0-0 draw is not out of the question and it’s available to back at 9/1.

Alternatively, Didier Drogba is 11/8 to continue his fine record against West Brom, who’s biggest goal threat is considered to be Saido Berahino at 7/4 to score and 6/1 to break the deadlock.

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