Former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton has said he doubts that goals will be flying in when West Ham take on Chelsea this weekend in the Premier League.
The two sides meet at the London Stadium on Saturday, with both West Ham and Chelsea having had underwhelming seasons so far, with Chelsea sacking former manager Thomas Tuchel and West Ham being near the bottom of the table, just one point and one place above the relegation zone.
West Ham faced Newcastle away last Saturday and grabbed a point after going down 1-0 early in the game. The Hammers have won just one of their last nine games though, with that win coming against relegation rivals Everton.
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The ninth-placed Blues have not fared much better of late, winning just one game in their last six, which was a narrow 1-0 victory at home against Crystal Palace, while Chelsea have drawn their two most recent games 0-0 against Liverpool and Fulham.
And Sutton feels there won’t be many goals in this game either, with the former Chelsea striker predicting a 1-1 draw.
In his weekly predictions feature for the BBC website, he said: “Chelsea have kept clean sheets in their past three games, but they also don't score many - they have only found the net once in that time. West Ham are hardly free-scoring either, so I doubt the goals will be flying in at Saturday lunchtime.
“Every time I write West Ham off, they get something from the game so the bad news for Hammers fans is that I am going for the points to be shared this time.”
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