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Team News

Oriol Romeu is set to be out for Chelsea until after the end of the current season. Gary Cahill was absent in midweek due to illness and is doubtful for this one. Cesar Azpilicueta is doubtful as he missed the midweek FA Cup tie with injury. Zoltan Gera and George Thorne are out for West Brom. Goran Popov is suspended while Romelu Lukaku is ineligible.

Analysis

Rafa Benitez was not a happy man despite his side’s victory over Middlesbrough in midweek. The fans had finally gotten on his last nerve as had Roman Abramovich. He reminded everyone that that he is the one who makes the decisions at Chelsea and that he will leave at the end of the season.

Chelsea has played well enough to stay in the top four in the Premier League so far. They now have to start looking over their shoulders at onrushing Arsenal. West Brom will not be easy to defeat though. They have beaten Chelsea in both their last two meetings and will look beat them again.

Previous Meetings

West Brom 2-1 Chelsea (17th November 2012)
West Brom 1-0 Chelsea (3rd March 2012)
Chelsea 2-1 West Brom (20th August 2011)
West Brom 1-3 Chelsea (16th April 2011)
Chelsea 6-0 West Brom (14th August 2010)

Previous Matches

Middlesbrough 0-2 Chelsea (27th February 2013)
Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea (24th February 2013)
Chelsea 1-1 Sparta Prague (21st February 2013)
Chelsea 4-0 Brentford (17th February 2013)
Sparta Prague 0-1 Chelsea (14th February 2013)

West Brom 2-1 Sunderland (23rd February 2013)
Liverpool 0-2 West Brom (11th February 2013)
West Brom 0-1 Tottenham (3rd February 2013)
Everton 2-1 West Brom (30th January 2013)
West Brom 2-2 Aston Villa (19th January 2013)

Prediction

Chelsea 1-1 West Brom

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