Key derby for Chelsea before Real Madrid

This Saturday's London derby between West Ham, 5th, and Chelsea, 4th, may be crucial for the fight for the Champions League places in the Premier. David Moyes's 'hammers' and Thomas Tuchel's 'blues' are tied at 55 points. They are followed by 2 Tottenham and Liverpool. This key match comes for Chelsea three days before the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid, with the Istanbul final as the goal and the Stamford Bridge dream of being European champions for the second time, after that of 2012 .

Chelsea faces West Ham this Saturday at the London Olympic Games, which is, in its own right, the great revelation of this Premier. Tuchel's men now occupy the fourth and last place in the Premier League, but on goal difference.

The fact is that Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool and Tottenham, already post-Mourinho, also “play” at West Ham-Chelsea. If there is a tie between those of Moyes and those of Tuchel. by beating Newcastle the 'reds' would reach both of them. Spurs are not playing Premier this weekend: they play in the League Cup final on Sunday against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City.

At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, still led by Frank Lampard (he was sacked on January 25 and replaced by Tuchel on 26), snapped a 3-game winless streak by beating West 3-0 on December 21, 2020. Ham, with a double from Tammy Abraham and a goal from Thiago Silva.

Moyes faces this derby against Chelsea very satisfied by the failure of the Super League: “Football is the sport of the people, not of the billionaires,” said the former Real Sociedad coach. It is very good that football has not changed as some wanted ”. The West Ham manager has two significant casualties, those of Declan Rice and Michail Antonio, but Aaron Cresswell can return and Jesse Lingard is fit despite suffering a cramp against Newcastle.

Tuchel said that Edouard Mendy will start again in Chelsea's goal, instead of Kepa and despite the fact that the Basque goalkeeper did not concede any goals against Manchester City or Brighton. Mateo Kovacic, come down.