Chelsea are hot favourites to win this match against League One team Southend and everything but a convincing home win will be considered a surprise. Chelsea dropped another two points in the title race and the players will try to make amends by winning big against Southend.

Fulham are in very good form and they will enter this match in high spirits after taking a point from White Hart Lane on Friday. Chelsea are sill one point behind leaders Liverpool and they have no choice but to play for a win.

Chelsea once again failed to profit from Liverpool’s slip up and Blues are still unable to overturn Liverpool from the top. They are hot favourites to beat bottom-placed WBA, the team that ended a very disappointing run of results by beating Manchester City on Sunday.

Everton climbed to the 7th place by beating Manchester City thanks to a late goal from Tim Cahill and they will try to hurt Chelsea’s title bid by beating them on Monday. Chelsea, failed to beat West Ham at home and they have no choice but to go for a win at Goodison Park.

Chelsea continued the race with Liverpool by beating Bolton away and they will try to stay close to Liverpool by winning this match. West Ham ended the good run of results by losing to Tottenham at home and they will be looking to take at least a point from Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea should have no problems qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League as three points from this match will be enough for their goal. However, even though Cluj are without chances to make it to the next round, the Romanians have made a couple of surprises and the Blues will not have an easy job.

Two impressive away wins saw Bolton climb to the top part of the table and the recent good run of results will give them something to hope for before the match with Chelsea. The Blues slipped from the top of the Premier League table by losing the derby to Arsenal and they are expected to make a response against Bolton.

This match will be a real test for both teams as they have experienced a dip in form lately. Chelsea are still tied at the top with Liverpool and the Blues have to beat Arsenal in order to stay top of the pile. Arsenal are in all sorts of problems after losing to Villa and City but this is a good opportunity for Gunners to get their campaign back on track.

West Brom are at the rock bottom after going five matches without a win. They will try to surprise Chelsea and end the poor run but that is easier say than done. The Blues are still at the top of the Premier League, but they were knocked out of the Carling Cup by Burnley and will now try to return to winning ways at the Hawthorns.

Chelsea has high ambitions in all the competitions entered this season and we have no doubts that the Blues will be motivated to win this match. They manage to recover after the defeat from Roma and beat Blackburn this weekend. Burnley is currently fifth-place team in the Championship and the players will be eager to test their skills against the top team such as Chelsea.