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Odds of [21.0] indicate that Betfair punters perceive Chelsea's title bid to be slim bordering on non-existent, and another setback this weekend at West Brom will not only almost certainly kill off their hopes, it would reignite the possibility of the reigning champions being booted out of the top four.
It's an unthinkably dull end to the campaign for Blues fans that started this season buoyed by the memory of their double success and with the Champions League Final date already pencilled into their diaries. Never before under Roman Abramovich have they been out of trophy contention this early.
Despite their morale-crushing midweek defeat to Manchester United, Chelsea head to The Hawthorns as surprisingly convincing favourites at [1.74], a price perhaps prompted by the fact that they are on a run of five domestic away games without a loss.
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It's poignant though that each of those results came against teams badly out-of-form, a charge that can't be levelled at a West Brom side on one of their finest ever Premier League runs, unbeaten in seven outings since it was revealed that Roy Hodgson would replace Roberto Di Matteo.
They've been victorious in three of their last four, which is an even more impressive accomplishment when you consider that they have faced Arsenal, Liverpool, Carling Cup winners Birmingham and Sunderland, who are rarely conquered at home, during that stretch.
Chuck in the fact that the Black Country club haven't lost any of their last six encounters as hosts, and have only suffered four defeats as hosts all season, and their price of [5.9] to triumph appears hugely appealing.
Do you think that the two teams will prove inseparable? The draw is [3.85]...
Published: 15 Apr 2011
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