20th december 2009: West Ham - Chelsea

WEST HAM

West Ham welcome back Matthew Upson from injury for the match at Upton Park.

The England defender has recovered from a hamstring problem and comes back into the heart of what has been a leaky Hammers rearguard this season.

Forward Luis Jimenez also returns from a muscle strain but Carlton Cole (knee ligaments), Valon Behrami, Zavon Hines (both knee) and Kieron Dyer (hamstring) are still out.

CHELSEA

Very unlucky match the last one agaisnt Everton: 3-3 and lot of mistakes from Chelsea: "we played very well for 90 minutes with intensity and good concentration. We created a lot of chances to score and were unlucky today. I am happy because Chelsea played very well for 90 minutes"

Didier Drogba is fit again and set to return to the Chelsea team against West Ham at Upton Park on Sunday.

The Ivory Coast international has recovered from the back injury which kept him out of the side that beat Portsmouth 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night.

Ricardo Carvalho is expected to replace Alex in defence while Joe Cole will come in for Deco. Jose Bosingwa (knee) and Michael Essien (hamstring) are sidelined.

HEAD TO HEAD

25/04/2009 West Ham 0-1 Chelsea

VERDICT

West ham never left the home stadium with clean sheets, while Chelsea never left an away stadium without score a goal.

Some poor result for Chelsea came by defensive mistakes but this is a very important match because Man utd and Liverpool both lost yesterday. Concentration will be at full and they can bring the 3 points at home tonight.