Chelsea visit West Ham in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off at the London Stadium.
It’s a West London derby between two familiar foes who will want to get the better of each other.
Predicting the outcome of the clash between the local rivals on Saturday, September 21, former Chelsea striker is predicting that there will be no winners.
He wrote in his BBC column: “West Ham supposedly replaced David Moyes because they wanted to play ‘the West Ham way’, and the Hammers’ technical director Tim Steidten was reportedly flying managers in for talks when Moyes was still in charge. In his wisdom, Steidten decided to go for Julen Lopetegui, a manager with similar traits to Moyes in terms of how he is a pragmatist.
“They spent a lot of money in the summer, about £130m on new players, but are they going to do better than last season under Moyes, when they finished ninth? I am not sure they will.”
He added: “This is a very difficult game to call because West Ham have not been playing particularly well and I am not convinced by Chelsea either. They were very fortunate to beat Bournemouth last time out.
“I really do not have a clue how this one will go, so I suppose the sensible thing for me to go for is a draw.”
Sutton’s prediction: West Ham 1 vs 1 Chelsea
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