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Board Gambling discussion
Re: ⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽
by
hyudien
on 21/08/2025, 14:26:58 UTC
The opening game is going to be West Ham - Chelsea. When it comes to the odds:

- West Ham: 4.80
- Draw: 4.00
- Chelsea: 1.71

Chelsea had a bad start. Such a boring effort against Crystal Palace...  Sad  But I hope to see better performances tomorrow. West Ham are a mess. We saw them against Sunderland. Chelsea shouldn't have big problems.
Chelsea gets 1.71. That odds almost the same like the odds before the game against Palace was started. Yet it doesn't give me confidence to believe they will win it without putting so much effort. Although their opponent thrashed by promoted team last week, they shall have to be careful. I expect their opponent to play low block against them. It makes me to lower my expectation to believe they will win it with narrow score.
Even though they were held to a draw by CP in their previous match, it doesn't mean the result will be the same in this match, because this is a must win match for Chelsea and I'm confident they can achieve that result. Chelsea just need to capitalize on every opportunity, which was their only weakness last week. Furthermore Chelsea are quite fortunate in this match because West Ham have a weakness in defense that they may not be able to overcome yet, end Chelsea can exploit.