Chelsea v West Brom – live! | Scott Murray

• Hammer F5 or click on auto-refresh for all the latest action • Ping your emails towards scott.murray@guardian.co.uk • Keep up to date with our Live Scores service Welcome to what, if recent history is any guide, should be a shoo-in for Chelsea. They’ve won all ten of their Premier League games against today’s opponents West Bromwich Albion, scoring 29 goals and conceding only three in the process. Albion’s last league victory at Stamford Bridge was a 3-1 triumph in September 1978 , Tony Brown, Cyrille Regis and John Wile getting the goals. The old First Division. That’s a long time waiting. West Brom lost 6-0 here last season on the opening day of the season. But they’re much improved since then, thanks to manager/coach Roy Hodgson, who has shored up that rickety old defence. Not only that, he’s sharpened them up at the front with the purchase of Shane Long, who already has 0.5 of a goal to his name for the Baggies after that joint effort with David De Gea last weekend. They’ll go into this match with a little hope, if not much in the way of expectation. Thank you, my Premier League! Kick off: 5.30pm. Early team news, whipped straight from the wires, and there’s no shame in that: Hilario was given the nod in goal and there was a recall for Nicolas Anelka for Andre Villas-Boas’ first home game as Chelsea boss. Portuguese veteran Hilario replaced the injured Petr Cech and Anelka came in for Florent Malouda, with Fernando Torres once again preferred to Didier Drogba in attack. The Baggies named an unchanged side from last week’s defeat to Manchester United, with Peter Odemwingie fit enough to be named on the substitutes’ bench. Chelsea: Hilario, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Anelka, Torres, Kalou. Subs: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Benayoun, Drogba, Malouda, Ferreira, McEachran. West Brom: Foster, Reid, Tamas, Olsson, Shorey, Scharner, Mulumbu, Brunt, Morrison, Long, Tchoyi. Subs: Fulop, Cech, Dorrans, Jara Reyes, McAuley, Odemwingie, Cox. Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire) Premier League 2011-12 Premier League Chelsea West Brom Scott Murray guardian.co.uk

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