Norwich missed a huge chance to boost their slim hopes of survival when they faced an out-of-form Brentford side at the weekend but the Canaries fell victim to an Ivan Toney hat-trick and their fifth consecutive defeat leaves them in all sorts of trouble.

They are rock-bottom of the Premier League with a five point gap between themselves and safety, while two of the three teams directly above them have games in hand, too.

With five defeats, 14 goals conceded and just two scored in their last five competitive games it’s certainly looking bleak for Dean Smith’s side.

Blues bounce back from cup final defeat
Chelsea, on the other hand, bounced back from their penalty shootout loss in the Carabao Cup Final by progressing past Luton in the FA Cup before hammering Burnley 4-0 on Saturday and Thomas Tuchel will be fully expecting another three points on Thursday.

The Blues are now unbeaten inside 90 minutes in ten competitive games and have won three in a row in the Premier League, keeping a clean sheet in each of that trio of victories.

Easy Chelsea win predicted
Norwich are the lowest-scoring side in the top flight with just 16 league goals to their name and with Chelsea boasting the joint-best defence backing The Blues to win to nil looks a good choice.

I’m also opting for a 3-0 correct score prediction after Norwich’s recent defensive woes, which has seen them concede at least three goals in three of their last four league games.

Those looking at the anytime goalscorer market could do a lot worse than backing Reece James. The Chelsea right wingback has more goal involvements per 90 minutes than any other Chelsea player this season and he returned to Premier League action for the first time since December against Burnley, scoring and assisting to make it six goals and seven assists in all competitions this term.



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诺维奇在周末面对状态不佳的布伦特福德时错过了一个巨大的机会来增加他们微弱的生存希望，但加纳利队却被伊万·托尼的帽子戏法所打败，他们的五连败让他们陷入了各种麻烦。

他们在英超联赛中垫底，与安全队的差距为5分，而在他们前面的三支球队中有两支也有比赛在即。

在过去的五场比赛中，迪安·史密斯的球队输掉了五场比赛，丢了14个球，只进了2个球。

蓝军从足总杯决赛的失利中恢复过来
另一方面，切尔西从卡拉堡杯决赛的点球失利中恢复过来，在足总杯中战胜卢顿，然后在周六4-0击败伯恩利，托马斯·图切尔期待着周四能再得三分。

蓝军现在已经在十场比赛的90分钟内保持不败，并且在英超联赛中取得了三场连胜，这三场胜利都保持了零失球。

切尔西有望轻松获胜
诺维奇是英超联赛中进球数最低的球队，他们只打进了16个联赛进球，而切尔西则拥有最强的防守阵容。蓝军以零比零取胜看起来是个不错的选择。

在诺维奇最近的防守困境之后，我也选择了一个3-0的正确进球预测，他们在最近的四场联赛中至少丢了三球。

那些关注随时随地得分手市场的人可能会比支持里斯·詹姆斯做得更糟。这位切尔西的右边锋在本赛季每90分钟的进球数是切尔西球员中最多的，这是他自去年12月对阵伯恩利后首次重返英超赛场，并在本赛季的所有比赛中进球和助攻6球和7次助攻。