Hello and welcome to live coverage of Chelsea vs West Ham.

Lanzini finds Payet to his right, who clips a ball at a fair pace for Valencia behind the defence on the right. He can't keep it in play, and he's ruled offside anyway.

The match gets underway.

And let's all hope for an appearance of Alexandre Pato, who is rumoured to be close to returning to Corinthians after failing to make even a minute's appearance for Chelsea since his winter transfer window move.

Before the match gets started, read about Diego Costa's injury forcing him out of the upcoming round of international fixtures.

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As well as rumours for West Ham, Chelsea have also been linked with a signing of their own.

Guus Hiddink: "When we signed Pato (in January) we had a very difficult situation, the only competitive striker we had was Costa. We had Remy in troubled water. Falcao also, we have to see after the international break if he is fully competitive. We have to wait how he reacts to the more intensive training he is undergoing. Everyone is getting fitter, that is the law of competition."

Slaven Bilic: "Our aim is to continue to play like this and pick up points and then hopefully it's going to take us high. I don't know how many (points) you need to get in the Europa League or the Champions League or whatever. side chase Champions League qualification. The Hammers are two points behind fourth-placed Manchester City and three adrift of Arsenal with nine Barclays Premier League games to play, beginning at Chelsea on Saturday. Our aim is to continue to play like this and pick up points and then hopefully it's going to take us high. I don't know how many (points) you need to get in the Europa League or the Champions League or whatever. I don't know. I'm not using that kind of maths. All I know about England is that you have to reach 40 points to stay up. It's just game by game and so far that kind of thinking has put us in a very good situation and, in my opinion, it is the only way that any club should think. "You can't go and play Chelsea and then expect three points against whoever. It doesn't work like that, because in any league, especially here, there are no guarantees. We are totally focused on the possibility of three points (at Stamford Bridge)."

According to this rumour, West Ham may have already begun their transfer activity for next season.

TEAMS: Chelsea: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Mikel, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Kenedy, Remy. Subs: Begovic, Baba, Matic, Loftus-Cheek, Pedro, Traore, Pato. /// West Ham: Adrian, Antonio, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Noble, Lanzini, Payet, Valencia, Sakho. Subs: Randolph, Oxford, O'Brien, Obiang, Song, Emenike, Carroll.