West Brom - Chelsea: Battle of highly acclaimed managers

West Brom will use their recent campaign for league safety to justify their final two games against Chelsea and Arsenal. Chelsea go to the Hawthorns looking to continue their positive away form.

Jose Mourinho intends to secure all possible remaining points in his last two matches after winning the Barclays Premier League and only managing a 1-1 draw against Liverpool. Ruben Loftus-Cheek, a highly rated young English midfielder, made his first start for the Blues coming out of the recently successful Chelsea youth teams. Eden Hazard, John Terry, and Branislav Ivanovic are desperate to play the remaining matches of the season.

On the other hand, Tony Pulis, a manager that has become a saviour of relegation threatened clubs, will try to work his magic against Jose Mourinho who had fond words of appraisal for him (see below).

West Brom under Tony Pulis have captured 23 points from 16 fixtures that has seen them happily lie around the mid-table at 13th in the league standings. West Brom look to maintain a positive shift on the pitch with already holding an undefeated home record against Chelsea in their last three league matches.

The match will be the final home fixture of the season for West Brom at the Hawthorns. Cesc Fabregas is still on track to possibly tie or break Thierry Henry's league assist record of 21.

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Manager Quotes:

Jose Mourinho:

"If I own an English club, I sign Tony Pulis," Mourinho said. "It's as simple as that; he's a guarantee to achieve what the club wants.

"He has never managed a club that wants to be champion, never managed a club that wants top four, he is always managing clubs that want to survive and want stability.

"Tony is mathematics. His record is absolutely amazing."

Team News:

West Bromwich Albion: West Brom have no injuries in anticipation of the match besides Ben Foster due to Callum McManaman recovering from a previous foot injury. Saido Berahino and Brown Ideye are fully expected to feature in the starting squad after being benched in the 1-1 draw against Newcastle.

Chelsea: Diego Costa is set to return to the squad after a reoccuring hamstring injury had sidelined him for the a large extent of the second half of the season. Oscar, Kurt Zouma, and Ramires are all done for the season due to seperate injuries. Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Isaiah Brown, Dominic Solanke, and other youth players are likely to get some playing time. Petr Cech is doubtful due to a calf injury and will likely feature in the final game of the season against Sunderland.