The feel-good factor appears to have returned at Stamford Bridge, with expectations high prior to the new Premier League campaign.
As a result, we at BetVictor have moved Chelsea in to 11/2 from 7/1 to win the title this season.
New boss Antonio Conte did a wonderful job at both Juventus, leading the Italian outfit to the Serie A title, and the national side, who were unlucky to lose to Germany on penalties at the quarter-final stage of the summer’s Euros in France.
Chelsea have strengthened, bringing in Leicester’s N’Golo Kante and Michy Batshuayi from Marseille for a collective £64m and both are likely to be a staple in the Blues starting XI for many years to come.
Batshuayi looks a fascinating prospect after netting 22 goals in all competitions for Marseille last term.
BetVictor make the 22-year-old a 14/1 chance to be the Premier League’s leading scorer this season.
Sergio Aguero is 7/2, Harry Kane 6/1, Zlatan Ibrahimovic 9/1 and Diego Costa is an interesting candidate at the 33/1 mark – but will he feature in Conte’s plans?
Incidentally, Everton striker Romelu Lukaku is 4/7 with BetVictor to return for a second spell at the Bridge and become a Chelsea player before the summer transfer window slams shut.
Chelsea kick off their campaign by hosting West Ham at the Bridge on Monday night and we make them the 8/13 favourites to win that derby. The visitors are 5/1 and the draw is 3/1.
It will be interesting to see how the Hammers get on at the Olympic Stadium and they have been well-supported in the ante-post markets after some heavy spending in the summer – Andre Ayew’s £20m switch from Swansea the latest in a string of big-money signings.
Slaven Bilic’s side are now as short as 9/4 and 8/1 to finish in the top six and four respectively. But we think they’ll lose on Monday.
For all the latest odds, check out www.betvictor.com
Be lucky.
Charlie
This post was last modified on 19/08/2016