Chelsea vs West Ham head-to-head

Chelsea are looking for a fourth consecutive Premier League win against West Ham for the first time since a run of six between 2006 and 2008.

Chelsea have won seven of our past 10 Premier League meetings with West Ham (one draw, two defeats).

West Ham have recorded four wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last eight home Premier League matches against Chelsea. They lost 3-0 at the London Stadium last season, with their previous consecutive home league defeats to Chelsea occurring during the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons.

The Blues won the corresponding fixture 3-0 at the London Stadium last September thanks to a brace from Nicolas Jackson and a second-half Cole Palmer strike.

Last season the Blues secured a league double against the Hammers for the first time since the 2020/21 campaign.

Head-to-Head (all competitions)

Played 124
Won 57
Drawn 23
Lost 44

Biggest win for each team

Chelsea 5-0 West Ham 2023/24 Premier League
West Ham 4-0 Chelsea 1980/81 Division Two

Chelsea 0-4 West Ham 1985/86 Division One
Chelsea’s biggest win at West Ham – 4-0 in 2007/08 (Premier League)

Last five meetings at West Ham

24 Apr 2021: Premier League W 1-0 (Werner)
4 Dec 2021: Premier League L 2-3 (Thiago Silva, Mount)
11 Feb 2023: Premier League D 1-1 (Joao Felix)
20 Aug 2023: Premier League L 1-3 (Chukwuemeka)
21 Sep 2024: Premier League W 3-0 (Jackson 2, Palmer)

Chelsea stats

We have won nine of our last 11 matches across all competitions (one draw, one defeat).

Having beaten Nottingham Forest on the final day of last season, we are hoping to win back-to-back away Premier League games for the first since winning three in a row against Leicester, Southampton and Spurs in November and December last year.

Chelsea had 19 shots but failed to score in our goalless draw with Crystal Palace. The Blues last went two consecutive opening league games without scoring in 1995/96, starting with draws against Everton and Nottingham Forest.

Chelsea have kept three consecutive Premier League clean sheets, our best streak since February 2023. The last time the Blues went longer was in March 2021, when we recorded four in a row.

No side completed more passes on matchday one than Chelsea (510, level with Manchester City). Since Enzo Maresca took charge, Chelsea have completed 500 or more passes in 12 Premier League matches; only Liverpool (13 games) and Manchester City (23 games) have achieved this more frequently.

Chelsea have scored 11 of our last 13 Premier League goals in the second half.

No player made more interceptions than Reece James on the opening weekend of the Premier League (four).

Despite only coming on in the 54th minute, Estevao made more dribbles than any other player in our 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace last week (six). It was the most by a Chelsea player on their Premier League debut for the club since Raheem Sterling in August 2022 versus Everton (also six).

Potential milestones

Several club milestones could be achieved against West Ham:

Moises Caicedo - 100th Chelsea appearance

Marc Cucurella - 100th start for Chelsea

Robert Sanchez - 50th Premier League appearance for Chelsea

West Ham stats

Last season

Premier League - 14th with 43 points, five places lower and nine points fewer than 2023/24
FA Cup - Lost 2-1 to Aston Villa in the third round
Carabao Cup - Lost 5-1 to Liverpool in the third round
Top scorers (all competitions) - Jarrod Bowen 14

Last season’s Premier League stats

Most minutes played (out of possible 3,420):Kilman 3,349, Wan-Bissaka 3,154, Bowen 2,979
Most goals: Bowen 13, Soucek 9, Kudus 5
Most assists: Bowen 8, Wan-Bissaka 5, Kudus 3

West Ham are starting their 14th consecutive season in the Premier League and 20th in the last 21 years.

The Hammers have failed to win a home Premier League game for five matches since beating Leicester on 27 February (three draws, two defeats).

They have conceded first in four of their last five Premier League home games.

West Ham United began this season with a 3-0 defeat to Sunderland. They have started a Premier League season with back-to-back defeats on eight previous occasions, most recently in 2022/23.

The Hammers lost four of their six home Premier League London derbies last season (one win v Fulham, one draw v Tottenham).

Captain Jarrod Bowen has scored three goals in his last four Premier League London derbies, scoring in both of his last two against Arsenal and Spurs.

Mads Hermansen conceded three goals on his West Ham debut last weekend away at Sunderland. He has kept one clean sheet in 28 Premier League appearances, the joint-second lowest rate of any goalkeeper to play 20 or more games in Premier League history.

Pre-season

Grasshopper Zurich (a) W 3-1
Man Utd (New Jersey) L 1-2
Everton (Chicago) W 2-1
Bournemouth (Atlanta) W 2-0
Lille (h) D 1-1

Last five competitive games

Tottenham (h) D 1-1
Man Utd (a) W 2-0
Nottingham Forest (h) L 1-2
Ipswich (a) W 3-1Sunderland (a) L 0-3

Opening weekend Premier League line-up

Saturday 16 AugustSunderland 3 West Ham United 0
Team (3-4-1-2): Hermansen; Todibo (Irving 82), Kilman, Aguerd; Wan-Bissaka, Ward-Prowse (Soucek 71), Rodriguez (Wilson 71), Diouf; Paqueta; Bowen (c), Fullkrug
Booked: Kilman

Graham Potter’s management record v Chelsea

Won: 0
Drawn: 4
Lost: 3

West Ham's major summer transfers

In

El Hadji Malick Diouf - Slavia Prague
Mads Hermansen - Leicester
Jean-Clair Todibo - Nice
Kyle Walker-Peters - Southampton
Callum Wilson - Newcastle

Out

Michail Antonio - Released
Vladimir Coufal - Hoffenheim
Aaron Cresswell - Stoke
Lucas Fabianski - Released
Danny Ings - Released
Mohammed Kudus - Tottenham Hotspur
Kurt Zouma - Released

Match officials

Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistants:Stuart Burt, James Mainwaring Fourth Official:Simon Hooper
VAR: Jarred Gillett

Michael Oliver’s last Blues game was our goalless draw at Brentford in April.