Chelsea vs West Ham United Matchday Stats Preview
Chelsea have won their last two Premier League meetings with West Ham by an aggregate score of 8-0 – they last won three in a row against the Hammers between 2010 and 2011.
West Ham have won just one of their last 18 Premier League away games against Chelsea (D4 L13), losing the last four in a row since a 1-0 win in November 2019.
Since Christmas, Chelsea have scored the opening goal in five of their six Premier League games but have only won one of those (D2 L2), with only Spurs (11) dropping more points from winning positions across that time than the Blues (10).
West Ham United have conceded nine Premier League goals in the opening 10 minutes of matches this season, two more than any other side and their most in a single campaign. Chelsea, meanwhile, have scored five goals in the first 10 minutes, with only Brentford scoring more (6).
Chelsea have lost three of their last six Premier League games (W1 D2), as many as they’d lost in their previous 32 combined (W19 D10 L3). In this timeframe (26 December onwards), the Blues are 15th in the Premier League form table.
Since Graham Potter’s first Premier League game in charge of West Ham United, only Man City (37) have forced more high turnovers than the Hammers (33). They ranked 10th for this metric under Julen Lopetegui up until his final game on 4 January.
Chelsea are the only Premier League side yet to give a single minute to a player aged 30 or older this season, with Tosin Adarabioyo their oldest player (27y 118d vs Wolves on 20 January). Their current run of 23 games without a player aged 30+ is the longest run by a team since Fulham went 30 games in the 2020-21 campaign.
This will be Graham Potter’s first meeting with Chelsea since he left the club in April 2023. Eight former Chelsea managers have taken charge against the Blues at Stamford Bridge after leaving the club in the Premier League and none have won across those 22 games (D8 L14).
Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson has scored 11 goals in his last 14 Premier League London derby matches, with this total of 11 the most of any player in London derbies across the last two seasons.
West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus has completed the most dribbles of any player in the Premier League this season (57). He has completed 6+ dribbles in three Premier League games in 2024-25, with only Man City’s Jérémy Doku doing so more often (4).
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