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West Ham United

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West Ham United enter this fixture following a 1-1 Premier League stalemate against Fulham.

In that game, West Ham United managed 46% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for West Ham United was Danny Ings (95'). At the other end, Fulham got 21 shots at goal with 5 on target. Raúl Jiménez (24') was the scorer for Fulham.

West Ham United haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They’ve managed to rack up 7 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 9. In any event, it remains to be seen whether the trend will continue on in this upcoming game.

Coming into this clash, West Ham United are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Chelsea

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Chelsea will come into the clash following a 0-1 Premier League win against Bournemouth in their previous game.

In that match, Chelsea managed 67% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Chelsea was Christopher Nkunku (86'). For their opponents, Bournemouth got 19 attempts at goal with 7 on target.

During their 6 previous matches, Enzo Maresca's Chelsea have found the net 11 times - earning them a goals per game average of 1.83.

Analysis of their past results shows that Chelsea:

• have not beaten West Ham United when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 5 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes going back to 24/04/2022 shows that West Ham United have won 1 of these & Chelsea 4, with the number of drawn results being 1.

In all, 17 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for The Hammers and 12 netted by The Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

📰 Team News: West Ham United

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the West Ham United gaffer Julen Lopetegui to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Niclas Füllkrug (Achilles tendon irritation) will miss out.

We are thinking that The Hammers may well line up in a 3-4-2-1 system this time with Alphonse Areola, K. Mavropanos, Edson Alvarez, Max Kilman, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Emerson, Guido Rodriguez, Lucas Paqueta, Mohammed Kudus, C. Summerville and Jarrod Bowen.

📋 Team News: Chelsea

From a largely available squad, there’s just the lone fitness problem for the Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca to contend with. Reece James (Hamstring injury) won’t be in action.

We are inclined to think that The Blues seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Robert Sanchez, Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho and Nicolas Jackson.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that West Ham United would be disappointed if they were not to breach the defence of this Chelsea team, but a single goal might not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’ve gone for a narrow 1-2 win for Chelsea after 90 minutes. We’ll have to see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 12:11 21/09/2024