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Latest West Ham vs Chelsea squad information

West Ham are likely to make changes to their squad after a poor performance in the North East last week. Callum Wilson could make his first start, having come off the bench in the opening game.

The experiment of combining Guido Rodriguez and James Ward-Prowse at centre-back is unlikely to continue, so Tomas Soucek, Edson Alvarez and Andy Irving all have chances to start.

The club are yet to replace Mohammed Kudus, while Crysencio Summerville is still injured, so the attacking burden will fall on Jarrod Bowen – who scored 13 goals and provided eight assists in the Premier League last season.

Chelsea continue to be without centre-back Levi Colwill for a long term, while injuries to Benoit Badiashile and Tosin Adarabioyo mean Josh Acheampong and Trevoh Chalobah have to start, as Wesley Fofana has yet to fully recover.

Nicolas Jackson returns after a three-match ban from last season, but Joao Pedro is likely to start again – against whom he scored a career-best six goals.

In midfield, Romeo Lavia continues to be sidelined with another minor injury, continuing a troubled 2024-25 campaign that has been severely affected by successive injuries.

Latest West Ham vs Chelsea predicted lineup

West Ham United:

Hermansen; Todibo, Kilman, Aguerd; Wan-Bissaka, Alvarez, Soucek, Diouf; Bowen, Wilson, Paqueta

Chelsea:

Sanchez; James, Acheampong, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Enzo; Neto, Palmer, Estevao; Joao Pedro

Latest football review West Ham vs Chelsea

West Ham's Premier League opening game last weekend could hardly have been worse, as Graham Potter's men started with a 3-0 defeat at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland.

West Ham's relegation odds have been slashed after just one game, as underlying problems in the squad and tactics were immediately exposed.

Potter is under pressure having done little to inspire excitement since taking charge in the second half of last season. Given a full pre-season, he must show improvement.

However, based on last week's performance, West Ham have fallen even further. After winning just one of their last eight home games of the season, there will be widespread discontent if things don't improve immediately.

Chelsea are clearly not the ideal opponents, having won all three of their most recent meetings, and Potter has never beaten his former club in seven meetings as manager.

Chelsea won at the London Stadium last season, but it has been 11 years since they have won back-to-back away games against West Ham, and in their last 11 visits there they have won just three.

Chelsea entered the new season with high expectations following success in the Conference League, the Club World Cup, and a top-four finish on the final day of last season. But after just one poor opening game, expectations appear to have been lowered.

Enzo Maresca's side could only draw 0-0 at home to Crystal Palace and were lucky not to lose, when Eberechi Eze's free-kick was ruled out for controversial technical reasons.

Chelsea did not even force a save from Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson until the 89th minute, when Liam Delap had a weak finish, raising questions about the summer signings who had a lacklustre Premier League debut.

Chelsea will be looking to avoid a two-game goalless start to the season – something that hasn’t happened since 1995-96, when both games ended 0-0. Maresca have only won two away games in their last 11 Premier League games.

With three upcoming London derbies, if Chelsea do not win all 9 points against West Ham, Fulham and Brentford, it will be difficult for them to be considered a candidate for the championship, as many opinions have eliminated them from the race.

Latest West Ham vs Chelsea score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.West Ham vs Chelseaas follows:

• Sportsmole:West Ham 1-2 Chelsea

• WhoScore:West Ham 1-1 Chelsea
• Our newspaper predicts:West Ham 1-1 Chelsea

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