Comments and predictions for West Ham vs Chelsea: Last minute goals
The match between West Ham vs Chelsea in the Premier League takes place at 2:00 a.m. on August 23. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest West Ham vs Chelsea team information
West Ham are likely to make changes to their squad after their 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 in the center is unlikely to continue, so Tomas Soucek, Edson Alvarez and Andy Irving all have a chance to start.
The club have yet to find a replacement for Mohammed Kudus, while Crysencio Summerville is 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's side will continue to be without central defender Levi Colwill for a long time, while injuries to Benoit Badiashile and Tosin Adarabioyo mean Josh Acheampong and Trevoh Chalobah have to start, as Wesley Fofana has not yet fully recovered.
Nicolas Jackson returns after a three-match suspension from last season, but Joao Pedro is likely to continue to start – a favourite against whom he scored a career-best six goals.
In midfield, Romeo Lavia continues to be sidelined with another minor injury, extending a troubled 2024-25 campaign that has been severely affected by successive injuries.
Latest expected lineup for West Ham vs Chelsea
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 commentary on 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 enthusiasm since taking over 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 behind. 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, as they have won all three of their most recent encounters, and Potter has never beaten his former team in seven encounters as a 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 their success in the Conference League, 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 didn't even force Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson into a save until the 89th minute, when Liam Delap's weak shot was deflected in, raising questions about the summer signings' lacklustre Premier League debuts.
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. In addition, 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 championship candidate, 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
When and where to watch West Ham vs Chelsea live?
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