Chelsea is currently ranked fifth in the standings with 37 points, one point behind Man United in fourth place. West Ham is currently in the relegation group with 20 points, 5 points less than Nottingham Forest, who is ranked 17th.
Direct confrontation
Chelsea are aiming for their sixth consecutive home win against West Ham in the Premier League, for the first time in club history. Chelsea have won 8 of their last 11 encounters with West Ham in the Premier League (2 losses, 1 draw).
The last time West Ham won all three points at Stamford Bridge was in November 2019, when Aaron Cresswell scored the only goal right after halftime. That was also their only win at Stamford Bridge in their last 19 Premier League away games (14 losses, 4 draws).
Chelsea have scored 109 goals in 59 Premier League matches against West Ham, this is Chelsea's second highest scoring record against an opponent, only after Tottenham Hotspur (122 goals in 67 matches).
Chelsea won 5-1 in the first leg of this season at the London stadium in August 2025, thanks to goals from Joao Pedro, Pedro Neto, Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo and Trevoh Chalobah.
Chelsea statistics
Chelsea are aiming for their third consecutive victory in the Premier League for the first time since November 2025 (won Tottenham 1-0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0, Burnley 2-0), as well as two consecutive home wins in this league for the first time this season.
Only Man City (47), Arsenal (42) and Man United (41) scored more goals than Chelsea (39) in the Premier League this season. Only Arsenal (17) and Man City (21) conceded fewer goals than Chelsea (25) in the Premier League.
Since the beginning of last season, Chelsea has only lost one London derby at Stamford Bridge (five wins, four draws), which was a 1-2 defeat to Fulham on Boxing Day 2024.
Chelsea won both of their first matches in the Premier League under Liam Rosenior. Only three English coaches have won all three of their first matches in the Premier League - Bobby Gould (Coventry City) in August 1992, Sam Allardyce (Bolton Wanderers) in August 2001 and Craig Shakespeare (Leicester City) in April 2017.
Joao Pedro is the fifth Chelsea player to score in the first two matches of a coach in the Premier League, along with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink under Claudio Ranieri, Deco under Luiz Felipe Scolari, Diego Costa under Antonio Conte and Pedro under Maurizio Sarri.
Moises Caicedo has made more interceptions than any other player in the Premier League so far this season (40).
West Ham statistics
After 10 winless matches in the Premier League, West Ham are looking for their third consecutive win in this league for the first time in more than two years. Their last two matches both used the same starting lineup. However, they have also not kept a clean sheet in any of their last 20 matches in the Premier League.
West Ham has won 10 points after 11 away matches this season - winning against Forest and Tottenham; drawing with Everton, Bournemouth, Man United and Brighton; losing to Sunderland, Arsenal, Leeds, Man City and Wolves.
West Ham's victory over Tottenham two weeks ago ended their six-game losing streak in the London derbies in the Premier League this season. The last time West Ham won two consecutive derbies was in the 2021-2022 season, with victories over Tottenham and Chelsea.
West Ham have faced 346 shots and 124 shots on target in the Premier League this season, second only to Burnley (393 shots, 140 shots on target). However, in the most recent match against Sunderland, they only let the opponent take two shots on target, their lowest number this season.
Jarrod Bowen currently holds the record for the most goalscorer in the Premier League for West Ham with 103 appearances (63 goals, 43 assists), surpassing Michail Antonio's record of 101 appearances.
The Chelsea vs West Ham match takes place at 0:30 on February 1.
