West Ham in Chelsea: Preview

Date: Friday twenty second
August 2025

Venue: London Stadium

Kick-off: 20:00 BST

After
a irritating begin to the 2025/26 marketing campaign with the stalemate at Stamford
Bridge towards Palace on the weekend, tonight, we face West Ham on the London
Stadium.

There
has been a lot mentioned about West Ham’s 3-0 defeat to Sunderland within the opening
sport, which is truthful sufficient, however realistically, that may occur when the Premier
League newcomers arrive with no actual strain and the group behind them.

Equally,
as irritating as our 0-0 at residence to Palace was, it wasn’t value throwing toys
out over. The dearth of photographs on objective and the leaky defence wants an eye fixed on
although, and never least as a result of it was a sport that had a little bit of déjà vu about it.
All of it felt a bit 24/25.

Bowen
and Antonio will look to use any signal of frailty on the again and given they
conceded 3 final week, we must be seeking to recover from all of the sideways and
backwards nonsense and provides the attacking expertise we’ve obtained the liberty to play.

West
Ham might be eager to make use of their residence benefit tonight, however Potter will simply be
joyful if the ‘boys give every little thing’. I’d hope Maresca calls for a bit extra from our
gamers.

MANAGER’S VIEWS

Going into
in the present day’s sport, West Ham supervisor Graham Potter, says “It’s the Premier League,
and I don’t suppose we will flip up wherever and anticipate to simply choose up three
factors. We all know we have to enhance. The gamers have been gutted after Saturday, so
it’s as much as us to react and carry out. In fact the followers will need a greater
efficiency and end result. It’s disrespectful to Sunderland for anybody to counsel
we should always simply flip up and win final week. We didn’t play to our requirements, and
now we’d like to verify we put in a superb efficiency.

It’s going to
take an enormous effort towards Chelsea, a superb efficiency and a little bit of luck. We’re
taking part in towards a proficient group, so now we have to have a superb stability between
assault and defence and provides every little thing. Chelsea have a really proficient supervisor
and squad, off the again of a really profitable summer time interval. We anticipate a giant
problem.”

Enzo
Maresca, in the meantime, says, “All of the Premier League video games, they’re powerful,
they’re tough. Should you bear in mind the sport at residence final 12 months was a tough
sport for us. They defended very nicely. Tomorrow I anticipate precisely the identical. And
once more, the Premier League simply began, so you’ll be able to see that they’re making an attempt to
discover some answer in the identical manner we’re doing. For certain with extra time we’re
going to be higher and higher. However it’s what it’s, we have to adapt. I feel
we confirmed final week towards Palace the place till the tip we compete, till the
finish we create possibilities. And as I mentioned we’re going to be higher and higher day
after day.”

SQUAD NEWS

For West Ham, Crysencio Summerville
is nearing health however unlikely to function and Edson Álvarez is nearing a transfer
to Fenerbahce, so wouldn’t be anticipated to play a component. Potter is in any other case anticipated to have a close to
full-strength aspect, buoyed by new signings and the steadiness of their core
gamers.

For Chelsea, Levi Colwill (ACL) might be
out long-term. Benoit Badiashile, Romeo Lavia and Omari Kellyman are all
injured. Tosin Adarabioyo is a doubt and though again from suspension, Nicolas
Jackson isn’t anticipated to function given the uncertainty round him proper now.

TEAMS

WEST
HAM (Potential line-up): Areola; Coufal, Zouma,
Aguerd, Emerson; Soucek, Ward-Prowse; Bowen, Paqueta, Kudus; Antonio

Chelsea (Potential Line-Up): Sanchez; James, Achempong, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Enzo; Neto, Palmer, Esteval; Joao Pedro

LAST SEASON

West Ham 0-3 Chelsea
(twenty first September 2024)

CURRENT FORM

WEST HAM: L

Chelsea: D.

OTHER STUFF

Chelsea
received on the London Stadium final seasonIt
is 11 years since Chelsea received back-to-back away video games to West HamChelsea
have solely received three of their final 11 video games away to West HamChelsea
haven’t began a season with consecutive goalless attracts since 1995/96West
Ham have taken simply 9 factors from as many residence video games below Graham Potter.West
Ham began their marketing campaign with a 3-0 defeat at Sunderland

PREDICTION

Sportsmole: West Ham 1-1 Chelsea