Chelsea vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Chelsea face West Ham United in the Premier League today.
Wesley Fofana makes his Chelsea debut as the Blues host West Ham at Stamford Bridge. Conor Gallagher slots into midfield in a 3-5-2 formation, with Christian Pulisic partnering Raheem Sterling up front. Brazil forward Lucas Paqueta makes his full debut for West Ham, who have ex-Chelsea defenders Kurt Zouma and Emerson in their starting line-up.
Chelsea: Mendy, Fofana, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly, James, Loftus-Cheek, Gallagher, Kovacic, Cucurella, Sterling, Pulisic. Subs: Arrizabalaga, Jorginho, Chalobah, Broja, Mount, Chilwell, Ziyech, Azpilicueta, Havertz.
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Kehrer, Zouma, Emerson Palmieri, Rice, Soucek, Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Fornals, Antonio. Subs: Lanzini, Downes, Areola, Cornet, Ogbonna, Benrahma, Coventry, Randolph.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Chelsea vs West Ham United
FIRST HALF - Chelsea kick off and we are under way.
Chelsea vs West Ham United
CHELSEA SUBS - Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK), Jorginho, Trevoh Chalobah, Armando Broja, Mason Mount, Ben Chilwell, Hakin Ziyech, Cesar Azpilicueta, Kai Havertz.
Chelsea vs West Ham United
CHELSEA (3-5-2) STARTING XI - Edouard Mendy (GK); Wesley Fontana, Thiago Silva (c), Kalidou Koulibaly; Reece James, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Conor Gallagher, Mateo Kovacic, Marc Cucurella; Raheem Sterling, Christian Pulisic.
Chelsea vs West Ham United
WEST HAM (4-2-3-1) STARTING XI - Lukasz Fabianski (GK); Vladimir Coufal, Thilo Kehrer, Kurt Zouma, Emersen; Declan Rice (c), Tomas Soucek; Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Pablo Fornals; Michail Antonio.
Chelsea vs West Ham United
West Ham have won three of their last six Premier League games against Chelsea, as many as they had in their previous 26. West Ham have scored just twice in their opening five Premier League matches this season, their fewest at this stage of a league season since 1994-95 (1). The Hammers have converted just 3.4% of their efforts at goal (2/59). Currently, they are placed in 15th position on the table.
Chelsea vs West Ham United
Chelsea have lost just one of their last 16 home league games against West Ham. going down 1-0 in November 2019. Chelsea have lost twice already in the Premier League this season.Only once in the history of the competition have the Blues lost as many as three of their first six matches, doing so in the 2015-16 campaign. They are currently sitting in 10th position on the table.
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