In this week 23 match on the 11th of February, West Ham United will host Chelsea in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. West Ham United sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Newcastle United. Callum Wilson scored the first goal for Newcastle United in the 3rd minute, then Lucas Paquetá tied it up for West Ham United in the 32nd minute earning West Ham United at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 9th placed Chelsea, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Fulham. Neither Chelsea nor Fulham could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Chelsea looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On Sep 3rd, Chelsea hosted West Ham United at the Stamford Bridge in their last match together. Chelsea won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 40000 spectators. Michail Antonio struck first for West Ham United in the 62nd minute, then Ben Chilwell tied it up for Chelsea in the 76th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 88th minute on a goal by Kai Havertz.
Chelsea hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Kalidou Koulibaly and Kai Havertz, and they each have 1 goal. West Ham United’s top weapon lately has been Jarrod Bowen, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches
David Moyes’s West Ham United squad will be without Maxwel Cornet and Gianluca Scamacca, while Raheem Sterling, Christian Pulišić, N’Golo Kanté, Denis Zakaria, Edouard Mendy, Wesley Fofana and Kurt Zouma are unavailable to play for Graham Potter’s team.