Chelsea vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more
Follow live coverage as Chelsea face West Ham United today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
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Two changes are also made for Graham Potter’s Irons side from their draw at Villa Park, with Andy Irving making his first Premier League start in midfield after injuries to both Lucas Paqueta and Edson Alvarez. West Ham’s captain and talisman Jarrod Bowen, however, returns from his own injury absence to lead the line; but the game comes too soon for new loan signing Evan Ferguson and James Ward-Prowse, recalled from his own spell at Nottingham Forest.
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Chelsea make two changes from their 3-1 defeat at Manchester City last time out, with Robert Sanchez dropped after clangers aplenty at Eastlands and replaced between the sticks by Filip Jorgensen. Tosin Adarabioyo also comes in for Trevoh Chalobah in defence, with Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer – who scored in the Blues’ 3-0 win in the reverse fixture – spearheading the attack.
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WEST HAM SUBS: Lukasz Fabianski, Wes Foderingham, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Luis Guilherme, Danny Ings, Guido Rodriguez, Kaelan Casey, Ollie Scarles, Lewis Orford.
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WEST HAM (3-4-2-1): Alphonse Areola; Vladimir Coufal, Max Kilman, Aaron Cresswell; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Andy Irving, Tomas Soucek, Emerson; Mohammed Kudus, Carlos Soler; Jarrod Bowen.
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CHELSEA SUBS: Robert Sanchez, Pedro Neto, Christopher Nkunku, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Trevoh Chalobah, Malo Gusto, Tyrique George, Josh Acheampong, Marc Guiu.
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CHELSEA (4-2-3-1): Filip Jorgensen; Reece James, Tosin Adarabioyo, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella; Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho; Nicolas Jackson.
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Graham Potter returns to his former stomping ground for the first time since being sacked by Chelsea in April 2023, ahead of just his fourth league match in charge of the Hammers. West Ham are 15th in the table and have recorded a win, a loss and a draw under the Englishman, coming back to hold Champions League contenders Aston Villa to a 1-1 draw last time out.
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Enzo Maresca’s Blues sit sixth in the league table after 23 matches, following a dismal run of form which has seen them slip from second with just one win in their last seven Premier League matches. They may have beaten West Ham 3-0 in the reverse fixture, but Chelsea will need to snap their poor streak of results if they’re to climb back into the top four.
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Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this fixture in the Premier League, as Chelsea host West Ham United in a London derby at Stamford Bridge.
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