Chelsea came from a goal behind to thrash West Ham United 5-1 on Friday and pile more pressure on home manager Graham Potter after two heavy Premier League defeats in as many matches.
Lucas Paqueta got the hosts off to a dream start when he unleashed a swirling shot past goalkeeper Robert Sanchez with six minutes on the clock but Chelsea hit back in the 15th through a Joao Pedro header and the floodgates opened.
After West Ham had a Niclas Fullkrug effort ruled offside, Pedro Neto sent Chelsea ahead on the volley in the 23rd and Enzo Fernandez made it 3-1 from close range on 34 after a pass from Brazilian teenager Estevao Willian.
Moises Caicedo added a fourth in the 54th, after goalkeeper Mads Hermansen pushed the ball to him off a corner, and Trevoh Chalobah became the fifth Chelsea player on the London Stadium scoresheet four minutes later.
West Ham vs Chelsea latest news
- GOAL! Estevao sets for Enzo for a third
- GOAL! Neto volleys Chelsea into the lead
- GOAL! Joao Pedro nods in an equaliser
- GOAL! Paqueta screamer opens the scoring
Sam Tabuteau at the London Stadium
22:00 , Alex YoungRubbish comes the cry from one West Ham fan. That just about sums it up for the Hammers.
Full-time!
22:12 , Alex Young93min: That was utterly miserable from West Ham.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:55 , Alex Young91min: Three minutes added on.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:54 , Alex Young89min: Bowen wins a free kick right on the edge of the area.
Ward-Prowse steps over it, but fires straight into the wall.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:51 , Alex Young86min: Another corner for West Ham, another aimless header.
Both teams just waiting for the whistle.
Dom Smith at the London Stadium
21:47 , Alex YoungIt's a procession for Chelsea now. They have been so comfortably better than their hosts here.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:42 , Alex Young78min: Chelsea fan ole-ing every pass.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:41 , Alex Young77min: Gittens replaces Estevao.
Some full debut from the teenager.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:38 , Alex Young73min: Estevao should have scored!
A stunning throughball from James carves open the West Ham defence, the yougn Brazilian runs onto it but opts to go round the keeper rather than fire inside the near post.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:34 , Alex Young70min: Triple change for Chelsea as Fofana, James and Hato are on, replacing Cucurella, Chalobah and Gusto.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:33 , Alex Young68min: What a save! Sanchez with a full-stretch save to deny Potts.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:29 , Alex Young65min: Half a chance for Wilson at the back post, after Bowen stands up a cross, but his effort spins wide.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
21:26 , Alex Young62min: Delap makes way. He will be disappointed not to get more involved.
Andrey Santos is on.
GOAL!
21:23 , Alex Young58min: Deary me. It’s five!
Another corner, another Neto corner, another Joao Pedro assist and Chalobah spins quickly to slam home.
Hermansen again not doing himself any favours.
Sam Tabuteau at the London Stadium
21:19 , Alex YoungMads Hermansen what are you doing. Backed by his manager in the week, he flaps at a cross to hand Chelsea the easiest of fourth goals. A nightmare start to his West Ham career.
GOAL!
21:19 , Alex Young54min: Game over well before the hour mark as Caicedo adds a fourth.
West Ham just have no clue what they are doing, especially Hermansen who makes it two howlers in as many games.
CHANCE!
21:15 , Alex Young49min: West Ham just haven’t started this half at all and are almost punished by Chelsea’s first attack as Fernandez sends a shot over from inside the area after a Neto cut-back.
West Ham 1-3 Chelsea
21:09 , Alex Young47min: Potts and Wilson are on, with Fullkrug and Todibo making way.
Second half!
21:08 , Alex Young46min: Back underway.
Sam Tabuteau at London Stadium
21:08 , Alex YoungAcademy graduate Feddie Potts is coming on. He enjoyed a really positive pre-season after being promoted to the first team.
West Ham have been looking inwardly for solutions in midfield, and this is a chance for Potts. A big cheer when his name is announced.
What does Potter change at half-time? What options does he have on the bench?
Estevao is the youngest player in Premier League history to assist a goal for Chelsea (at 18 years, 120 days), according to Opta. They appear to have a star in the making.
Sam Tabuteau at London Stadium
20:55 , Alex YoungA smattering of boos greets the half-time whistle. When it rains it pours for West Ham. They conceded three times inside 30 second-half minutes against Sunderland and have shipped three inside 19 minutes here. What does Potter say to his players?
Half-time!
20:52 , Alex Young52min: Boos at half-time from the home support.
West Ham 1-3 Chelsea
20:51 , Alex Young50min: The atmosphere has died as half-time approaches, it must be said.
West Ham 1-3 Chelsea
20:50 , Alex Young48min: Fullkrug is down and complaining about being fouled again as Tosin lands on him.
He has a point this time.
West Ham 1-3 Chelsea
20:47 , Alex Young46min: Six minutes added on.
Dom Smith at London Stadium
20:46 , Alex YoungThe London Stadium has been emptying out of home fans for more than 10 minutes. West Ham have been that poor.
West Ham 1-3 Chelsea
20:45 , Alex Young43min: England manager Thomas Tuchel is in the building. Cole Palmer’s injury would not have gone down well.
Sam Tabuteau at London Stadium
20:43 , Alex YoungLooking around the London Stadium and there's less anger more disbelief. West Ham started so positively and were pressing with intent and creating chances. Where they go from here, though, is anyone's guess.
West Ham 1-3 Chelsea
20:41 , Alex Young39min: Speculative overhead kick from Paqueta from the edge of the area, which Sanchez easily gobbles up.
West Ham 1-3 Chelsea
20:39 , Alex Young37min: Wan-Bissaka gets shoved off the pitch by Neto. Don’t usually see the West Ham man get bullied so easily.
Sam Tabuteau at London Stadium
20:37 , Alex YoungAll that early West Ham optimism has, I hate to say it, burst like a bubble. Chelsea now firmly in charge.
Dom Smith at London Stadium
20:37 , Alex YoungEnzo Fernandez with the finish but it's not that which people will be talking about. Chelsea fans will have loved that Estevao assist.
What a ludicrously impressive burst of pace and then mature decision to pull back across the box. Mountain to climb for West Ham now.
GOAL!
20:35 , Alex Young34min: There is it as Enzo Fernandez gets in on the act.
Very patient build-up from Chelsea until Estevao burst through the defence and put it on a plate for Fernandez to tap home into an empty net.
West Ham 1-2 Chelsea
20:32 , Alex Young31min: Chelsea are really pushing for a third as West Ham chase shadows.
West Ham 1-2 Chelsea
20:31 , Alex Young29min: Fullkrug hits the deck once again, looks to the referee, gets nothing, and then punches the turf.
He doesn’t think he’s getting the rub of the green.
West Ham 1-2 Chelsea
20:30 , Alex Young26min: Gusto will be fine to continue.
West Ham 1-2 Chelsea
20:27 , Alex Young25min: Bit of concern for Gusto, who is down an needs some treatment.
Sam Tabuteau at London Stadium
20:26 , Alex YoungWest Ham have been really positive, yet they find themselves behind. Paqueta, having opened the scoring, has twice lost out in a 50/50 and now Chelsea are ahead. He's a special player but he has to do more to help his team there.
Dom Smith at London Stadium
20:26 , Alex YoungThat's a sumptuous goal by Chelsea, and it puts them ahead for the first time in the match and, indeed, this season.
Joao Pedro's instinctive ball was delightfully curved into the path of Pedro Neto, who did the rest. A superb response - and in double-quick time.
GOAL!
20:24 , Alex Young23min: This is some game!
Chelsea are in front from Neto, who has it put on a plate by Joao Pedro
Sam Tabuteau at London Stadium
20:21 , Alex YoungIt was a well worked move by West Ham, who are up for this game and finding space in behind Chelsea.
Frustrating to see the goal ruled offside, but an encouraging start from the hosts.
Dom Smith at London Stadium
20:20 , Alex YoungChelsea breathe an almighty sigh of relief but they cannot forget just how poor they defended for that disallowed Fullkrug goal.
They must wake up at the back or they risk West Ham edging ahead again. That Joao Pedro goal was supposed to be a platform, not an anomaly.
NO GOAL
20:20 , Alex Young18min: Todibo was offside in the build-up.
17min: Fullkrug drills home from inside the area... but there is a calls for offside.
VAR will have a look...
GOAL!
20:17 , Alex Young15min: That’s much more like it!
Joao Pedro gets his first Premier League goal, heading home from a corner after a Cucurella flick on.
So simple.
West Ham 1-0 Chelsea
20:14 , Alex Young12min: Chelsea struggling to string passes together at the moment.
West Ham 1-0 Chelsea
20:11 , Alex Young9min: Pause in play as Fullkrug gets some medical attention after a challenge by Joao Pedro.
Dom Smith at London Stadium
20:10 , Alex YoungChelsea must recover quickly from this nightmarish start to the match - first losing Palmer to injury and then Lucas Paqueta giving West Ham a shock lead with a blinding goal.
The pressure is right on the visitors now. This match has just got a whole lot harder for them.
GOAL!
20:08 , Alex Young6min: It’s a stunning start for West Ham as Paqueta beats Sanchez was distance, out of almost nothing!
3min: It’s been a confident start from West Ham, perhaps buoyed by the Palmer news.
KICK-OFF!
20:01 , Alex Young1min: Here we go!
Palmer is on the bench wearing a big coat. That’s such a blow.
The players are already in the tunnel. What late drama.
Cole Palmer has been ruled OUT of the game!
Estevao starts in his place.
Bit of concern over Cole Palmer, who appears to have finished the warm-up early and then went down the tunnel. More when we have it.
Enzo Maresca has also been speaking to Sky Sports, speaking about starting both Joao Pedro and Liam Delap.
He said: "Joao, as we've said many times, can give us different options. Liam we know, is a central striker, he can play together with Joao as two strikers, or one striker with Joao moving a little bit around or wide.
"We said we'd try to adapt as much as we can to the squad we have and hopefully they can both do well."
Graham Potter has been speaking to Sky Sports ahead of the game.
He said: "We're in an industry and a club that the demand is you win, that's how it is and any defeat at this level is hard to take but it's also part of the job.
You have to deal with it the best you can, with the right responsibility and I think we've done that. We've been honest with each other and we now have to show we can be better."
On that note...
Not sure if you heard but Chelsea are world champions. Don't worry, there's a big ol' gold badge on their kit so you never forget.
It is a beaut of a black kit, isn’t it.
Checking in
19:17 , Alex YoungHere are Dom Smith and Sam Tabuteau ahead of kick-off.
🗣️ "This feels like a really big game for West Ham and Potter, even at this early stage of the season."
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The pressure is already on the hosts tonight, while Chelsea struggled to click last time out.
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Latest odds
19:10 , Alex YoungWest Ham have it all to do tonight, according to the bookies.
- West Ham 7/2
- Draw 5/2
- Chelsea 4/7
(Via Betfair, subject to change.)
West Ham must show some fight on a big night for Potter
19:05 , Alex YoungGraham Potter came out all guns blazing ahead of tonight’s derby between West Ham and Chelsea.
The Hammers manager immediately joked that last weekend’s 3-0 defeat to Sunderland must have been bad, considering how many journalists were in attendance for his press conference.
He was not wrong, West Ham had been torn apart at the Stadium of Light.
The atmosphere turned prickly at Rush Green on Thursday when that performance and the questions it posed were put to Potter.
Potter was in a defiant mood, keen to emphasise his belief not only in himself but his players.
“I have no doubt whatsoever about my ability,” he Potter ahead of what is a big night for the 50-year-old against his former club Chelsea.
A rallying cry or a sign of straining tension? Either way, it was Potter at his most authentic.
How West Ham could do with some of the fight on display from their manager.
They were insipid against Sunderland, and Chelsea will sense blood as they look for a reaction after last weekend’s goalless draw with Crystal Palace.
Potter needs time to bed in his ideas. West Ham insist they are sympathetic to that, but things will need to improve.
A positive result against Chelsea would change the mood.
Confirmed team news in full
19:00 , Alex YoungWest Ham XI: Hermansen, Todibo, Kilman, Aguerd, Wan-Bissaka, Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Diouf, Paqueta, Bowen, Fullkrug
Subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Scarles, Rodríguez, Potts, Irving, Wilson, Marshall
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Tosin, Cucurella, Caicedo, Enzo, Neto, Palmer, Joao Pedro, Delap
Subs: Jorgensen, James, Acheampong, Fofana, Hato, Essugo, Andrey Santos, Estevao Willian, Gittens
Sam Tabuteau at London Stadium
18:53 , Alex YoungOne change for West Ham, who bring Soucek into midfield. Some much-needed legs in the centre of the park.
Even at this early stage, this feels like a big game for West Ham and Graham Potter.
Dom Smith at London Stadium
18:48 , Alex YoungThat's bold of Maresca to select Liam Delap and Joao Pedro. The man to make way is Jamie Gittens, who I wrote only this morning about needing to step up.
Gittens is on the bench and you'd suspect Joao Pedro and Pedro Neto will play either side of Delap. Estevao is on the bench, as expected.
And Tosin Adarabioyo comes straight back into the team. Understandable, but Josh Acheampong did nothing wrong.
West Ham XI
18:46 , Alex Young...and the hosts!
Our line-up for Chelsea 🥁 pic.twitter.com/Ywx7dNYoEu
— West Ham United (@WestHam) August 22, 2025
Chelsea XI
18:45 , Alex YoungTosin is back as Delap partners Joao Pedro in attack!
Your Chelsea! ⚫️#CFC | #WHUCHE pic.twitter.com/zFPaxp060K
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It’s a lovely evening in east London.
Team news is in just under 15 minutes. Sounds like no surprises in the Chelsea team.
Gittens already under threat at Chelsea as Estevao pushes for start
18:24 , Alex YoungWhen Jamie Gittens joined Chelsea, he explained in his first interview with the club that one of his reasons for signing was that Enzo Maresca’s system is “built for wingers to attack their full-back and create”.
The 21-year-old knows his arrival at Stamford Bridge following three successful years at Borussia Dortmund represents his 'big move'. It is now time for him to slot in to Chelsea’s system and prove a difference-maker in attack. He must grasp the opportunity.
Gittens made his competitive debut in last Sunday’s Premier League opener: Chelsea’s disappointing goalless draw at home to Crystal Palace.
After 54 minutes in which he completed all of his passes but only two of five attempted dribbles and struggled to make a noticeable impact, he was replaced by the 18-year-old Brazilian star Estevao, similarly right at the start of a potentially long and fruitful Chelsea career.
Estevao had more influence in just over half an hour than Gittens did as a starter, yet Maresca seemed hesitant when asked on Thursday whether Estevao might start against West Ham at the London Stadium on Friday night. Understandably, he looks poised to keep faith with Gittens and start the more experienced youngster again.
Maresca wants strikers to be more clinical
18:18 , Alex YoungEnzo Maresca said improving Chelsea's conversion rate could determine whether they build upon last season's fourth-placed Premier League finish.
The Blues have spent around £160million on attacking players, all of whom played some part in Sunday's lacklustre 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.
Despite a new look forward line, the difficulty the home side had in breaking down Palace bore hallmarks familiar to supporters who frequently watched their team labour to create and convert opportunities last season.
Chelsea ranked second in last season's Premier League in terms of big chances missed and placed 11th in percentage of shots scored.
Their tally of 64 league goals was beaten by Brighton and Brentford and matched by 17th-place Tottenham, whilst champions Liverpool outscored Maresca's team by 22.
"I don't know if we (now) have more capacity (to score), but for sure if we've made changes it's because we think that with changes we could improve out attacking phase," said Maresca.
"I was quite happy last year in terms goals we scored but with the amount of chances we created, I think we were one of the best in the league."
Potter downbeat on summer window
18:08 , Alex YoungGraham Potter insists a "silver bullet" is not going to save West Ham during the transfer window.
The Hammers' 3-0 opening-day defeat by Sunderland highlighted the shortcomings in Potter's squad ahead of the September 1 deadline.
Potter has brought in Kyle Walker-Peters, Mads Hermansen, El Hadji Malick Diouf and Callum Wilson while the club are being linked with Southampton midfielder Mateus Fernandes.
But Potter insisted: "The squad has had investment over a number of years and we have to get more out of the squad we have.
"We're also looking to improve as a club and we'll look to find a solution.
"When you have had a bad result everyone thinks a silver bullet's going to come from outside and save us all. History would suggest it doesn't work like that."
Score prediction
17:56 , Alex YoungChelsea couldn’t have asked for a better fixture to secure their first win of the season. Maresca will want to show fans they’re a serious outfit and that the discourse regarding their progress is true.
With the attacking talent at their disposal, expect Chelsea to be on the front foot and create chances and score goals.
Potter's side looks bereft of ideas at the moment. They seemingly have come into the season without being fully prepared and were punished against Sunderland.
Expect more of the same from this game, as many are tipping The Hammers to go down this season.
Chelsea to win, 3-1.
Early Chelsea team news
17:49 , Alex YoungChelsea manager Enzo Maresca can choose between Josh Acheampong, Tosin Adarabioyo and Wesley Fofana as he mulls over who to start alongside Trevoh Chalobah tonight.
Chelsea lost key starter Levi Colwill when he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during training and were set to pair Tosin with Chalobah against Palace until the former did not complete training on Saturday.
That led Maresca to play 19-year-old Acheampong, who could start again given he impressed against Palace.
However, Maresca explained in his press conference on Thursday that Fofana could get minutes against West Ham and that Tosin, who returned to training on Wednesday, is also available.
Maresca must decide whether he selects Joao Pedro or Liam Delap, his two new forwards, up front.
Early West Ham team news
17:42 , Alex YoungWest Ham will be without Edson Alvarez, who is close to joining Fenerbahce.
Crysencio Summerville is nearing a return from a long-term hamstring problem, but this game may come prematurely.
Despite conceding three goals on his debut, expect Mads Hermansen to keep Alphonse Areola out and continue between the sticks.
How to watch West Ham vs Chelsea
17:35 , Alex YoungTV channel: This game will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League.
Live stream: Sky subscribers can stream the match live on Sky Go, or you can also stream it on Now TV with a sports subscription.
Welcome
17:29 , Alex YoungGood evening and welcome to the London Standard’s LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between West Ham and Chelsea.
It’s another London derby for the Blues, who were held to a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace last time out. West Ham started the season with an alarming loss to Sunderland.
Will the Hammers raise their game under the lights tonight? Kick-off is at 8pm BST. Stick with us.
