Premier League: West Ham vs Chelsea – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League game between West Ham and Chelsea who meet up on Friday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

As the early season favourites, West Ham will look to justify their title credentials on Friday when they take on Chelsea for a round 2 match in the Premier League.

West Ham endured a disappointing opening game in the new Premier League season which left them stunned without points.

Team form: West Ham vs Chelsea

West Ham Form

Showing inconsistent form, West Ham lost two of their past three matches, going down 1-2 against Nottingham Forest, before beating Ipswich 1-3. The joy was short-lived, as Sunderland proved too strong in a 3-0 defeat. West Ham just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the London Stadium. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded seven goals.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea recorded a draw and two wins, as the won by 0-2 and 3-0 against Fluminense and Paris Saint-Germain, respectively. Last time out, Crystal Palace ended their streak as the match finished even 0-0. Chelsea won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says six goals conceded and four scored.

Betting stats and facts for West Ham and Chelsea

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between West Ham and Chelsea. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: West Ham vs Chelsea

Jarrod Bowen is showing good form for West Ham, scoring four goals in their last six matches. Marc Cucurella scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Betting markets: West Ham vs Chelsea

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at London Stadium across all tournaments West Ham won two times, drew four and lost four times. Chelsea claimed eight wins, zero draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away.

Both teams to score

West Ham scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Astonishingly, Chelsea scored the opening goal of the match in seven of their last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive home games West Ham played. Chelsea have not conceded a goal in 3 consecutive games. Chelsea will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Friday with West Ham managing a measly two clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to six clean sheets in their previous 10 games. Chelsea have scored in 6 consecutive meetings with West Ham when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for West Ham, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Chelsea, who scored 2.3 times on average in these matches. Chelsea’s last 3 matches had less than three goals.