Team
news and stats ahead of West Ham vs Chelsea in the Premier League on
Saturday (kick-off 5.30pm).
Team news
Jesse Lingard has been passed fit for West Ham's showdown with Champions
League rivals Chelsea.
The on-loan Manchester United forward limped off at Newcastle last week but
the problem was only cramp.
However, West Ham are without Craig Dawson through suspension, while Declan
Rice and Michail Antonio are still out injured and Aaron Cresswell and
Arthur Masuaku are doubts.
Mateo Kovacic will miss the clash at London Stadium for the Blues.
The Croatia midfielder continues to struggle with a hamstring problem, and
could miss Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg at Real Madrid
too.
Chelsea are otherwise at full strength, with Thomas Tuchel having already
confirmed that Edouard Mendy will start in goal ahead of Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Opta stats
West Ham have won three of their last five home league games against Chelsea
(D1 L1), as many as in their previous 14 against them. They last won
back-to-back home league games against the Blues in May 2003.
Chelsea are looking to achieve their eighth Premier League double over West
Ham, something they've only managed as many times in the competition against
Man City (10), Sunderland (8) and Tottenham (8).
West Ham are unbeaten in their last five home Premier League London derbies
(W3 D2), last having a longer such run between January 2006-January 2007 (6
games).
Only Manchester City (38) have won more points in Premier League home games
this season than West Ham (31). Indeed, West Ham have won nine of their 16
home league games this season (D4 L3), last reaching double figures in a
top-flight campaign back in 2001-02 (12).
Both teams have scored at least twice in each of West Ham's last four
Premier League games - the last time that happened in five games in a row
for a club in the top-flight was the Hammers themselves in March/April 2016,
with that run including a 2-2 draw with Chelsea.
Chelsea are unbeaten in all nine of their away games under Thomas Tuchel in
all competitions (W7 D2) - no manager has ever remained unbeaten in their
first 10 on the road in charge of the Blues.
West Ham manager David Moyes' last four Premier League wins against Chelsea
have seen a different manager in the opposite dugout - Carlo Ancelotti (May
2011), André Villas-Boas (February 2012), Antonio Conte (December 2017) and
Frank Lampard (July 2020).
West Ham have had a player score a goal and an own goal in two of their last
four Premier League matches (Tomas Soucek vs Arsenal, Issa Diop vs
Newcastle). Before this, just two players had done so in the Hammers' 948
Premier League games (Frank Lampard v Leicester Nov 1998 and Carlton Cole v
Fulham May 2010).
West Ham's Jesse Lingard has scored in each of his last five Premier League
appearances for the Hammers, with only Diafra Sakho ever scoring in six in a
row for the club, doing so in September/October 2014.
Jesse Lingard has been involved in 12 Premier League goals in his first 10
appearances for West Ham (9 goals, 3 assists). Only three players have had a
hand in more goals in their first 10 appearances for a club - Mick Quinn at
Coventry City, Les Ferdinand at Newcastle United and Bruno Fernandes at
Manchester United (all 13).
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