West Ham vs Chelsea - as it happened: Blues' winning streak brought to an end

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The Hammers ended their miserable run of four straight league defeats with a 3-1 victory over Everton at Goodison Park, largely thanks to two goals from Andriy Yarmolenko.

However, Manuel Pellegrini faces his toughest test yet with Chelsea looking to maintain their position at the top of the Premier League table.

The Blues, along with Liverpool, are the only side with a 100% record in the league in a run which has seen them beat Arsenal.

Maurizio Sarri’s side kept the momentum going in midweek with a 1-0 win over PAOK in the Europa League and will be confident of three more points here.

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What time does it start?

West Ham vs Chelsea kicks off at 1:30pm (BST)

Where can I watch it?

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports’ Premier League and Main Event channels. Sky Sports subscribers can also stream the match via the SkyGo app.

Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.

It’s a big game for…

Lukasz Fabianski – The Pole withstood a barrage of first-half attempts before Gylfi Sigurdsson opened the scoring last weekend. Manuel Pellegrini’s side ran out eventual 3-1 winners at Goodison Park but his side are likely to face more of what they faced in the first 45 minutes with the visit of Manchester United following Sunday’s fixture. The Hammers will need the former Arsenal keeper to be at his best if they are to build upon their success on Merseyside.

Best stat…

Three: Maurizio Sarri could become just the third head coach or manager to win his first six league matches in charge. Victory over West Ham would see the Italian join fellow countryman Carlo Ancelotti, who replaced the 59-year-old at Napoli in the summer, and Pep Guardiola in achieving the feat.

Remember when…

It was a game that sadly had a fairly ugly ending as objects were launched between rival supporters, but Edimilson Fernandes’ superb strike should have been the main talking point from West Ham’s 2-1 victory over Chelsea in the fourth round of the 2017 League Cup. The 22-year-old midfielder added to Cheikhou Kouyate’s header with a stunning left-foot strike from 18 yards, before Gary Cahill swept home an injury-time consolation.

Player to watch…

Olivier Giroud – Eden Hazard may have received all the plaudits in Chelsea’s emphatic 4-1 win over Cardiff City, and rightly so, but you cannot help but feel that the Frenchman has more than adequately contributed to the Belgian’s form this season. The former Arsenal striker has not been as severely challenged as expected by Alvaro Morata but his link-up play with Hazard is something the Spaniard hasn’t offered in his career at Stamford Bridge. If he can add a few goals of his own, Chelsea will feel confident of maintaining their current position.

Will Olivier Giroud get the nod ahead of Alvaro Morata (AFP/Getty Images)

Past three-meetings…

Chelsea 1 (Azpilicueta) West Ham 1 (Hernandez), Premier League, April 2018

West Ham 1 (Arnautovic) Chelsea 0, Premier League, December 2017

West Ham 1 (Lanzini) Chelsea 2 (Hazard, Costa), Premier League, March 2017

Form guide…

West Ham: LLLWLW

Cheslsea: WWWWWW

Odds…

West Ham to win: 21/4

Chelsea to win: 13/25

Draw: 10/3

[23 September 2018 12:31 · Vithushan Ehantharajah]

Hello and welcome to our coverage of West Ham vs Chelsea.

[23 September 2018 12:34 · Michael Jones]

Team News:

[23 September 2018 12:44 · Michael Jones]

Marko Arnautović plays no part for West Ham today after failing to recover from a knee injury he picked up against Everton last week. 

He's scored 3 goals and made 1 assist in 5 games so far and West Ham will miss his presence up front.

Over to you Antonio...

[23 September 2018 12:47 · Michael Jones]

[23 September 2018 13:05 · Michael Jones]

For Chelsea a win today would see the Blues win their opening six Premier League games for just the third time. They did so in 2005-06 and 2009-10, winning the title in both of those seasons.

Maurizio Sarri could become the third manager to win his opening six Premier League games, Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola are the other two.

[23 September 2018 13:15 · Michael Jones]

Andriy Yarmolenko made his first start for West Ham last week, where he scored two goals in the win against Everton.

With Arnautovic out today, what impact will Yarmolenko have on the game? 

[23 September 2018 13:19 · Michael Jones]

West Ham could land on either end of the spectrum today, as they are seeking consecutive Premier League wins for the first time since January 2017.

However, they could lose their opening three home league games of a season for the first time.

And the odds aren't great for them as they haven't won any of their last six London derbies.

[23 September 2018 13:28 · Michael Jones]

3 points for Chelsea and they will draw level with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League and set up a cracking game when the Reds travel to Stamford Bridge next Saturday.

[23 September 2018 13:32 · Michael Jones]

West Ham 0 - 0 Chelsea

Chelsea start the match, they kick it forward and win a throw in, West Ham win back the ball and hit it long to Antonio who wins the ball and wins a throw in.

[23 September 2018 13:34 · Michael Jones]

3 mins: West Ham 0 - 0 Chelsea

Alonso is asked to clear the ball under threat from Antonio and he does well, Chelsea send the ball down the right wing and Jorginho giv es the ball to Hazard who tries to send Giroud into the area but loses the ball.