Chelsea v West Ham United, 31 January 2026

Score3-2 to Chelsea
RefereeAnthony Taylor
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStamford Bridge
Attendance39,430

View Chelsea v West Ham United head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 60 Chelsea won: 34 Drawn: 10 West Ham United won: 16 Chelsea scored: 112 West Ham United scored: 59 . Chelsea had now won five consecutive meetings with West Ham United in the Premier League for the first time since March 2008 (six).

3 Chelsea

Manager: Liam Rosenior

2 West Ham United

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

João Pedro 57 G
Marc Cucurella 70 G
Enzo Fernández 90+2 G

Goals:

Jarrod Bowen 7 G
Crysencio Summerville 36 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Benoît Badiashile
Defender Trevoh Chalobah
Defender Malo Gusto
Defender Jorrel Hato
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder/Forward Alejandro Garnacho
Midfielder/Forward Jamie Gittens
Midfielder/Forward Cole Palmer
Forward Liam Delap

Starting lineup:

Alphonse Areola Goalkeeper
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender
Dinos Mavropanos Defender
Jean-Clair Todibo Defender
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Defender/Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward
Crysencio Summerville Midfielder/Forward
Taty Castellanos Forward
Pablo Felipe Forward

Substitutions:

Pedro Neto for Jamie Gittens 26
Marc Cucurella for Jorrel Hato 46
Wesley Fofana for Benoît Badiashile 46
João Pedro for Alejandro Garnacho 46
Reece James for Malo Gusto 81

Substitutions:

Max Kilman for Pablo Felipe 67
Callum Wilson for Taty Castellanos 76
Oliver Scarles for El Hadji Malick Diouf 81
Adama Traoré for Jarrod Bowen 81

Cards:

Moisés Caicedo 85 Y
Enzo Fernández 90+3 Y
João Pedro 90+7 Y

Cards:

Oliver Scarles 90+4 Y
Adama Traoré 90+7 Y
Jean-Clair Todibo 90+11 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Teddy Sharman-Lowe
Defender Josh Acheampong
Defender Wesley Fofana
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Defender/Midfielder Reece James
Midfielder Andrey Santos
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Forward João Pedro
Forward Marc Guiu

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen
Defender Max Kilman
Defender/Midfielder Soungoutou Magassa
Defender/Midfielder Freddie Potts
Defender/Midfielder Oliver Scarles
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Mohamadou Kanté
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Callum Wilson

Comments:

League position: 4th . This was Chelsea’s first win in their 57 games in the Premier League when they trailed by two or more goals at half-time (lost 50). . The Blues had now won 25 of their last 50 games in the Premier League (lost 13). . Liam Rosenior had now become the first Englishman to win his first three games as a manager in the Premier League since Craig Shakespeare at Leicester City in April 2017.

Comments:

League position: 18th . This was West Ham United’s first defeat in their last 39 games in the Premier League when they led by two or more goals at half-time since a 3-2 defeat at Wigan Athletic on 15 May 2011. . The Hammers failed in their attempt to win consecutive London derbies in the Premier League for the first time since December 2021. . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 21 consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since November 2008 (24). . Jean-Clair Todibo was shown a yellow card in the seventh added minute at the end of the game but was upgraded to a red card following a VAR review.

3 Chelsea

Manager: Liam Rosenior

Goals:

João Pedro 57 G
Marc Cucurella 70 G
Enzo Fernández 90+2 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Benoît Badiashile
Defender Trevoh Chalobah
Defender Malo Gusto
Defender Jorrel Hato
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder/Forward Alejandro Garnacho
Midfielder/Forward Jamie Gittens
Midfielder/Forward Cole Palmer
Forward Liam Delap

Substitutions:

Pedro Neto for Jamie Gittens 26
Marc Cucurella for Jorrel Hato 46
Wesley Fofana for Benoît Badiashile 46
João Pedro for Alejandro Garnacho 46
Reece James for Malo Gusto 81

Cards:

Moisés Caicedo 85 Y
Enzo Fernández 90+3 Y
João Pedro 90+7 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Teddy Sharman-Lowe
Defender Josh Acheampong
Defender Wesley Fofana
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Defender/Midfielder Reece James
Midfielder Andrey Santos
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Forward João Pedro
Forward Marc Guiu

Comments:

League position: 4th . This was Chelsea’s first win in their 57 games in the Premier League when they trailed by two or more goals at half-time (lost 50). . The Blues had now won 25 of their last 50 games in the Premier League (lost 13). . Liam Rosenior had now become the first Englishman to win his first three games as a manager in the Premier League since Craig Shakespeare at Leicester City in April 2017.

2 West Ham United

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Jarrod Bowen 7 G
Crysencio Summerville 36 G

Starting lineup:

Alphonse Areola Goalkeeper
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender
Dinos Mavropanos Defender
Jean-Clair Todibo Defender
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Defender/Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward
Crysencio Summerville Midfielder/Forward
Taty Castellanos Forward
Pablo Felipe Forward

Substitutions:

Max Kilman for Pablo Felipe 67
Callum Wilson for Taty Castellanos 76
Oliver Scarles for El Hadji Malick Diouf 81
Adama Traoré for Jarrod Bowen 81

Cards:

Oliver Scarles 90+4 Y
Adama Traoré 90+7 Y
Jean-Clair Todibo 90+11 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen
Defender Max Kilman
Defender/Midfielder Soungoutou Magassa
Defender/Midfielder Freddie Potts
Defender/Midfielder Oliver Scarles
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Mohamadou Kanté
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Callum Wilson

Comments:

League position: 18th . This was West Ham United’s first defeat in their last 39 games in the Premier League when they led by two or more goals at half-time since a 3-2 defeat at Wigan Athletic on 15 May 2011. . The Hammers failed in their attempt to win consecutive London derbies in the Premier League for the first time since December 2021. . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 21 consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since November 2008 (24). . Jean-Clair Todibo was shown a yellow card in the seventh added minute at the end of the game but was upgraded to a red card following a VAR review.