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Chelsea v West Ham United : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 31st Jan, 17:30 BST, Stamford Bridge, London

Liam Rosenior welcomes Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo to the Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening, as their Chelsea and West Ham United sides clash in the English Premier League. All of the important stats for the tie, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers across 17 markets are included in this preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make a smart bet.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Chelsea or West Ham are in a rich vein of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 79% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Chelsea are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.48.

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Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Chelsea
56%
1.48
6%
1.44
Draw
23%
4.50
5%
5.00
West Ham
22%
6.00
14%
6.50
Draw 1-1
11%
9.50
5%
9.00
Chelsea 1-0
10%
10.00
9%
9.00
Chelsea 2-1
10%
9.00
5%
8.00
Chelsea 2-0
9%
9.008.50
Chelsea 3-1
6%
12.009.50
West Ham 1-0
6%
21.00
19%
19.00
Chelsea 3-0
6%
12.00
9%
10.00
West Ham 2-1
6%
21.00
9%
17.00
Draw 0-0
5%
17.00
11%
17.00
Draw 2-2
5%
17.0013.00
Chelsea 3-2
3%
23.0017.00
West Ham 2-0
3%
41.0029.00
Chelsea 4-1
3%
21.00
11%
15.00
Chelsea 4-0
3%
21.00
11%
15.00
West Ham 3-1
2%
41.00
20%
34.00
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
1.53
2%
1.44
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
2.50
5%
2.60
Home 1st Goal
55%
1.44
3%
1.36
Away 1st Goal
42%
2.75
5%
3.25
No 1st Goal
3%
17.00
11%
15.00
BTTS - Yes
55%
1.671.65
1%
BTTS - No
45%
2.102.10
BTTS - Home Win
26%
2.88
10%
2.60
BTTS - Draw
17%
5.505.50
BTTS - Away Win
11%
9.50
14%
9.00
Home/draw
78%
1.13
3%
1.11
Away/draw
44%
2.63
4%
2.80
Home/away
77%
1.181.17
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
1.17
3%
1.13
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
5.00
9%
5.25
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
2.30
10%
2.10
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
1.62
6%
1.67
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
4.00
7%
3.40
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1.25
3%
1.29
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
7.00
8%
6.00
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1.10
1%
1.11
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1.03
1%
1.01
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
17.00
11%
15.00
Home DNB
72%
1.18
4%
1.14
Away DNB
38%
4.50
18%
5.00
Chelsea win to nil
29%
2.75
5%
-
West Ham win to nil
10%
13.00
13%
-
Chelsea / Chelsea
39%
2.20
7%
2.00
Chelsea / West Ham
2%
41.0034.00
Chelsea / Draw
6%
17.0013.00
Draw / Chelsea
18%
4.75
6%
4.40
Draw / West Ham
6%
13.00
24%
13.00
Draw / Draw
11%
8.00
6%
7.50
West Ham / Chelsea
5%
19.0017.00
West Ham / West Ham
8%
11.00
15%
9.00
West Ham / Draw
5%
19.0015.00
Win / draw / win Premier League table

Chelsea have played 22 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 5 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Chelsea have outscored their opponents by 36 goals to 24 goals.

Home League Performance

Chelsea have played 11 games at home winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

West Ham are in 18th position in the Premier League on 17 points having played 22 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 19 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 5 and won 3. West Ham have conceded 39 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Chelsea
West Ham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal2215522650 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 1
May 9
l
 
2-0A
2
Man City2213452443 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
Mar 14
l
 
3-0A
3
A Villa221345843 
l
 
1-2F
Mar 4
l
 
2-3F
Mar 21
4
Liverpool221066436 
w
 
2-1F
May 9
l
 
0-2A
Feb 28
5
Man Utd22985635 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
Feb 10
d
 
1-1A
6
Chelsea229761234 
-
-
l
 
1-5F
Jan 31
7
Brentford221039533 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
0-2A
May 2
8
Newcastle22967533 
Mar 14
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-1A
May 17
9
Sunderland22895033 
l
 
1-2F
May 24
Jan 24
l
 
3-0A
10
Everton22958-132 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 21
Apr 25
d
 
1-1A
11
Fulham22949-131 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
Mar 4
12
Brighton22796330 
l
 
1-3F
Apr 25
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
13
C Palace22778-228 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 25
l
 
1-2A
Apr 18
14
Spurs22769227 
May 17
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-3A
w
 
1-2F
15
Bournemouth22697-627 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 21
d
 
2-2F
16
Leeds22679-725 
Feb 10
l
 
3-1A
May 24
l
 
2-1A
17
Nottm Forest226412-1322 
May 2
w
 
0-3F
l
 
1-2F
w
 
0-3F
18
West Ham224513-2017 
Jan 31
w
 
1-5A
-
-
19
Burnley223514-1914 
Feb 21
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-2A
Feb 7
20
Wolves221516-268 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
Apr 11
l
 
3-0A
Win / draw / win form
Chelsea 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
West Ham 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Chelsea have beaten West Ham in 5 consecutive home league meetings
5
Chelsea have not lost to West Ham in 5 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Chelsea since 1994
Chelsea
West Ham
Goals: Scored
58
23
Games: Scored
25 / 28
17 / 28
Clean sheets
11 / 28
3 / 28
CHE
19
D
4
WHU
5
League games at West Ham since 1993
West Ham
Chelsea
Goals: Scored
34
51
Games: Scored
21 / 30
25 / 30
Clean sheets
5 / 30
9 / 30
CHE
14
D
5
WHU
11
Goal Statistics

Chelsea have been reliable in front of goal of late, scoring in 21 consecutive English Premier League matches. Their PG of 1.8 against West Ham United on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Chelsea 5th West Ham 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
12%
There is a 84% probability that Chelsea will score 1 or more goals
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that West Ham will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Chelsea’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+12
West Ham have scored 12% more goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
Chelsea
PG (predicted goals)
West Ham
1.8
1.1
Attack rating
31%
better
CHE
WHU
view stats
Games scored20
14
Failed to score2
8
Scored first12
8
Goals scored36
24
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.1
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
15
Avg. XG for1.9
1.4
KickOff rating
+31%
Defence rating
42%
better
CHE
WHU
view stats
Games conceded13
21
Clean sheets9
1
Conceded first8
14
Goals conceded24
44
Avg. goals conceded1.1
2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against13%
18%
Avg. XG against1.4
2
KickOff rating
+42%

Chelsea v West Ham Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Chelsea Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21746
R SánchezJ Pedro R James M Caicedo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Pedro  FWD2273
2
-
P Neto FWD2253
2
-
R Sánchez GLK211
2
1
T Chalobah DEF213
3
1
R James  DEF2124
4
-
E Fernández MID2162
5
-
M Cucurella  DEF202
4
1
M Gusto DEF1922
2
1
M Caicedo MID1731
5
1
E. Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves FWD1711
3
-
A Santos MID16
3
-
A Garnacho FWD1413
1
-
J Bynoe-Gittens FWD142
-
L Delap FWD131
2
-
C Palmer MID124
2
-
T Adarabioyo DEF11
2
-
W Fofana DEF11
2
-
J. Acheampong DEF91
-
J Hato DEF7
2
-
M Guiu FWD71
1
-
B Badiashile  DEF6
2
-
R Lavia MID4
-
T. George FWD4
2
-
F Jörgensen GLK2
-
West Ham Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22637
J BowenJ BowenE DioufL Paquetá
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Bowen FWD2261
3
-
M Fernandes MID2022
2
-
M Kilman DEF19
4
-
T Soucek MID192
1
1
A Areola GLK181
-
L Paquetá MID1841
6
1
C Wilson FWD1851
-
C Summerville FWD1711
3
-
K Walker-Peters DEF161
2
-
E Diouf DEF163
3
-
J Todibo DEF161
4
-
F Potts MID161
1
-
K Mavropanos DEF15
2
-
S Magassa MID141
2
-
A Wan-Bissaka DEF13
2
-
O. Scarles DEF8
-
G Rodríguez MID6
1
-
E. Mayers DEF5
-
J Ward-Prowse MID5
-
M Hermansen GLK4
-
Igor DEF4
-
T Castellanos FWD2
1
-
Pablo FWD2
-