Chelsea wins big.
Chelsea defeated West Ham United 5-0 in the 36th round of the 2023-24 Premier League (PL) season at Stamford Bridge in London, England, on Friday at 10 p.m. ET. With the win, Chelsea moved up to seventh place in the league with 54 points. West Ham, on the other hand, remains in ninth place in the league with 49 points.
Chelsea brought out a 4-2-3-1 formation. Nicholas Jackson, Mikhail Mkhitaryan, Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke, Conor Gallagher, Moises Kaysedou, Mark Cucurella, Benuwa Badiashil, Thiago Silva, Trevor Chalobah, and Jorginho started in the back four.
West Ham also lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Michail Antonio, Mohamed Khedous, Lucas Paqueta, Jerrod Bowen, Tomasz Szczecszek, Edson Alvarez, Emerson, Angelo Ogbonna, Kurt Zouma, Vladimir Koufal, and Alphonse Areola started for the Hammers.
Chelsea took the lead first. In the 15th minute, Madueke’s cross from the left flank was met by Jackson at the back post, but the defender was unable to handle the ball properly. Palmer was waiting for the rebound and finished with his left foot to give Chelsea the lead.
West Ham would be disappointed. In the 16th minute, Bowen’s header off a corner kick hit the post and went wide. Chelsea pushed for more. In the 18th minute, Madueke’s shot was deflected by the defense. From the ensuing corner, Chalobah’s header was headed straight at the keeper.
Chelsea added a second. In the 30th minute, Palmer’s killer pass from the edge of the box was met by Madueke, but the West Ham defense cleared it away. The ball bounced high and Gallagher finished with a right-footed volley that rattled the net.
Chelsea didn’t stop there. In the 36th minute, off a corner kick, Gallagher’s cross was headed on by Silva. Madueke headed it home to extend the lead.
West Ham hit the ground running. In the 44th minute, Koufal’s cross from the right flank was pushed away by the keeper. The second ball was played in by Bowen, but he hit the post. The first half ended with Chelsea leading 3-0.
At the start of the second half, West Ham pulled out their substitutions. Alvarez was taken off and James Ward-Prowse was brought on.
Chelsea struck again early in the second half. Three minutes into the second half, Madueke ran onto a long pass from Chalobah at the back 토토사이트 post and found himself one-on-one with the keeper. Madueke didn’t get greedy, sending a pass to the side for Jackson to slot home.
West Ham squandered a crucial chance. Eight minutes into the second half, Emerson found himself one-on-one with the keeper after Paqueta’s killer pass, but he couldn’t find the back of the net. In the 10th minute of the second half, Ward-Prowse’s shot from just outside the penalty box was saved by Petrovic, who was able to get a hand to it.
Chelsea finally got a shot off. In the 19th minute of the second half, Palmer collected the ball in front of the arc and fired a left-footed shot that was saved by the keeper. West Ham hit the post for the third straight time. In the 34th minute, Bowen’s shot from inside the penalty box found the back of the net. It was the third time Bowen had missed the target on the day.
Chelsea drove a wedge into the game. In the 35th minute, Jackson latched onto a killer pass from Caicedo and calmly finished one-on-one with the keeper for his first multi-goal game of the night. Chelsea began to consolidate. In the 38th minute of the second half, Silva and Chalobah were replaced by Axel Dias and Marlo Guisto.
Chelsea made another substitution. In the 44th minute, Palmer was taken off for Alfie Gilchrist. Five minutes of stoppage time were awarded. Neither team could find the back of the net, and the game ended with a 5-0 victory for Chelsea.