Chelsea vs West Ham LIVE: Blues eye European spot as Moyes aims to end wait for victory at Stamford Bridge: kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Chelsea will look to maintain their late push for a European place when they host West Ham at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

The Blues beat London rivals Tottenham 2-0 in midweek to return to winning ways after a tough loss to Arsenal and a tie with Aston Villa.

Mauricio PochettinoThe team is now just three points adrift of the top six with four games remaining and can massively boost their confidence with another win.

they assume the hammers who can overcome their opponents if they emerge victorious and end their three-match winless streak.

Chelsea vs West Ham: Moyes' problems at Stamford Bridge

David Moyes faces a trip to Chelsea for the 19th time this weekend.

In 18 attempts, the 61-year-old has never won at Stamford Bridge.

He has lost 11 times and drawn another seven while still waiting for his first win in SW6.

Pochettino is on the home bench for this match and will be the 11th different Blues coach Moyes faces at the stadium.

Their 18-game winless streak is the second-longest in the Premier League at a single venue.

Incredibly, Moyes himself has the longest current time, as he has also gone 19 games without winning at Anfield against Liverpool.

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• West Ham United are looking to record only their third double in the Premier League over Chelsea, having already done so in 2002-03 and 2019-20.
• Chelsea have lost just one of their last 17 home league games against West Ham United (12 wins, 4 draws), a 1-0 defeat in November 2019 under Frank Lampard.

Chelsea vs West Ham: team news

Chelsea almost had a bench full of teenagers against Spurs last time out due to the injury crisis that continues to plague them.

Levi Colwill and Christopher Nkunku are close to returning, while James Reece He also goes back to training.

Axel Disasi and Thiago Silva They both disappeared midweek as Robert Sanchez and Lesley Ugochukwu continue to recover.

Raheem Sterling is meant to stay by the side Bad TasteCarney Chukwuemeka, Ben Chilwell, Enzo Fernandez, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia.

As for West Ham, they don't have many problems to deal with.

However, Moyes will be keen to bring back Konstantinos Mavropanos and Nayef Aguerd to provide more depth at centre-back.

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• Chelsea have won just one of their last 13 Premier League games played on a Sunday (D5 L7), a 3-2 victory over Brighton in December this season.
• The team that scored first in Premier League matches between Chelsea and West Ham lost 10 times; The only games that recorded more defeats by the team that scored first in the competition are Southampton vs Tottenham (13), Chelsea vs Sunderland (11). ), and Liverpool vs Newcastle (11).

Chelsea vs West Ham: What has been said?

Pochettino has caused Chelsea fans he thinks he's about to lose his job at the end of the season after an awkward interview on Thursday.

Speaking after beating Tottenham, he admitted his destiny was not in his hands and said: “Enough is enough. All managers need time to translate their ideas and philosophy.

“It's not my decision (if I have time). I don't know (if I'm being judged by the owners).

“It's hard to see every week that I'm under scrutiny and judgment.

“It's not my decision whether to be here or not (next season).

“I can't say anything. What I can say is that after the decision, if we want to match Chelsea's history, there is a lot of work to do.

“We'll see if we have time to build this way.”

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• Cole Palmer has scored or assisted against 13 different Premier League opponents this season for Chelsea, although he is yet to face West Ham. Only six different players have scored or assisted against 14 different teams in a Premier League season for the Blues, most recently Eden Hazard in 2018-19 (15).
• Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio scored in the 2-2 draw against Liverpool last time out, the seventh different Premier League game in which they both scored for West Ham. This is the joint most of two players to have scored in the same match in the competition for the Hammers, along with Paolo Di Canio and Frederic Kanoute.

Chelsea vs West Ham: how to follow

This Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, May 5.

Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

Unfortunately, the game will not be broadcast live on television in the UK.

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