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Chelsea's head coach Enzo Maresca says he is yet to decide if keeper Robert Sanchez will start after his mistake led to a goal in the defeat by Manchester City last Saturday. Benoit Badiashile, Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana remain on the sidelines. West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen could return after a month out with a fractured foot. Lucas Paqueta faces a fitness test on a groin problem, while Crysencio Summerville is doubtful due to a hamstring injury. Konstantinos Mavropanos is available again after suspension. Head-to-head Chelsea have won the past two Premier League meetings by an aggregate score of 8-0 and are aiming to win three top-flight matches in a row against West Ham for the first time since 2011. The Blues have won 31 Premier League matches against West Ham, second only to their 36 victories against Tottenham. The Hammers' only victory in their last 18 top-flight fixtures at Stamford Bridge was by 1-0 in November 2019. Chelsea Chelsea have followed a run of five straight top-flight victories with one win in their subsequent seven. Their three defeats in the past six league matches is as many as they had in their previous 32 top-flight fixtures. Enzo Maresca's side are winless in their last four league away games. Chelsea have scored the opening goal in five of their past six league matches but have gone on to win only one of those (D2, L2). The Blues are the only Premier League side not to have given a single minute to a player aged 30 or older this season. Tosin Adarabioyo is the oldest player to feature at 27 years and 118 days. Robert Sanchez has made five errors leading to a goal in the Premier League this season, the joint-highest figure along with Ipswich's Arijanet Muric. It is already the highest tally by a Chelsea player in a season since such records were kept from 2007-08. Nicolas Jackson's tally of 11 goals in 14 London derbies is the most of any top-flight player since he joined the Blues at the start of last season. West Ham United West Ham have won just two of their past eight league games. They have conceded nine goals in the opening 10 minutes of matches this season, two more than any other side prior to the latest round of fixtures - and their most ever in a season. The Hammers have forced 33 high turnovers since Graham Potter's first league game in charge, second only to Manchester City ahead of the current matchround. The Hammers ranked 10th for this metric under Julen Lopetegui. Potter is aiming to become the first ex-Chelsea manager to return to Stamford Bridge and win a Premier League fixture. The previous eight managers failed to do so in a combined 22 attempts (D8, L14). Mohammed Kudus has completed a top-flight high of 57 dribbles in the Premier League this season. Kudus has completed five or more dribbles in 20 Premier League matches since joining West Ham at the start of last season, the most of any player in Europe's five biggest leagues. Last Updated 29th January 2025 at 11: 32 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions Chelsea have won their last two Premier League meetings with West Ham by an aggregate score of 8-0 – they last won three in a row against the Hammers between 2010 and 2011. West Ham have won just one of their last 18 Premier League away games against Chelsea (D4 L13), losing the last four in a row since a 1-0 win in November 2019. Since Christmas, Chelsea have scored the opening goal in five of their six Premier League games but have only won one of those (D2 L2), with only Spurs (11) dropping more points from winning positions across that time than the Blues (10). West Ham United have conceded nine Premier League goals in the opening 10 minutes of matches this season, two more than any other side and their most in a single campaign. Chelsea, meanwhile, have scored five goals in the first 10 minutes, with only Brentford scoring more (6). Chelsea have lost three of their last six Premier League games (W1 D2), as many as they’d lost in their previous 32 combined (W19 D10 L3). In this timeframe (26 December onwards), the Blues are 15th in the Premier League form table. Since Graham Potter’s first Premier League game in charge of West Ham United, only Man City (37) have forced more high turnovers than the Hammers (33). They ranked 10th for this metric under Julen Lopetegui up until his final game on 4 January. Chelsea are the only Premier League side yet to give a single minute to a player aged 30 or older this season, with Tosin Adarabioyo their oldest player (27y 118d vs Wolves on 20 January). Their current run of 23 games without a player aged 30+ is the longest run by a team since Fulham went 30 games in the 2020-21 campaign. This will be Graham Potter’s first meeting with Chelsea since he left the club in April 2023. Eight former Chelsea managers have taken charge against the Blues at Stamford Bridge after leaving the club in the Premier League and none have won across those 22 games (D8 L14). Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson has scored 11 goals in his last 14 Premier League London derby matches, with this total of 11 the most of any player in London derbies across the last two seasons. West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus has completed the most dribbles of any player in the Premier League this season (57). He has completed 6+ dribbles in three Premier League games in 2024-25, with only Man City’s Jérémy Doku doing so more often (4). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.