Chelsea Vs WestHam 1:0 – Match Report, Summary, Highlight
It’s another great and interesting encounter between the blues and the hammers of WESTHAM at Stamford bridge. Both teams made every effort to dominate and control the match so as to achieve victory. Some key players for the Blues were absent from the match due to injury in the likes of Chilwell, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Mateo Kovacic and Antonio Rudiger and Reece James. Chelsea Vs WestHam 1:0 – Match Report, Summary, Highlight. Trending: Angers Vs PSG – Match Reports, Summary (Angers 0:3 PSG).
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It’s another great and interesting encounter between the blues and the hammers of WESTHAM at Stamford bridge. Both teams made every effort to dominate and control the match so as to achieve victory. Some key players for the Blues were absent from the match due to injury in the likes of Chilwell, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Mateo Kovacic and Antonio Rudiger and Reece James.
The blues had a very disappointing home match in their last home game consecutively losing to Brentford, Real Madrid and Arsenal…
On the other hand West Ham United manager David Moyes was in high hope expecting a win from his team. As regards to his high expectation, he had got his teams prepared with lots of training and also rested some of his players for the thigh against the blues.
In the first 3 month into the premier league, Chelsea’s performance was exceptional and pleasing as they could easily defeat any team. But in the long run, they missed out as a result of the few losses they experienced.
Today’s match was exceptionally tactical for both teams as the first half ended in a goalless draw. Taking a look at their starting lineup, the coaches made some selections he believed could achieve victory.
CHELSEA STARTING LINEUP: (3-4-3)
Mendy | Christensen, Silva,Azpilicueta(c) |Alonso, Jorginho, Kanté, Loftus-Cheek | Werner, Havertz, Mount
Substitutions:
Arrizabalaga, Chalobah, Kenedy,
Sarr, Barkley, Saúl, Pulisic, Ziyech, Lukaku
Coach: Thomas Tuchel
Chelsea Vs WestHam 1:0 – Match Report, Summary, Highlight
WESTHAM STARTING LINEUP: (3-4-3)
Fabianski, Masuaku, Cresswell, Dawson, Johnson, Coufal, Souček, Noble ©, Yarmolenko, Benrahma, Fornals
Substitutions:
Areola, Fredericks, Alese, Rice,
Král, Lanzini, Vlasic, Bowen, Antonio
Coach: David Moyes
HEAD TO HEAD
Chelsea and West Ham played so far 43
matches including home and away. Chelsea have won 24 direct matches while West Ham have won 10 matches. 9 matches resulted in a draw.
With this Chelsea should have a better advantage over West Ham.
Chelsea Vs WestHam 1:0 – Match Report, Summary, Highlight
MATCH SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS.
The first ‘45 + 3 minutes was goalless as both teams found it difficult to create a goal. West Ham were really satisfied with the first half result as it would get them more prepared for the second half.
Looking vividly at the first half of the match, we discovered that Chelsea created a lot of chances and also got a lot of possession on the ball compared to West Ham that only needed a draw at the first half of the match.
West Ham goalkeeper also made few saves and was also very much vigilant in the match as he could easily organize the defenders.
2nd HALF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Into the second half, Chelsea were much at their best and were able to create some chances that were saved by the West Ham goalkeeper. Kanté took a quick shot at the ‘57th minute but was denied by the goalkeeper.
So far no changes had been made by either of the teams. ‘70 into the match, Mendy made some fantastic saves that got the spectators cheering.
Mount and Werner had some few chances to score but were denied access by the defenders. In the 81’ minute, Alonso was awarded a yellow card for a foul he committed.
The 84th minute was very dramatic owing to the fact that Dawson pulled down Lukaku in the goal box as he was about to create a goal but the referee quickly sighted that and blew the whistle for a penalty in which a red card was awarded to him. Unfortunately for the Blues the penalty was denied by Fabianski the West Ham goalkeeper leaving the score line the same.
CHELSEA 0:0 WEST HAM
‘90 minute into the match, Mount made a pass to Alonso then. Alonso made an accurate cross to Pulisic and he located the net with his left foot. That was a fantastic goal for the Blues as it was the winning goal. As regards to this goal, it has made the Blues retain the first position on the table firmly.
CHELSEA 1:0 WEST HAM.
CHANGES MADE
Rice replace Noble (West Ham)
Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaced by Ziyech(CHELSEA)
Havertz replaced by Lukaku(CHELSEA)
Werner replaced by Pulisic(CHELSEA)
YELLOW CARD
Marcos Alonso(CHELSEA)
Craig Dawson(WEST HAM)
RED CARD
Craig Dawson(WEST HAM)
Chelsea was able to defeat West Ham at Stamford bridge to solidify the 3rd position with 65 points leaving WestHam at 7th position with 52 points.
What do you think could have been the cause of WestHam losing at the 90th minute?
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