West Ham beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in November through an Aaron Cresswell goal. They are looking to complete their first league double over their London rivals since 2002-03 – a campaign in which they were relegated from the Premier League.
Subs: Jorginho, Olivier Giroud, Willy Caballero, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Billy Gilmour, Kurt Zouma, Reece James, Mason Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi.
CHELSEA XI (4-3-3): Kepa Arrizabalaga; Cesar Azpilicueta (c), Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rudiger, Marcos Alonso; Ross Barkley, N’Golo Kante, Mateo Kovacic; Willian, Tammy Abraham, Christian Pulisic.
Subs: Jack Wilshere, Fabian Balbuena, Darren Randolph, Felipe Anderson, Andriy Yarmolenko, Xande Silva, Ben Johnson, Albian Ajeti, Alfie Lewis.
WEST HAM XI (4-2-3-1): Lukasz Fabianski; Ryan Fredericks, Issa Diop, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell; Declan Rice (c), Tomas Soucek; Jarrod Bowen, Manuel Lanzini, Pablo Fornals; Michail Antonio.
In complete contrast to their London rivals, Chelsea have taken maximum points since returning to action and edged past Leicester City in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on Sunday. Frank Lampard’s men are on a five game winning run in all competitions, in fact, and are two points clear of fifth-place Manchester United ahead of this game.
West Ham have lost back-to-back matches since returning to action last month, going down by the same 2-0 scoreline to Wolves and Tottenham. It is one win in 11 league games going further back, meanwhile, with David Moyes’ side only outside the relegation zone thanks to a superior goal difference over Bournemouth and Aston Villa.
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