West Ham vs Chelsea LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest score and goal updates today
West Ham host Chelsea at the London Stadium today in the second of three London derbies this Premier League weekend. The Hammers have endured a difficult summer thus far but now appear to be making progress in the transfer market, raising hope they can improve on last season’s domestic form.
The Blues, meanwhile, showed some promising signs during their first game under Mauricio Pochettino in a draw against Liverpool last week. While they remain a work in progress, there is fresh optimism in their ranks after such a dire last season time out.
A fiery London derby that always seems to bring the best out of West Ham, it’s going to be fascinating to see how far Pochettino has taken his new team in such a short amount of time. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, with Nizaar Kinsella providing expert analysis from the ground!
Live updates
Half-time!
53min: That’s your lot. Plenty of entertainment.
51min: Hmm, but of concern here as Chukwuemeka is down receiving treatment. His game may be over.
50min: West Ham want half-time, in truth. Chelsea really pushing hard at the moment.
47min: Chilwell should score! Sterling has been superb this half and West Ham just cannot deal with him as he bursts into the area and picks up Chilwell at the back post, whose shot is blocked near the line.
45min: Palmieri wipes out Sterling, who quickly gets back to his feet and collides back into the West Ham defender. A bit of needle, there, perhaps.
Six mins added on.
PENALTY SAVED!
44min: Enzo is denied by Areola!
It was a poor penalty, at a good height for the keeper who dives to his right to palm away.
PENALTY!
42min: Penalty to Chelsea as Sterling is wiped out by Soucek!
40min: Chukwuemeka gets booked for a foul on Palmieri. The atmosphere has dropped slightly.
37min: So close to a second for West Ham! Another set-piece causes havoc in the Chelsea defence, thanks to fine work from Soucek, and Paqueta stretches to toe-poke a shot at goal which flicks off then outside of the post.
Nizaar Kinsella at London Stadium
Chelsea deserved that. They’ve had a really good spell of sustained pressure around West Ham’s goal and Carney Chukwuemeka scores his first Chelsea and career goal in style.
