West Ham vs Chelsea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd August 2025

As the early season favourites, West Ham will look to justify their title credentials on Friday when they take on Chelsea for a round 2 match in the Premier League.

A look at the Premier League standings shows that one points and nine places currently separate the two teams.

West Ham will be hopeful of getting on the board after an unlucky opening game to the new Premier League campaign which left them empty-handed.

Nobody likes to be on the losing side, especially so early into a new season. West Ham and Chelsea are no exception in this respect. Both teams are eager to improve from last term, leading us to expect an exciting affair at London Stadium.

West Ham are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 13 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.3 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 16 goals, or an average of 1.6 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to one clean sheets in this run.

Chelsea scored 11 goals, conceded six and managed six clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Chelsea beat West Ham twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 2-1 and 3-0, respectively.

West Ham vs Chelsea Prediction

West Ham Form

West Ham are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Nottingham Forest by a 1-2 score, before winning 1-3 against Ipswich. They were back on the losing side in a 3-0 defeat against Sunderland. West Ham only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at London Stadium in the Premier League. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded seven goals.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea recorded a draw and two wins, as the won by 0-2 and 3-0 against Fluminense and Paris Saint-Germain, respectively. Last time out, Crystal Palace ended their streak as the match finished even 0-0. Chelsea won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says six goals conceded and four scored.

Chelsea are in for a win on Friday, but at London Stadium we expect West Ham to put up a fight and limit the expected defeat.

West Ham vs Chelsea Squads

West Ham Squad

Potter will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Chelsea from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Alphonse Areola (0/0), Krisztian Hegyi (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/1), Wesley Foderingham (0/0), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (0/1), Emerson (0/0), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/1), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/0), Max Kilman (0/1), Nayef Aguerd (0/1), Andy Irving (0/1), Crysencio Summerville (0/0), Edson Alvarez (0/0), Freddie Potts (0/0), George Earthy (0/0), Guido Rodriguez (0/1), James Ward-Prowse (0/1), Lucas Paqueta (0/1), Luis Guilherme (0/0), Malick Diouf (0/1), Mohamadou Kante (0/0), Oliver Scarles (0/0), Tomas Soucek (0/1), Callum Marshall (0/0), Callum Wilson (0/1), Jarrod Bowen (0/1), Lewis Orford (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (0/0), Niclas Fuellkrug (0/1).

Chelsea Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Chelsea players that the manager Enzo Maresca will choose from for the upcoming game:

Filip Joergensen (0/0), Gabriel Slonina (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/1), Aaron Anselmino (0/0), Alfie Gilchrist (0/0), Axel Disasi (0/0), Ben Chilwell (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/0), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Jorrel Hato (0/0), Josh Acheampong (0/1), Levi Colwill (0/0), Malo Gusto (0/1), Marc Cucurella (0/1), Reece James (0/1), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/0), Trevoh Chalobah (0/1), Wesley Fofana (0/0), Andrey Santos (0/1), Carney Chukwuemeka (0/0), Cole Palmer (0/1), Dario Essugo (0/0), Enzo Fernandez (0/1), Jamie Gittens (0/1), Moises Caicedo (0/1), Omari Kellyman (0/0), Renato Veiga (0/0), Romeo Lavia (0/0), Tyrique George (0/0), Christopher Nkunku (0/0), David Datro Fofana (0/0), Estevao (0/1), Joao Pedro (0/1), Liam Delap (0/1), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/0), Nicolas Jackson (0/0), Pedro Neto (0/1), Raheem Sterling (0/0), Shumaira Mheuka (0/0).

West Ham vs Chelsea Team News

West Ham seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment on Friday. West Ham have to alter their line-up, as both Nayef Aguerd and Edson Alvarez get a day in the shade.

West Ham vs Chelsea Lineups

West Ham vs Chelsea H2H

Chelsea got the better of The Irons in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 2-1 and 3-0, respectively. Chelsea will be excited about a meeting with West Ham, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Chelsea go into the match with a 7-1-2 advantage. The bookies have Chelsea to win this match at best price odds of 7/10.

West Ham vs Chelsea Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when West Ham welcome Chelsea as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies on Friday.

West Ham vs Chelsea Betting Tips

Jarrod Bowen found the target four times in his previous six matches, whereas Marc Cucurella just scored once in a similar number of matches.

West Ham won two of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing four and losing four as well. Chelsea won eight from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew zero and lost two in this run. Goals are usually flowing for West Ham on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Chelsea in their last 10 league games away from home.

The last ten encounters between West Ham and Chelsea saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with West Ham averaging 0.9 goals a game. Chelsea scored 2.1 goals on average in these, as both teams scored five times in this run. West Ham saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Chelsea, who scored 2.3 times on average in these matches.