Chelsea claimed their first victory of the season after a 5-1 Thrashing of London Rivals West Ham United, which started a Premier League campaign with back-to-back defeats for a record-similar ninth time.
2025/2026 Premier League
1-5
- Paqueta (6 ')
Match report
The side of Enzo Maresca got a blow before a ball was even kicked when Cole Palmer withdrew from the starting line-up due to an injury to global warming. Their misery was exacerbated in the sixth minute when Lucas Paquetá shot an absolute rocket with his left foot to put the hammers in the front, but the defensive vulnerabilities of the hosts soon emerged, allowing Chelsea to recover parity quickly. Marc Cucurella hit the corner of Pedro Neto towards João Pedro to go home his first goal against West Ham. A breathless opening 20 minutes seemed to have taken a new turn when Niclas Füllkrug shot in a left-wing strike, but VAR shot it because of a offside call against Jean-Clair Todibo in the structure.
The short -lived joy that was cascading around the London stage was soon forgotten, with Chelsea completing the reversal in the room of 17 minutes by Neto. The Portuguese were allowed to haunt the box that was not to Volley Home from Pedro's Cross, with the defense of the Hammers Static and Unalert against the danger. Palmer's replacement, Estêvão, was then the architect of the third goal of Chelsea and offered the saved for Enzo Fernández to tap and became the youngest player in PL history to help a goal for Chelsea at 18 years and 120 days old.
Fernández had added a fourth after Chelsea had effortlessly cut the West Ham defense, but could not find the goal on this occasion of the delivery of Neto from the left. But a fourth arrived, however, when Mads Hermansen made a hash of a incoming corner and Moisés Caicedo was present to punish the DANE error. Trevoh Chalobah added a fifth two minutes of shy of the hour after the unfortunate attempts of the home team to erase the danger, because many Hammers fans were on their way to an early exit.
This seemed like a reaction from the hosts, who wore a threat for the first time in the competition with a flurry of activity in the Chelsea box. The cross-shot of Kyle Walker-Peters was replaced by Caicedo away from the goal, with the hammers that showed something that looks like a reaction. It seemed that Chelsea was about to score their sixth moments later, with Reece James choosing brilliantly choosing Estêvão, but the efforts of the Brazilian took a battering and Hermansen made a comfortable salvation.
In the end it was a chastice evening for West Ham and Graham Potter, who has never defeated Chelsea in eight management meetings. And after he only picked up nine points in his first 10 home -pl games that were in charge, he broke an unwanted club record that was previously shared by Alan Curbishley and Avram Grant, who knew 10 in their first 10. Just like for Chelsea, they claimed their 33rd victory in this competition against the Hammers, only defeated Tottenham Hotspur more often and for at least 17 hours.
Match -Events
0 'Estevao Willian came to the XI tonight, to replace Cole Palmer
1 'Palmer seems to be injured when warming up
5 'goal! Paqueta unleashes an attempt in the top corner! West Ham 1-0 Chelsea
13 'Joao Pedro is brought into the box, but the ref does not give a punishment
15 'goal! Pedro Nets a header in the back of the net! West Ham 1-1 Chelsea
17 'The goal of West Ham is not allowed due to an offside
23 'goal! Neto thunder the ball in the net! West Ham 1-2 Chelsea
34 'goal! Enzo ends with a low shot such as Estêvão helps! West Ham 1-3 Chelsea
44 'Bowen's Scot is entitled to the line blocked by Cucurella
50 'Enzo receives a well -played pass, but he sends the ball high over the bar
54 'goal! Caicedo grabs the loose ball and scores! West Ham 1-4 Chelsea
58 'goal! Chalobah takes the ball in the box and shoots in! West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
70 'Caicedo knew the ball on the goalline!
76 'Jamie Gittens joins the action as a replacement, to replace Estêvão
Line-ups
West Ham XI: Füllkrug, Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Bowen, Aguerd, Paqueta, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Todibo, Mads Hermansen, El Hadji Malick Diouf
Subs: Callum Wilson, Areola, G. Rodriguez, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Andrew Irving, Freddie Potts, Callum Marshall, Oliver Scarles
Chelsea XI: Adarabioyo, Cucurella, Trevoh Chalobah, Robert Sánchez, Pedro Neto, João Pedro, Enzo, Caicedo, Gusto, Liam Delap, Estêvão
Subs: Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Jørgensen, Gabriel Slonina, Gittens, Dário Essugo, Jorrel Hato, Andrey Santos, Josh Achampong