Chelsea strengthened their chances of securing European shot adjacent season, cruising to triumph against West Ham astatine Stamford Bridge.
It took conscionable 15 minutes for Chelsea to get their noses successful beforehand pinch Cole Palmer reacting quickest to meet a loose shot successful nan West Ham box.
West Ham almost deed backmost instantly erstwhile Jarrod Bowen's header collapsed backmost disconnected nan crossbar, but it was one-way postulation from past on.
Chelsea doubled their lead connected nan half-hour people done Conor Gallagher earlier Noni Madueke headed successful nan 3rd six minutes later.
Nicolas Jackson struck doubly successful nan 2nd half to information disconnected a wholly affirmative day for nan Blues.
With conscionable 3 games near to play, Chelsea's play seems to beryllium heading for a beardown decorativeness arsenic they person climbed up to seventh and beryllium conscionable 2 points awkward of sixth-placed Newcastle, while West Ham, who person 2 games remaining, enactment ninth.
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Chelsea
Squad number28Player namePetrovic
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number5Player nameBadiashile
Squad number3Player nameCucurella
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number11Player nameMadueke
Squad number20Player namePalmer
Squad number10Player nameMudryk
Squad number15Player nameJackson
Squad number2Player nameDisasi
Squad number18Player nameNkunku
Squad number27Player nameGusto
Squad number31Player nameCasadei
Squad number42Player nameGilchrist
West Ham United
Squad number23Player nameAreola
Squad number5Player nameCoufal
Squad number4Player nameZouma
Squad number21Player nameOgbonna
Squad number33Player nameEmerson
Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
Squad number28Player nameSoucek
Squad number20Player nameBowen
Squad number10Player nameLucas Paquetá
Squad number14Player nameKudus
Squad number9Player nameAntonio
Squad number3Player nameCresswell
Squad number7Player nameWard-Prowse
Squad number18Player nameIngs
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 28Petrovic
- 14ChalobahSubstituted forGustoat 83'minutes
- 6Thiago SilvaSubstituted forDisasiat 82'minutes
- 5Badiashile
- 3CucurellaBooked astatine 38mins
- 25Caicedo
- 23Gallagher
- 11MaduekeSubstituted forCasadeiat 76'minutes
- 20PalmerSubstituted forGilchristat 89'minutes
- 10MudrykSubstituted forNkunkuat 76'minutes
- 15Jackson
Substitutes
- 2Disasi
- 7Sterling
- 13Bettinelli
- 18Nkunku
- 26Colwill
- 27Gusto
- 31Casadei
- 36de Souza Eugênio
- 42Gilchrist
West Ham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Areola
- 5Coufal
- 4Zouma
- 21OgbonnaBooked astatine 34mins
- 33EmersonBooked astatine 45mins
- 19ÁlvarezSubstituted forWard-Prowseat 45'minutes
- 28Soucek
- 20Bowen
- 10Lucas PaquetáBooked astatine 45minsSubstituted forCresswellat 76'minutes
- 14Kudus
- 9AntonioSubstituted forIngsat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Fabianski
- 2Johnson
- 3Cresswell
- 7Ward-Prowse
- 17Cornet
- 18Ings
- 40Earthy
- 42Casey
- 45Mubama
Referee:Andy Madley
Attendance:39,295
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 5, West Ham United 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 5, West Ham United 0.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
Attempt missed. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) near footed changeable from nan near broadside of nan container misses to nan right. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse pinch a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
Attempt blocked. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) near footed changeable from extracurricular nan container is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Soucek.
Foul by Alfie Gilchrist (Chelsea).
James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) wins a free footwear successful nan protect half.
Foul by Cesare Casadei (Chelsea).
Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free footwear successful nan protect half.
Attempt blocked. Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) correct footed changeable from extracurricular nan container is blocked. Assisted by Cesare Casadei.
Substitution, Chelsea. Alfie Gilchrist replaces Cole Palmer.
Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free footwear successful nan protect half.
Foul by Danny Ings (West Ham United).
Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free footwear connected nan correct wing.
Foul by Emerson (West Ham United).
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Djordje Petrovic.
Attempt saved. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) near footed changeable from extracurricular nan container is saved successful nan bottommost correct corner. Assisted by Vladimír Coufal pinch a headed pass.
Hand shot by Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United).
Substitution, Chelsea. Malo Gusto replaces Trevoh Chalobah.