West Ham vs Chelsea as it happened: Eden Hazard and Diego Costa make sure of victory
Follow live update from the Premier League clash at the London Stadium
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Your support makes all the difference.West Ham United's run-in to their maiden season at the London Stadium is in danger of becoming an anti-climax, but if anything can stir some passion it is a visit from Chelsea.
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What time is kick-off?
The game kicks off at 8.00pm on Monday 6 March.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports 1.
Form guide
West Ham: DDLLWW
Bournemouth: LLLLDL
Team news
West Ham are confident that Andy Carroll can pass a late fitness test to feature against Chelsea. Michail Antonio is meanwhile suspended after being sent off in the 1-1 draw with Watford last weekend while Angelo Ogbonna, Diafra Sakho and Gokhan Tore all remain sidelined.
Chelsea — somewhat intimidatingly for their opponents — boast a completely clean bill of health.
Expected line-ups
West Ham (4-2-3-1): Randolph; Kouyate, Fonte, Reid, Cresswell; Noble, Obiang; Feghouli, Snodgrass, Lanzini; Carroll.
Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Courtois; Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Hazard; Costa.
It's a big game for...
Andy Carroll: Who else? Carroll has scored five goals in his last three home London derbies in the Premier League and is one goal away from his 50th strike in the top flight. He has also scored in two of his last three games against Chelsea.
"We have done well without him in the last few games but I'm sure we would have done better with him because he is one of our key players," Bilic said in his pre-match press conference ahead of Monday evening.
"It will be great to have him on the pitch on Monday and a big blow if he doesn't make it."
Player to watch...
Eden Hazard: The Belgian is expected to be fit for Chelsea's Premier League clash at West Ham on Monday despite picking up a worrying knock in training.
Hazard was on the receiving end of a kick in training, but head coach Antonio Conte expects the Belgium playmaker to be available at the London Stadium.
Hazard has been in superb form in recent weeks and was particularly influential in the club's recent 3-1 home win against Swansea, completing more dribbles (8) than any other player on the pitch.
Best stat
Antonio Conte has lost two of his three away London derbies in the Premier League, losing out to Arsenal in September and Tottenham in January, while beating Crystal Palace in the other game.
Odds
Courtesy of 888.com
West Ham: 5/1
Chelsea: 5/9
Draw: 3/1
14 mins: Chelsea had the better of the first couple of minutes but, having wasted that pair of early free-kicks, haven't done much since. Andy Carroll was identified as the main threat for West Ham before this match but so far it's Feghouli and Snodgrass who have impressed for the home team.
Pedro Obiang is also doing a very nice job of recycling possession.
16 mins: West Ham growing in confidence. Cresswell puts a low cross into the box which is cleared, before Snodgrass wins a corner.
18 mins: Superb corner from Snodgrass, a vicious in-swinger aimed straight down the throat of Courtois, and Reid very nearly gets in front of the keeper to nod home. The keeper does enough though and punches clear. A real opportunity for the home side to take the lead.
What has happened to Chelsea?
22 mins: Carroll isn't afraid to drop deep to win the ball and on one such ocassion, it takes an N'Golo Kante trip to prevent him from bursting into space on the edge of the Chelsea box. The set-piece is whipped in across the face of goal but has too much on it: an easy claim for Courtouis.
25 mins: More good work from Cresswell down the left: he floats an inch-perfect cross into the box and Cahill does superbly well to beat Carroll to the ball, nodding clear. Noble is hacked down as he collects the rebound and West Ham have a promising free-kick from thirty-yards out.
It's wasted though, Lanzini firing straight into the wall.
GOAL! West Ham 0 Chelsea 1 (Hazard '25)
Well that came out of nothing.
27 mins: Exemplary counter-attacking football from Chelsea. Lanzini rifles his free-kick into the wall, Chelsea win possession off Mark Noble and immediately flood down the other end of the pitch.
Eden Hazard scampers into the opposing half, swaps passes with Pedro, rounds an onrushing Darren Randolph and calmly rolls the ball into the net. This half has been dominated by West Ham and yet they trail 1-0.
30 mins: That goal has relaxed Chelsea and they've dominated possession since. Cresswell does do well to win the ball back and knock a cross into the box on the counter but he's too quick for Carroll, who isn't even in the box as Courtois plucks the ball out of the air.
33 mins: Sly from Kouyate, who rakes his studs down the back of Hazard's right leg and concedes a free-kick from just within his own half.
Meanwhile Andy Carroll is off the pitch for West Ham receiving some more treatment on his face. It looks as though he's going to be okay to continue, however.