Stat Attack: West Ham vs Chelsea | Premier League

Here are the all-important statistics ahead of the league encounter: 

Head-to-Head

• West Ham have won three of their last six home league games against Chelsea (D1, L2), matching their total tally from the previous 14 meetings.
• Chelsea can win three Premier League fixtures in a row against West Ham for the first time in 10 years.

West Ham United

• West Ham have failed to win three successive league games following a run of four victories.
• However, 24 points after 14 fixtures represents their best start to a Premier League season.

• The Hammers' tally of 20 top-flight wins in 2021 is their highest in a single calendar year since 1986 - only Manchester City and Chelsea have better records since the turn of the year (with 30 and 22 victories respectively).
• West Ham have lost two of their last four Premier League London derbies, as many as they had in their previous 10 such games.
• Five of West Ham's last six top-flight home goals have come via a corner.
• David Moyes has won only five of his 32 league matches as a manager against Chelsea. All five victories have come at home, including two with West Ham.
• Michail Antonio has scored 11 Premier League goals in London derbies and registered 10 assists - both figures are club records.

• Tomas Soucek has scored six headers since making his debut in February 2020, ranking him third in the Premier League during that period.

Chelsea

• Chelsea have lost just one of their 14 league fixtures this season.
• The Blues have won their past four Premier League away games by an aggregate score of 12-1.
• They have lost just two of their 22 away games in all competitions under Thomas Tuchel, keeping 13 clean sheets.
• The west London side have conceded six league goals this season - the lowest amount of any team in the top five European leagues.

• Chelsea are on a top-flight record run of seven successive away victories in London derbies.
• The Blues have made 50 changes to their starting XI in the Premier League this season, the most by a side after 14 matches of a season since Manchester United in 2009.
• They have had 16 different goalscorers in the Premier League this season, at least three more than any other club.
• Thomas Tuchel has won eight of his nine Premier League London derby matches. His win rate of 89% is the best of any top-flight manager to have taken charge of more than one.
• Mason Mount is Chelsea's top scorer under Tuchel, with 10 goals in all competitions.
• Mount has been directly involved in six goals (four goals and two assists) in his last five Premier League games, as many as in his previous 20 appearances combined.
• Romelu Lukaku has scored a career-best nine Premier League goals against West Ham.