Nicolas Jackson scored twice and assisted the other as Chelsea enjoyed a London derby victory over West Ham at London Stadium. Look back at the best facts and stats and analyse the Opta data with our West Ham vs Chelsea stats page.
Nicolas Jackson scored a first-half double before assisting Cole Palmer in the second half to help Chelsea to a comfortable away in against London rivals West Ham United at London Stadium.
The Senegalese forward has now scored four and assisted two in six Premier League appearances this season, while his assist for Cole Palmer means that the two teammates have combined for a league-high 10 goals since the start of last season.
For West Ham, this was their third home defeat of the Premier League season already, with Julen Lopetegui leading the Hammers to three successive home losses to start a league campaign for the first time in their history.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the West Ham vs Chelsea stats from their Premier League meeting at London Stadium.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own in-game and post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
West Ham vs Chelsea: Post-Match Facts
- West Ham have begun a league campaign with three consecutive home defeats for the first time in the club’s history.
- Enzo Maresca is just the eighth manager in Premier League history to win each of his first three away games in the competition, and is the first to do so since Pep Guardiola in September 2016. Indeed, Chelsea have won five consecutive away top-flight matches for the first time since December 2021 under Thomas Tuchel.
- Since the start of May, Chelsea have won more Premier League points than any other side (25 – P10 W8 D1 L1), although they have played two more games than Manchester City (24 points – P8 W8) and three more games than Arsenal (19 points – P7 W6 D1) during this period.
- Chelsea have scored 10 away Premier League goals this season, only in 1925-26 have they Blues netted more goals in their first three away games of a league campaign (13).
- Nicolas Jackson’s opener for Chelsea (3:17) was their earliest goal in a Premier League London derby since Daniel Sturridge netted after just 45 seconds against QPR in April 2012. Indeed, since the start of May, only Erling Haaland (15) has scored more Premier League goals than Nicolas Jackson (8).
- Nicolas Jackson has had a hand in 23 goals across his last 29 Premier League starts for Chelsea (16 goals, 7 assists), including 11 goal involvements in his last 10 starts (8 goals, 3 assists). Overall, he has more goals and assists combined against West Ham (6 – 4 goals, 2 assists) than against any other opponent in the competition.
- Since Cole Palmer made his debut for Chelsea in September 2023, only Erling Haaland (44) has scored more goals for a Premier League club in all competitions than the Englishman (27).
- Since the start of 2023-24, Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer have combined for 10 Premier League goals; at least two more than any other duo.
- Chelsea forward Jadon Sancho has provided an assist in three consecutive league appearances for the first time since January/February 2020 (4 in a row for Borussia Dortmund). Indeed, his previous three assists prior to this run came across a 33-game stretch.
- West Ham have conceded five goals in the opening five minutes of Premier League games in 2024, at least three more than any other side.
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