Welcome, to Matchweek 5.
Both Man City and Arsenal tussled for top spot in the table throughout last season.
On Sunday they meet for the first time in 2024/25. Their current positions? Man City 1st, Arsenal 2nd…
West Ham XI: Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson; Alvarez, Rodriguez, Paqueta; Summerville, Bowen, Kudus.
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Fofana, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Enzo; Madueke, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.
Jadon Sancho starts his first game in the Premier League since May 2023 against Fulham.
He has two goals and two assists in his last eight starts in the competition.
Nico Jackson has now scored 18 non-penalty goals since the start of last season in the Prem
That’s the same amount as Mo Salah in that period
Underrated.
Never forget when Liverpool crashed Bournemouth 9-0 back in 2022 and achieved the joint-biggest Premier League win in history
FT: West Ham 0-3 Chelsea
Chelsea have scored 10 Premier League away goals this season, only in 1925/26 have they Blues netted more goals in their first three away games of a league campaign (13).
Enzo Maresca is the first manager to win his first three Premier League away games in charge in the competition since Pep Guardiola in 2016.
The master and the apprentice.
West Ham have lost their opening three home games of a league season for the first time in their history.
No player has won more duels in a Premier League game this season than Moises Caicedo vs. West Ham (13).
He also made eight tackles, the joint most by a Chelsea player in a PL game since Marcos Alonso in March 2019 (9).
Robert Sanchez’s last two Premier League games for Chelsea:
◉ 14 saves
◉ 3.76 goals prevented
◉ 1 penalty saved
And he’s kept back-to-back clean sheets.
Most Premier League goal involvements at Villa Park for Aston Villa:
◎ 49 - Gabby Agbonlahor
◉ 49 - Ollie Watkins
One more for half a century.