20 - Timo Werner has been directly involved in 20 goals for Chelsea this season (11 goals, 9 assists); the most of any player for the club in all competitions. Threat.
20 - Timo Werner has been directly involved in 20 goals for Chelsea this season (11 goals, 9 assists); the most of any player for the club in all competitions. Threat.
RED CARD! West Ham are down to 10-men after a VAR decision… Following Fabian Balbuena’s foul on Ben Chilwell.
0-1
[80’]
Werner
German’s first-half strike seals all three points for Thomas Tuchel’s side to leapfrog the Hammers into fourth place.
Thomas Tuchel is the first manager in Chelsea’s history to remain unbeaten in his first 10 away games.
Mason Mount for Chelsea vs. West Ham:
◎ Most touches (91)
◎ =Most ball recoveries (8)
◎ =Most shots (6)
◎ =Most tackles (4)
◎ Most shots on target (3)
◎ =Most chances created (3)
◎ =Most take-ons completed (3)
◎ =Most blocks (1)
Wow.
10 - This was Chelsea’s 10th clean sheet in just their 14th Premier League match under Thomas Tuchel, equalling the quickest a manager has recorded 10 clean sheets in Premier League history – Luiz Felipe Scolari also achieved this feat in 14 games back in 2008. Formidable.
Timo Werner is the only Chelsea player to be directly involved in 20+ goals in 2020/21:
44 games
11 goals
9 assists
Thoughts on his debut season so far?
Antonio Rudiger won seven of his eight aerials for Chelsea vs. West Ham.
More than any other player on the pitch.
Chelsea will finish a Premier League matchday in 4th place or higher in the table for the fifth time under Thomas Tuchel (in 14 games), already more times than they managed in the 19 games under Frank Lampard (4).
1 - Sheffield United picked up their first victory and first clean sheet under Paul Heckingbottom, having lost each of their first five games in all competitions under him, conceding 13 goals in the process. Consolation.
Breaking: English football will unite to boycott social media next weekend in response to the rise in online abuse.
All professional clubs in England will switch off their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts from Friday 3pm until Monday 11.59pm.
Gameweek 33 of the 2020/21 season continues on Sunday, with the second match of the day being played at Elland Road, where Leeds United will play hosts to Manchester United.
This is the first time Leeds United are hosting Manchester United in a Premier League game since October 2003, when they suffered a 0-1 defeat. They have not lost consecutive home league games against the Red Devils since October 1976. In all competitions Leeds have won just one of their last eight home games against Manchester United (D2 L5), losing each of the last three.
Leeds are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games (W3 D2), with the Whites last enjoying a longer run without defeat in the top-flight in February/March 2002 (6). That unbeaten run was halted by a 4-3 home defeat to Manchester United, which included two goals from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Manchester United have racked up five straight Premier League victories for the first time since winning Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first six games in charge between December 2018 and January 2019. The Red Devils’ current 12-match unbeaten streak in the English top-flight is the longest in the division, followed by Leeds’ five games.
Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 23 Premier League away games (W15 D8), with only Arsenal between April 2003 and September 2004 (27) having a longer such run in English top-flight history.
Mason Greenwood has scored 15 Premier League goals for Manchester United, with no player scoring more as a teenager for the Red Devils in the competition. He’s netted four goals in his last three Premier League games, and could become the first teenager to score in four in a row in the competition since Francis Jeffers in September 2000.