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Cole Palmer has scored 10 goals in his last five appearances at Stamford BridgeChelsea strengthened their chances of securing European football next season, cruising to victory against West Ham at Stamford Bridge.
It took just 15 minutes for Chelsea to get their noses in front with Cole Palmer reacting quickest to meet a loose ball in the West Ham box.
West Ham almost hit back immediately when Jarrod Bowen's header crashed back off the crossbar, but it was one-way traffic from then on.
Chelsea doubled their lead on the half-hour mark through Conor Gallagher before Noni Madueke headed in the third six minutes later.
Nicolas Jackson struck twice in the second half to round off a wholly positive afternoon for the Blues.
With just three games left to play, Chelsea's season seems to be heading for a strong finish as they have climbed up to seventh and sit just two points shy of sixth-placed Newcastle, while West Ham, who have two games remaining, stay ninth.
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Chelsea
Squad number28Player namePetrovic
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number5Player nameBadiashile
Squad number3Player nameCucurella
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number11Player nameMadueke
Squad number20Player namePalmer
Squad number10Player nameMudryk
Squad number15Player nameJackson
Squad number2Player nameDisasi
Squad number18Player nameNkunku
Squad number27Player nameGusto
Squad number31Player nameCasadei
Squad number42Player nameGilchrist
West Ham United
Squad number23Player nameAreola
Squad number5Player nameCoufal
Squad number4Player nameZouma
Squad number21Player nameOgbonna
Squad number33Player nameEmerson
Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
Squad number28Player nameSoucek
Squad number20Player nameBowen
Squad number10Player nameLucas Paquetá
Squad number14Player nameKudus
Squad number9Player nameAntonio
Squad number3Player nameCresswell
Squad number7Player nameWard-Prowse
Squad number18Player nameIngs
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 28Petrovic
- 14ChalobahSubstituted forGustoat 83'minutes
- 6Thiago SilvaSubstituted forDisasiat 82'minutes
- 5Badiashile
- 3CucurellaBooked at 38mins
- 25Caicedo
- 23Gallagher
- 11MaduekeSubstituted forCasadeiat 76'minutes
- 20PalmerSubstituted forGilchristat 89'minutes
- 10MudrykSubstituted forNkunkuat 76'minutes
- 15Jackson
Substitutes
- 2Disasi
- 7Sterling
- 13Bettinelli
- 18Nkunku
- 26Colwill
- 27Gusto
- 31Casadei
- 36de Souza Eugênio
- 42Gilchrist
West Ham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Areola
- 5Coufal
- 4Zouma
- 21OgbonnaBooked at 34mins
- 33EmersonBooked at 45mins
- 19ÁlvarezSubstituted forWard-Prowseat 45'minutes
- 28Soucek
- 20Bowen
- 10Lucas PaquetáBooked at 45minsSubstituted forCresswellat 76'minutes
- 14Kudus
- 9AntonioSubstituted forIngsat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Fabianski
- 2Johnson
- 3Cresswell
- 7Ward-Prowse
- 17Cornet
- 18Ings
- 40Earthy
- 42Casey
- 45Mubama
Referee:Andy Madley
Attendance:39,295
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 5, West Ham United 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 5, West Ham United 0.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
Attempt missed. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
Attempt blocked. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Soucek.
Foul by Alfie Gilchrist (Chelsea).
James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cesare Casadei (Chelsea).
Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cesare Casadei.
Substitution, Chelsea. Alfie Gilchrist replaces Cole Palmer.
Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Ings (West Ham United).
Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Emerson (West Ham United).
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Djordje Petrovic.
Attempt saved. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vladimír Coufal with a headed pass.
Hand ball by Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United).
Substitution, Chelsea. Malo Gusto replaces Trevoh Chalobah.
