Madueke has had 26 shots on target across his 21 Premier League appearances this season (1.69 per 90).

Despite the presence of Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson in the squad, no Chelsea player is averaging more attempts on goal per 90 than Madueke this campaign. He’s also 3rd in the Chelsea goalscorer ranks, behind only Palmer and Jackson.

Madueke has scored in each of his last 2 Premier League appearances against Wolves and Man City and found the target in the initial meeting between the sides at the London Stadium, where he had 2 shots in total.

Fernandez has been tasked with a box-to-box role this season, which has seen him play some of his best football in a Chelsea shirt.

He’s committed 27 fouls across his 21 Premier League appearances this season (1.52 per 90) and has committed at least 1 foul in each of his last 5 Premier League appearances.

Fernandez committed 2 fouls from 15 duels in the initial meeting between the sides at the London Stadium earlier in the campaign.

Alvarez has committed 29 fouls across his 19 Premier League appearances this season, 14 of these have been starts, taking his average to a high 2.11 fouls committed per 90 this campaign.

Alvarez struggled to deal with Chelsea’s rotations in the initial meeting between the sides, he committed 2 fouls and was shown a yellow card before being hooked after just 54 minutes.

He’ll be up against Cole Palmer who has won 47 fouls across his Premier League appearances (2.10 per 90) and was fouled 5 times in the game earlier in the season at the London Stadium – the highest total of any player on the pitch.

Robert Sanchez’s latest error leading to a goal against Man City last time out may have finally cost him his place in the Chelsea net, after a series of mistakes across the season.

Despite his errors with the ball at his feet, Sanchez was having to bail out Chelsea quite a lot. He’s averaging 3.4 saves per game in the Premier League which is a record only bettered by 6 sides in the division, and shows that Chelsea can be got at.

Chelsea’s keeper has been forced to make 2+ saves in 21 of their 23 Premier League appearances and the potential change in net should encourage West Ham to test the replacement.

Palmer hasn’t dropped off at all from the ridiculously high level he reached last season, the 22-year-old has registered 20 goal contributions across his 23 Premier League appearances this campaign (14 goals, 6 assists).

He leads the Chelsea squad in both metrics, further underlining his importance to the side. When Palmer doesn’t play, Chelsea struggle to maintain attacks and often lack belief in the final third.

Palmer scored in Chelsea’s 3-0 win over West Ham at the London Stadium earlier in the season, and also scored in Chelsea’s 5-0 win over the Hammers in this fixture last campaign.

Soucek has been consistent across his entire career for West Ham but has been reckless at times this season, resulting in 7 yellow cards – more than any other West Ham player.

Graham Potter has played him in more advanced areas of late to take advantage of his physical presence inside the box, which can be a real threat when West Ham look to go long, especially against a Chelsea side that lack physicality.

He’ll be up against Moises Caicedo in this role, Caicedo is averaging 1.41 fouls won per 90 across his 23 Premier League appearances this campaign.

In the absence of key attacking players including talisman Jarrod Bowen, Kudus stands out as someone who can trouble a Chelsea backline that has been vulnerable in recent weeks with Enzo Maresca’s side without a clean sheet in their last 5 Premier League games.

Kudus had 2 shots on target in the initial meeting between the sides and also had 1 in this fixture last season, he’s quite trigger happy as evidenced by his 2.92 shots per 90 average this season – the second highest of any player in the West Ham squad.

Kudus is averaging 0.91 shots on target per 90 across his 18 Premier League appearances this season, this is a total that can rise against a Chelsea backline that are low on confidence and struggling to limit chances for the opposition.

Fernandez has won 26 fouls across his 21 Premier League appearances this season (1.46 per 90). This record is largely informed by the box to box role he’s been tasked with under Maresca which sees the Argentine cover plenty of ground and win fouls as a result.

Fernandez was fouled 3 times in the intial meeting between these sides at the London Stadium, showing this link in action. West Ham will look to pack the midfield as they have done in recent games under Graham Potter which should see Fernandez contest plenty of duels as he attempts to navigate a busy area of the pitch.

He’ll be up against Carlos Soler who committed 3 fouls and picked up a booking in the earlier meeting between the sides after coming off the bench and is averaging 1.86 fouls committed per 90 across his 18 Premier League appearances this season.