Chelsea up to second in Premier League

Having played the earliest round, the victory at London Stadium helped Chelsea gain 10 points after 5 rounds, but stand above Arsenal - a team that has only played 4 matches - thanks to a better goal difference (+6 compared to +5), two points behind the top team Man City. At this point, Chelsea and Man City are the two teams that have scored the most goals in the tournament, both with 11 goals, far ahead of the two teams behind with 7 goals each, Liverpool and Aston Villa.

Chelsea made three changes across all three lines from their lucky win over Bournemouth in the fourth round, with winger Jadon Sancho, central midfielder Enzo Fernandez and centre-back Tosin starting. The changes helped them get off to a perfect start in London.

In the fourth minute, taking advantage of a gap in West Ham's defense after a set piece, Sancho passed the ball to Jackson, who rushed from the left into the penalty area and then defeated goalkeeper Alphonse Areola with a skillful nutmeg from a very narrow angle.

While West Ham had not yet recovered, Chelsea rose and almost doubled the gap in the 11th minute. In a left-sided arrangement, realizing that his teammate was not being marked in the penalty area, Jackson crossed for Cole Palmer to finish with one touch, sending the ball just wide of the post.

However, the visitors did not have to regret this missed opportunity for long. Seven minutes later, Chelsea played a three-step pass near the center circle and Moises Caicedo passed the ball to Jackson, who ran past the last West Ham defender, Max Kilman, and beat Areola with a right-footed flick, skillfully swiping the outside of his foot.

West Ham, after two early shocks, tried to pick up the pace in the second half. However, their monotonous attacks, relying on the trickery of Summerville on the left and Kudus on the opposite side, were ineffective. The only things the home side could do during this time were VAR intervention, refusing a penalty after Summerville claimed to have been pulled down by Fofana in the box in the 30th minute, and Kudus' goal was ruled out for a clear offside. Coach Julen Lopetegui tried to make adjustments from the 38th minute, bringing on veteran Tomas Soucek for Guido Rodriguez to shake up the midfield, but it was also unsuccessful.

Reality on the field accurately reflects the dataOptaprovides first-half expected goals, with 0.36 for the home team and 0.90 for the visitors. Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 28 Premier League games in which they have led at half-time. Therefore,Optaalso rated coach Enzo Maresca's team as having an 89.3% chance of winning, and an 8.2% chance of drawing even with the second half still left.

And that prediction was reinforced early in the second half, when West Ham made the same mistake as the first goal. In the 48th minute, from a failed attack, the home team did not have time to switch back to defense, allowing Chelsea to counterattack quickly. Jackson dribbled the ball more than half the length of the field, then passed it to the left for Palmer to control for a moment and then shoot hard, beating Areola to increase the score to 3-0.

And 3-0 was the final result.