Chelsea 4-1 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 April 2006

Result

Chelsea 4-1 West Ham United

Premier League · Sunday 9 April 2006, 11:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Chelsea 4-1 West Ham United: match report

Chelsea won against West Ham United 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 April 2006. The half-time score was 2-1.

James Collins opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (29'), H. Crespo (31'), John Terry (54') and William Gallas (69'). West Ham United scored through James Collins (10').

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards and 1 red card; West Ham United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 79 points from 32 and West Ham United 9th on 46 points from 32. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and West Ham United 9th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 3 for West Ham United.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-W-L-W-W and West Ham United's D-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · James CollinsWest Ham United · 0-1
  • 17'Red card · ManicheChelsea
  • 29'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-1
  • 31'Goal · H. CrespoChelsea · 2-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Marlon HarewoodWest Ham United
  • 54'Goal · John TerryChelsea · 3-1
  • 68'Yellow card · P. KoncheskyWest Ham United
  • 69'Goal · William GallasChelsea · 4-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 0, West Ham United 3.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up

Petr Čech, Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Del Horno, Michael Essien, Arjen Robben, Didier Drogba, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Claude Makélélé

West Ham United line-up

Shaka Hislop, Paul Konchesky, Danny Gabbidon, James Collins, Yossi Benayoun, Nigel Reo-Coker, Dean Ashton, Marlon Harewood, Lionel Scaloni, Matthew Etherington, Hayden Mullins