{"id":1427237,"date":"2026-01-29T12:07:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1427237"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:44:48","slug":"referee-chelsea-vs-west-ham-31-01-26","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/referee-chelsea-vs-west-ham-31-01-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea vs West Ham referee: Anthony Taylor&#8217;s history with both clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/west-ham-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Ham United<\/a> face off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Premier League<\/a> on Saturday at 5:30pm, with Anthony Taylor set to referee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor is one of the most-used referees in the Premier League this season, overseeing 18 games so far &#8212; the joint-most alongside Michael Oliver. This will be Taylor&#8217;s third Chelsea league game of the season, and his second for West Ham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor has also overseen four derby matches in the league, including two all-London clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea go into the game just outside the top four, while West Ham are five points from safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Jump to:<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-anthony-taylor-s-chelsea-record\" data-level=\"2\">Anthony Taylor&#8217;s Chelsea record<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-anthony-taylor-s-west-ham-record\" data-level=\"2\">Anthony Taylor&#8217;s West Ham record<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-what-should-we-expect-from-anthony-taylor\" data-level=\"2\">What should we expect from Anthony Taylor?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-anthony-taylor-s-chelsea-record\">Anthony Taylor&#8217;s Chelsea record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be Taylor&#8217;s 58th game as a referee, only officiating one club more. Chelsea fans don&#8217;t have happy memories of Taylor, but he has only sent off four Blues players in his 57 matches. He has, however, shown Chelsea 129 yellow cards &#8212; more than any other team. Taylor has also awarded Chelsea 10 penalties, only giving more to two teams. And they are unbeaten in their past six games with Taylor as a referee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Category<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Total<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Matches<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">57<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wins<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">29<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Draws<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Defeats<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">League points<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">87<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Penalties per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0.18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yellow cards per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.26<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Red cards per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0.07<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-when-anthony-taylor-last-refereed-chelsea\">What happened when Anthony Taylor last refereed Chelsea?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three of the four red cards Taylor has shown to Chelsea players have come in games against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arsenal<\/a>. That includes one in his previous Chelsea match. Moises Caicedo was sent off after a VAR review for a bad tackle on Mikel Merino. 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Place a \u00a310+ bet at min odds 1\/1 (2.0) within 14 days of sign-up. Get \u00a330 in Free Bets, valid for 7 days on selected bets only. Free stake not returned with winnings. T&amp;Cs apply. BeGambleAware.org<\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-anthony-taylor-s-west-ham-record\">Anthony Taylor&#8217;s West Ham record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor has refereed West Ham 41 times so far. They don&#8217;t have the best record with Taylor in the middle, losing more times than they have won. Despite the large number of games, though, Taylor is yet to award a penalty to West Ham. He has, however, awarded 10 penalties against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Category<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Total<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Matches<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">41<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wins<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Draws<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Defeats<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">League points<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">53<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Penalties per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yellow cards per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1.68<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Red cards per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0.07<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-when-anthony-taylor-last-refereed-west-ham\">What happened when Anthony Taylor last refereed West Ham?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor&#8217;s last and only West Ham game this season was a 3-2 home defeat against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/aston-villa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> in December. There wasn&#8217;t too much for Taylor to do, with just three yellow cards &#8212; one shown to West Ham&#8217;s El Hadji Malick Diouf for dissent late on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-should-we-expect-from-anthony-taylor\">What should we expect from Anthony Taylor?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unsurprisingly, Taylor is one of the harsher referees in the Premier League. He has shown more cards (71) than any other referee this season and averages 3.9 per game. Only a few referees average fewer fouls per card than his 5.0 too. So expect a lot of cards, especially with Chelsea involved. <\/p>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\"><strong>Premier League predictions &amp; tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/premier-league-title-odds\/\"><strong>Premier League outright odds <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea and West Ham United face off in the Premier League on Saturday at 5:30pm, with Anthony Taylor set to referee. Taylor is one of the most-used referees in the Premier League this season, overseeing 18 games so far &#8212; the joint-most alongside Michael Oliver. This will be Taylor&#8217;s third Chelsea league game of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":1417402,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Anthony Taylor is the referee for Chelsea's Premier League game against West Ham United. 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