Chelsea v West Ham United preview: team news, match facts, quotes, odds and TV schedule

Antonio Conte is determined to boost Chelsea's confidence as they look to improve on last season's miserable Premier League campaign.

Chelsea offered a disappointing defence of their 2015 title, sacking Jose Mourinho last December with the team languishing in 16th place.

While Guus Hiddink steadied the ship, taking Chelsea to tenth, Conte knows he has to improve his players' self-belief ahead of the new season, which he anticipates will be a "great battle".

"We are working on a new idea of football," the former Italy coach said on Friday. "The team lost their confidence a bit in the last season. We are working on this.

"I had these situations and so you know the right time to go strong or soft or in a good way," he added. "It's important not to forget last season, but it's also important to think to the present and to build a good future."

Kick off is at 20:00 BST on Monday 16 August.

The match will take place at Stamford Bridge. Find all the info you need about the ground: here.

A London derby to start the season is always something special, but it will be fascinating to witness what effect Conte has had on Chelsea after last season's wretched and fairly forgettable campaign that began with Jose Mourinho running the place and ended with Guus Hiddink attempting to clear up the Manchester United manager's mess.

After binging on Serie A titles as Juventus coach, Conte did a commendable job with the Italian national side, and will be expected to create a feeling of harmony around Stamford Bridge from early on in the campaign. It is a chemistry that went missing rapidly a year ago under the Special One.

Yes - the match will be televised on Sky Sports in the UK. Here's the schedule.

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Michy Batshuayi and N'Golo Kante are standing by for their Premier League debuts with Chelsea in Monday's season-opener against West Ham.

Marseille recruit Batshuayi and Leicester signing Kante are expected to be among the stars on show as new boss Antonio Conte leads the Blues into the new campaign at Stamford Bridge.

Kurt Zouma continues to be sidelined with long-term knee trouble, but Chelsea have no fresh injury concerns elsewhere.

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has a number of decisions to make in regards to his team for Monday night's Premier League opener at Chelsea.

He has already confirmed Dimitri Payet will not be fit to play the whole game after returning back to pre-season following his Euro 2016 exploits with France, while new signings Andre Ayew and Arthur Masuaku also need to prove their fitness if they are to make their debuts.

Aaron Cresswell and Manuel Lanzini (both knee) are definitely out but former Chelsea youngster Gokhan Tore (knee) is back in training.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte: "I bring my experience as a former player and I think that’s important because every single manager must try to improve their players in different aspects, not just technical or tactical but everything from improving performance to aiding recovery after games and avoiding injuries.

"My experience as a former player is important and I try to transfer that to my players and then they understand if it’s good or not good for them. It’s important to understand the right way to approach a situation. When you’ve been there yourself you know the right time to be soft or strong."

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic: "Of course Chelsea are favourites and they are playing at home but he is new and we are going to see how it works. He will not know how it will work in the first game. In fact, do any of us know how their teams will play in the first game? No. It is a big blow for us that Manuel Lanzini and Aaron Cresswell are out and that Dimitri Payet is not yet fully fit. We will see how he does over the next couple of days before we make a decision."

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League meetings with West Ham United at Stamford Bridge (W7 D3) and have not lost at home to them in the league since September 2002 (2-3).

West Ham were unbeaten against Chelsea in the Premier League last season (W1 D1); the first time that they have achieved this since 2002-03.

Chelsea have won more points than any other Premier League side on the opening weekend of action (51 points).

Chelsea are unbeaten in each of their last 13 season opening fixtures played at Stamford Bridge (W10 D3).

Antonio Conte has lost just one of his last 30 league games as a club manager (W27 D2 L1).

Conte is currently unbeaten in 28 successive league home matches as a club manager (W26 D2 L0), last suffering a home defeat in January 2013 (Juventus 1-2 Sampdoria).

Diego Costa has scored five goals in seven Premier League appearances for Chelsea in the month of August.

Dimitri Payet had a hand in 11 goals in his last 12 Premier League appearances of 2015-16 (three goals, eight assists).

Chelsea haven’t won any of their last four Premier League games on a Monday (W0 D2 L2).

Avram Grant is the only Chelsea manager to lose his opening Premier League game in the Roman Abramovich era (0-2 vs Man Utd, September 2007).

Chelsea 8/13 West Ham 5/1 Draw 11/4