Written by BillyTheKid
Last Five Games Against West Ham Have Been Draws
The Cherries are on an unbeaten run of six league games, including three away from home, which includes two wins and a draw. Their next game is away on Saturday at the London Stadium, the home of West Ham, at 5.30 pm. The game is being shown live on Sky.
West Ham v AFC Bournemouth
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AFCB Win
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Since Andoni Iraola has been our manager, in games against West Ham in the Premier League, all five games have ended in draws. The two games at the London Stadium last season ended 2-2 and the previous season 1-1. In that time, the Hammers have had four different managers.
After our game at Dean Court this season, Nuno Espírito Santo’s (Nuno) West Ham team were 17th after 12 games played with 11 points. Up to and including our game, this was their best unbeaten run this season, with two wins and a draw. Since that game, they had a run including 3 draws and 6 defeats. Their last five games have had 3 wins, a draw and a defeat.
At home since our game, West Ham have beaten Sunderland 3-1. Drawn 2-2 with Brighton, and in their most recent game against Manchester United, it ended 1-1. Lost 0-2 against Liverpool, 2-3 against Aston Villa, Fulham 0-1 and Nottingham Forest 1-2.
Away, they have beaten Spurs 1-2 and Burnley 0-2. Drawn 1-1 with Manchester United and Brighton. Lost 3-0 against Manchester City and Wolves and 3-2 against Chelsea. West Ham, after 26 games are 18th with 24 points. AFCB are in 9th place with 37 points.
The last time our two sides met at the London Stadium was last April. Evanilson put the Cherries ahead seven minutes from half-time, and that was the only goal of the first half. In a seven-minute spell in the second half, goals from Niclas Fallkrug and Jarrod Bowen put West Ham into the lead. Evanilson scored his second goal of the game and the game finished 2-2.
In all league games against West Ham, AFCB have W 2, D 3, L 4.
In all competitions, AFCB have W 4, D 10, L 9.
West Ham Team News
Freddie Potts is suspended. Pablo and Lukasz Fabianski have been out injured.
West Ham Player To Watch
Crysencio Summerville is in top form at the moment, scoring in four of his last five league games. He has hit form, and so has his team. Mention for Mateus Fernandes, who supplied two of Summerville’s assists and Jarrod Bowen, who has scored in the previous two seasons against us. Also scored two and had two assists in his last four games.
AFCB Team News
Marcus Tavernier, according to reports, could be the next player back from injury.
AFCB Player To Watch
Our Young Brazilian, Ryan. In his first gam,e coming on as a substitute, he had an assist. In the two games he started scored in each game. Amine Adli has had two goals and an assist in our last four league games.
The Referee
Sam Barrott is in charge of this game. He took our home game against Nottingham Forest and the away game against Chelsea.
Matt Stevenson added…
I’ve looked at the last 4 league games for W Ham. They had two home games (Sunderland and Man U) and two away games (Chelsea and Burnley). W Ham have gained 7 points, which is about right. The xG value for goals scored is 4.44, compared with 8 actual goals, indicating that W Ham have been over-performing in front of goal. W Ham have conceded 5 goals, with xGc estimating 5.28 goals, which are comparable.
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W Ham have had 5 different goal scorers (Summerville (3), Bowen (2) and 3 players with 1 goal each). Six players have assists (Wan-Bissaka and Bowen with 2 each, and 4 players with 1 each).
The average positions of the starting line-ups are below. In all games, W Ham play deep and look to counter-attack. These positions also tally with the low percentage possession that W Ham have.
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The following plot compares summary stats of W Ham and AFCB over the last 4 games. Attacking statistics are in AFCB’s favour, being higher in all the metrics except goals scored, which are level. Defensively, it is more mixed. AFCB have conceded more chances, but fewer big chances. The xGc is slightly worse for AFCB, but we have conceded fewer goals.
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Possession is more for AFCB, but neither side has the bulk of the ball. AFCB also have a higher pass completion percentage. AFCB have created a higher proportion of chances created from set pieces, but have conceded a much higher proportion of chances from set pieces, which is very high for the league.
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Your say…
kirsikka wrote…
It’s worth pointing out West Ham’s fixture list. After us, their next four league matches are Liverpool (a), Fulham (a), Man City (h) and Aston Villa (a).
They’ve got to be targeting the home match v us as their best chance of three points in that run of games. Fulham is the other potential one, but it’s away.
How that will translate to their starting tactics, I’m not sure, but let’s not go behind early, as it’ll probably mean they set up base camp in their area from that minute. – To join the conversation, please click here.
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