National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's West Ham United or Leeds United that keep their silverware dream alive.
West Ham United and Leeds United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
West Ham United form and stats
West Ham participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 5th round.When playing at home in the Premier League, West Ham United have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
West Ham United are returning here after visiting Crystal Palace in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Antonio and Lanzini (2) scored the goal(s). Midfielder Lanzini was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.21 (out of ten) in that game. Lanzini scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Watford and winning 4-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how West Ham United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost four.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Norwich City are coming to town in three days.
The West Ham United manager Moyes has got the team scoring with 18 from 9 home games in the league. West Ham have conceded 15 from these games.
Leeds United form and stats
Leeds United's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Leeds United have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
Leeds United are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Premier League against Burnley. Midfielder Dallas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.54. Dallas scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 1-4 loss hosting Arsenal before that.Leeds are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Leeds United as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. For Leeds United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - two - zero (West Ham wins - draws - Leeds United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonio 8 goals |  M. Benrahma 5 goals |
West Ham United missing players
Leeds United missing players
| West Ham United | Leeds United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 27 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 24% | ||
| 14.5 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 53 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 43 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 34 | 42 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Brentford | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Southampton | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Everton | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 19 |
| 17 | Watford | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 11 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 23 | -34 | 10 |
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