Balanced ball game between Leeds United and West Ham United expected

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 04.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

Both the home- and away side have had a low return so far, but three points in this highly important match would definitely help. Prepare for Leeds United - West Ham United!

Insights:
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premier League

The hosts Leeds United saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Newcastle United.

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Leeds United form and stats

Leeds United have collected 11 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-2-3. When Leeds United hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Southampton, Leeds United, Everton, AFC Bournemouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

Leeds travelled for their previous game, a trip to Newcastle United that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Meslier got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.82 out of ten. Meslier topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the home loss against Manchester City with the scoreline 1-3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leeds United as they are travelling to their away game against Cardiff City in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Leeds in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leeds United have conceded 12 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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West Ham United form and stats

There's been little loot from West Ham United's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. West Ham United only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. It's looking increasingly bleak for West Ham who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. AFC Bournemouth was the last time a defeat was avoided.

West Ham United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Brentford (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Attacker Bowen got a player rating of 7.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Bowen hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

Prior to that match, the West Ham manager Moyes faced defeat when travelling to Arsenal and losing 1-3.

Low-scoring game? 13 of this side's most recent 17 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to Brentford.

West Ham United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 8 away games. West Ham United have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Leeds one win, two draws and West Ham United four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedRodrigo
Rodrigo
9 goals
Leeds UnitedC. Summerville
C. Summerville
4 goals
West Ham UnitedM. Benrahma
M. Benrahma
3 goals

Leeds United missing players

West Ham United missing players

Leeds United West Ham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 3 8 17
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 4
4 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
8 3 0 Lost L 2 6 11
23 13 7 Scored S 1 4 13
29 12 5 Conceded C 3 10 22
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 38% 71%
62% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 24%
38% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
25% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 35%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 18%
31% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 47%
 
5.1 5.9 9.7 Corners for (avg) C F 11.7 7.2 5.5
5.4 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 4.5
2.3 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 12.6 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 19.7 13 13.5
3.9 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 4
37% 42% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 13% 19%
 
13.7 13.4 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 12.8 11.5
5.2 5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 3.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Leeds United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as West Ham United have scored away.
  • West Ham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • West Ham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 16 14 1 1 40 14 7 7 0 0 22 8 9 7 1 1 18 6 26 43
2 Manchester City 16 11 3 2 44 16 9 7 1 1 31 10 7 4 2 1 13 6 28 36
3 Newcastle United 17 9 7 1 32 11 9 5 4 0 17 5 8 4 3 1 15 6 21 34
4 Manchester United 16 10 2 4 24 20 7 5 1 1 12 4 9 5 1 3 12 16 4 32
5 Tottenham Hotspur 16 9 3 4 33 23 8 6 0 2 21 11 8 3 3 2 12 12 10 30
6 Liverpool 16 8 4 4 33 19 9 6 2 1 23 9 7 2 2 3 10 10 14 28
7 Fulham 17 7 4 6 29 27 9 4 3 2 16 14 8 3 1 4 13 13 2 25
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 7 3 6 28 24 8 3 2 3 13 10 8 4 1 3 15 14 4 24
9 Chelsea 15 7 3 5 19 17 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 3 1 4 7 11 2 24
10 Brentford 17 5 8 4 27 27 8 3 4 1 15 9 9 2 4 3 12 18 0 23
11 Crystal Palace 16 6 4 6 17 21 8 4 1 3 10 11 8 2 3 3 7 10 -4 22
12 Aston Villa 16 5 3 8 17 25 8 4 1 3 12 9 8 1 2 5 5 16 -8 18
13 Leicester City 17 5 2 10 26 30 8 2 2 4 9 9 9 3 0 6 17 21 -4 17
14 Leeds United 16 4 4 8 23 29 8 3 2 3 13 12 8 1 2 5 10 17 -6 16
15 AFC Bournemouth 17 4 4 9 18 36 9 3 2 4 9 10 8 1 2 5 9 26 -18 16
16 Everton 17 3 6 8 13 20 8 2 2 4 7 8 9 1 4 4 6 12 -7 15
17 West Ham United 17 4 2 11 13 22 9 3 1 5 9 12 8 1 1 6 4 10 -9 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 4 10 10 26 9 2 2 5 5 14 8 1 2 5 5 12 -16 13
19 Nottingham Forest 16 3 4 9 11 33 8 3 2 3 10 11 8 0 2 6 1 22 -22 13
20 Southampton 17 3 3 11 15 32 8 1 3 4 9 15 9 2 0 7 6 17 -17 12

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