Evenly matched teams: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs West Ham United match preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Molineux Stadium (30852 seats)

Both the home- and away side have had a low return so far, but three lovely points in this key match would certainly provide a boost. Get ready for Wolverhampton Wanderers - West Ham United!

Insights:
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League

Wolverhampton Wanderers have less rest than West Ham United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Carabao Cup game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Nottingham Forest, so at least Wolverhampton Wanderers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

With 2 Premier League wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Wolverhampton Wanderers are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 2 matches! It's been an uphill battle for Wolves in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Nottingham Forest game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

The Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Argote and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup. Jiménez, a forward, was the champion performer for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.61 (out of 10). Jiménez scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the game before, 2-2 away to Liverpool (FA Cup).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Wolverhampton Wanderers as they have a new game in only three days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Liverpool are visiting.

Wolves aren't scoring a lot here at Molineux Stadium in the league, with only {5 goals} from 9 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded. Wolverhampton Wanderers has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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West Ham United form and stats

West Ham United have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-6 (9 played).

Two away games in a row for West Ham United, whose boss Moyes could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Brentford. Midfielder Rice was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Rice served one assist, hit two key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 63 total).

Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Leeds United that ended 2-2.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by West Ham United in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

West Ham United - Wolves 2-0 was the result in these squads' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Wolverhampton Wanderers victories, zero draws and five West Ham United wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wolverhampton WanderersR. Da Silva Neves
R. Da Silva Neves
4 goals
Wolverhampton WanderersD. Castelo Podence
D. Castelo Podence
4 goals
West Ham UnitedM. Benrahma
M. Benrahma
3 goals

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

West Ham United missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers West Ham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 9 18
3 2 2 Won W 0 1 4
5 2 0 Drew D 2 2 3
10 5 0 Lost L 2 6 11
11 5 2 Scored S 3 6 15
27 14 0 Conceded C 5 12 24
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 72%
39% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 28%
11% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 17%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 39%
22% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 17%
50% 56% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 44%
 
5 5.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.6 5.3
5.1 6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.2 4.7
2.2 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 10.4 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 19.2 13.6 13.8
3.3 3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.9
18% 19% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 18% 21%
 
13.2 13.7 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 12.8 11.6
4.2 4.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.4 3.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • 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 (5) 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.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier League
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Premier League
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Premier League

  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 17 14 2 1 40 14 8 7 1 0 22 8 9 7 1 1 18 6 26 44
2 Manchester City 17 12 3 2 45 16 9 7 1 1 31 10 8 5 2 1 14 6 29 39
3 Newcastle United 18 9 8 1 32 11 9 5 4 0 17 5 9 4 4 1 15 6 21 35
4 Manchester United 17 11 2 4 27 20 8 6 1 1 15 4 9 5 1 3 12 16 7 35
5 Tottenham Hotspur 18 10 3 5 37 25 9 6 0 3 21 13 9 4 3 2 16 12 12 33
6 Liverpool 17 8 4 5 34 22 9 6 2 1 23 9 8 2 2 4 11 13 12 28
7 Fulham 18 8 4 6 30 27 9 4 3 2 16 14 9 4 1 4 14 13 3 28
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 8 3 6 32 25 8 3 2 3 13 10 9 5 1 3 19 15 7 27
9 Brentford 18 6 8 4 30 28 9 4 4 1 18 10 9 2 4 3 12 18 2 26
10 Chelsea 17 7 4 6 20 19 8 4 2 2 12 7 9 3 2 4 8 12 1 25
11 Aston Villa 18 6 4 8 20 26 9 4 2 3 13 10 9 2 2 5 7 16 -6 22
12 Crystal Palace 17 6 4 7 17 25 9 4 1 4 10 15 8 2 3 3 7 10 -8 22
13 Leicester City 18 5 2 11 26 31 9 2 2 5 9 10 9 3 0 6 17 21 -5 17
14 Leeds United 17 4 5 8 25 31 9 3 3 3 15 14 8 1 2 5 10 17 -6 17
15 Nottingham Forest 18 4 5 9 13 34 9 3 3 3 11 12 9 1 2 6 2 22 -21 17
16 AFC Bournemouth 18 4 4 10 18 39 9 3 2 4 9 10 9 1 2 6 9 29 -21 16
17 West Ham United 18 4 3 11 15 24 9 3 1 5 9 12 9 1 2 6 6 12 -9 15
18 Everton 18 3 6 9 14 24 9 2 2 5 8 12 9 1 4 4 6 12 -10 15
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 3 5 10 11 27 9 2 2 5 5 14 9 1 3 5 6 13 -16 14
20 Southampton 18 3 3 12 15 33 9 1 3 5 9 16 9 2 0 7 6 17 -18 12

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