West Ham United and Norwich City measure forces at Olympic Stadium, in a match for the 4th round of the Premier League. There are only 2 recent direct clashes between these two teams: on 13‑02-2016, which ended with a draw for (2‑2), and on 26‑09-2015, which ended with a draw for (2‑2 ).
West Ham United:
The home team is currently in 14th position, with 4 points won, after 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, he tied out against Brighton & Hove Albion by (1‑1). In the last match, he won out against Watford by (1-3). In the last game he played, for the League Cup, he won at Newport County by (0-2). In their last 10 home games, West Ham United records 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 games, so his defense needs to improve, but his attack has scored regularly, as he scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games.
West Ham arrives at this motivated game, after beating Newport 0-2, thus moving towards the next round of the League Cup. We remember that Londoners beat Watford by 1-3 in the last round of the Premier League. Due to this good phase, coach Manuel Pellegrini should privilege the maintenance of ball possession and positional attacks, especially through the flanks: Pablo Fornals is the great game creator of this team. Sébastien Haller is West Ham’s top scorer so far, with 2 goals scored. In doubt for this game are Michail Antonio and Javier Hernández.
Norwich City :
The visiting team is currently in 17th position, with 3 points won, after 1 win and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home against Newcastle United by (3-1). In the last game, he lost at home against Chelsea by (2-3). The team arrives at this match after a loss away with Crawley Town by (1‑0). In the last 10 games played as a visitor for all competitions, Norwich City won 5, drew 3 and lost 2. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 games, so his defense needs to improve, but his attack He has scored regularly as he scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games.
The Norwich comes to this unmotivated game, after a 1-0 loss to Crawley, for the League Cup. It should be noted that the visitors lost against Chelsea in the last round of the English league. In this game against West Ham United, coach Daniel Farke should keep the team 4-3-3, with Cantwell, Buendía and Pukki as the team’s most offensive references. On the other hand, Stiepermann is the one who stands out most in this team, being the player responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process. Out of this game are Klose, Drmic and Hernández.
