West Ham .v. Wigan Athletic - Match Stats

25th September 2012

     West Ham             .v.         Wigan Athletic  .

1                                           4
       Maiga (7')             (14', 41') Boselli
                            (38') Ramis
                                   (84' pen) Gomez

13               Shots                  8

6              On Target              3

7               Corners                3

1               Offsides                2

8                 Fouls                  6

0            Yellow Cards           1
                               (45') Caldwell
0              Red Cards              0

3                Saves                  9

43%          Possession           57%

Starting XI

13 Stephen Henderson                   Ali Al Habsi 26        .

3 George McCartney                   Gary Caldwell 5     .
5 James Tomkins                   Ivan Ramis 21  .
27 Jordan Spence                   Ronnie Stam 23.
                  33 Daniel Potts                   Adrian Lopez Rodriguez 24
        7 Matthew Jarvis                   Maynor Figueroa 31 .
16 Mark Noble (72')            David Jones 6
        32 Gary O'Neil (84')    (85') James McArthur 16
          11 Modibo Maiga            (74') Callum McManaman 15
12 Ricardo Vaz Te (62')    (90') Mauro Boselli 19.
     46 Robert Hall                    Ryo Miyaichi 32

Bench

30 Spiegel Raphael                    Michael Pollitt 12.
       19 James Collins                    Emmerson Boyce 17
41 Calum Driver                    Ben Watson 8 .
  14 Matthew Taylor (72')    (74') Jordi Gomez 14    .
39 Dylan Tombides (84')    (85') Fraser Fyvie 20   .
40 Matthias Fanimo (62')           Aruna Kone 2      .
45 Paul McCallum            (90') Filip Orsula 35   .

           Attendance: 25,934        Referee: Craig Pawson

West Ham .v. Sunderland - Match Stats

22nd September 2012

   West Ham            .v.            Sunderland  .

1                                           1
  Nolan (90')             (9') Fletcher

24               Shots                  5

4              On Target              1

10              Corners                1

1               Offsides                1

13                Fouls                 13

2            Yellow Cards           1
      Reid (82')             (60') Gardner
Jaaskelainen (90')                                          .
0              Red Cards              0

0                Saves                  3

61%          Possession           39%

Starting XI

22 Jussi Jaaskelainen                    Simon Mignolet 22 .

2 Winston Reid                    Danny Rose 3.
 17 Joey O'Brien                   Craig Gardner 8
19 James Collins                   John O'Shea 16.
     20 Guy Demel                    Titus Bramble 19
12 Ricardo Vaz Te (57')            Lee Cattermole 6 .
 14 Matthew Taylor (57')    (62') Sebastian Larsson 7
   16 Mark Noble                    Jack Colback 14
21 Mohamed Diame                    James McLean 23 .
        4 Kevin Nolan                    Steven Fletcher 26
                9 Carlton Cole (77')    (71') Stephane Sessegnon 28.

Bench

13 Stephen Henderson                   Kieren Westwood 20.
  3 George McCartney            (45') Matthew Kilgallon 12
  5 James Tomkins                    David Vaughan 15
  7 Matthew Jarvis (57')    (90') David Meyler 18 .
         15 Yossi Banayoun (57')    (71') (90') Fraizer Campbell 9
          32 Gary O'Neil                    Connor Wickham 10.
11 Modibo Maiga (77')            Louis Saha 25   .

           Attendance: 33,052        Referee: Lee Mason

West Ham .v. Sunderland - the history

All Time Head to Head

Home - W 19 - D 11 - L 10

Away - W 13 - D 9 - L 20

Total - W 32 - D 20 - L 30

Premiership only

Home - W 7 - D 1 - L 2

Away - W 2 - D 4 - L 4

Total - W 9 - D 5 - L 6

To say Sunderland has a rich history is a bit of an understatement - in 1895, the year that Thames Ironworks FC was founded, the Black Cats won their third First Division title, going on to win another two before West Ham were even admitted into the full football league in 1919, with a sixth title (their last) in 1936. Over a period of almost 80 years they remained in the top tier (68 seasons in total, accounting for breaks during the war years) until they were relegated for the first time in 1958.

The first confrontation between Sunderland and West Ham was a goal-less draw "up North" in August 1923, followed by a disappointing 1-0 loss at home the following week. Over the next ten years Sunderland showed exactly why they were First Division mainstays, dominating both the home and away fixtures. Post war the two sides did not meet each other again until the 1960's, with the Black Cats fortunes already on the wane - although it still took five losses and one draw before the Irons registered another win! From there West Ham slowly began to overtake Sunderland and although the overall statistics indicate them as having been fairly evenly matched over the century the stats for the Premiership show that in recent years results have been more favourable to West Ham - especially at home.

Norwich City .v. West Ham - Match Stats

15th September 2012

  Norwich City            .v.             West Ham     .

0                                            0 .

25                 Shots                 14. .

 10              On Target              3   .

8                Corners                5 .

3                Offsides                3 .

12                 Fouls                 14 .

0             Yellow Cards            1 .
                             (41') Collins

0               Red Cards              0 .

3                  Saves                10 .

49%           Possession           51%

Starting XI

         1 John Ruddy                            Jussi Jaaskelainen 22

   2 Russell Martin                            Winston Reid 2    .
5 Sebastien Bassong                            Joey O'Brien 17      .
18 Javier Garrido                            James Collins 19 .
20 Leon Barnett                            Guy Demel 20  .
4 Bradley Johnson                    (87') Ricardo Vaz Te 12
7 Robert Snodgrass                     (57') Matthew Taylor 14.
8 Jonathan Howson                            Mark Noble 16      .
 11 Andrew Surman                            Mohamed Diame 21
   9 Grant Holt (71')                    Kevin Nolan 4
10 Simeon Jackson (64')            (57') Carlton Cole 9     .
Bench
         13 Declan Rudd                           Stephen Henderson 13

      6 Michael Turner                          George McCartney 3
  23 Marc Tierney                           James Tomkins 5
14 Wesley Hoolahan                   (57') Matthew Jarvis 7   .
        15 David Fox                   (87') Yossi Benayoun 15
16 Steve Morison (64')                   Alou Diarra 23   .
     37 Harry Kane (71')           (57') Modibo Maiga 11

Attendance: 26,806        Referee: Chris Foy

Norwich City .v. West Ham - the history

All Time Head to Head

Home - W 21 - D 8 - L 4

Away - W 5 - D 11 - L 17

Total - W 26 - D 19 - L 21

Premiership only

Home - W 0 - D 2 - L 0

Away - W 0 - D 1 - L 1

Total - W 0 - D 3 - L 1

The first time these two teams met was in the Southern League First Division in October 1905, with West Ham suffering a 1-0 defeat away. The two teams continued to battle in the same league for the next ten years, until the First World War (and the Canaries voluntary liquidation) ended their fixtures.

A restructuring of the leagues after the war saw the Irons admitted into the national Second Division, whilst newly reformed Norwich eventually entered into the fledgeling Third Division. West Ham went on to enjoy a decade in the top flight and it was not until the mid 1930's, when they were relegated and Norwich promoted, that the two teams met each other again. West Ham dominated the fixture over the next five seasons, with only one loss in 10 games, before war once again put football on hold.

After bouncing around between the Second and Third divisions for over three decades Norwich finally won promotion to the top flight for the first time in 1972, putting them back into regular fixtures with the Hammers. Fairly evenly matched throughout the 1970's and 80's, each side seemed to dominate their own home fixture but suffer on the road.

Norwich were one of the founding members of the Premier League in 1992, leading the table for most of the season before faltering towards the end. West Ham missed this inaugural season, but after coming second in the new Division One they achieved promotion and the two teams were playing each other again - albeit only for two seasons, producing three draws and one victory for the Canaries. Since then both teams have only met each other in Division 1 during the one 2003/04 season (two more draws, the seaon ending with Norwich promoted from first place but West Ham missing promotion by losing the play-off final) and in two FA Cup games.

The stats suggest a tougher tie than one might initially think - West Ham don't seem to have had much luck on the road against Norwich, with only 5 wins out of 33 away games... and, of course, the Hammers have never beaten them in the Premier league (in fact, the last time West Ham beat Norwich in any league game was 11th April 1992). However, with Norwich struggling to find their first win of the season and West Ham starting to gel, any Irons fan can afford a little confidence ahead of this tie....

West Ham .v. Fulham - Match Stats

1st September 2012

West Ham            .v.               Fulham  .

3                                           0
Nolan (1')                           .

Reid (29')                          .
Taylor (41')                             .

16                Shots                 15

6              On Target              9

6               Corners                6

1               Offsides                2

12                Fouls                  5

0            Yellow Cards            0
0              Red Cards              0

9                Saves                  3

45%          Possession           55%

Starting XI

22 Jussi Jaaskelainen                    Mark Schwarzer 1 .

     2 Winston Reid                    Brede Hangeland 5
  19 James Collins (67')            Aaron Hughes 18
   17 Joey O'Brien                    John Arne Riise 3
     20 Guy Demel (78')            Sascha Riether 27
21 Mohamed Diame                    Steve Sidwell 7     .
           16 Mark Noble                    Mahamadou Diarra 19
       8 Andrew Carroll (68')    (60') Kieran Richardson 15
    4 Kevin Nolan                    Damien Duff 16
 14 Matthew Taylor                    Hugo Rodallega 20
12 Ricardo Vaz Te            (45') Mladen Petric 10.

Bench

32 Gary O'Neil                    Chris Baird 6.
        9 Carlton Cole (68')    (45') Dimitar Berbatov 9
         23 Alou Diarra                    David Stockdale 13
13 Stephen Henderson                    Matthew Briggs 17 .
            11 Modibo Maiga            (60') Alexander Kacaniklic 31
5 James Tomkins (67')            Stephen Kelly 2.
     46 Robert Hall (78')            Pajtim Kasami 8

           Attendance: 33,458        Referee: Anthony Taylor