Wigan .v. West Ham - Match Stats

27th October 2012

          Wigan Athletic         .v.             West Ham           .

2                                            1
    Ramis (8')               (90') Tomkins
McArthur (47')                                 .
.
16                 Shots                  15

7               On Target               4

6                Corners                 6

3                Offsides                1

11                 Fouls                  17

3             Yellow Cards            4
Ramis (18')              (55') Nobel
Di Santo (39')              (61') Maiga  .
McArthur (88')              (90') O'Neill  .
                             (90') Reid

0               Red Cards              0
3                   Saves                 5

54%            Possession           46%

Starting XI

          26 Ali Al Absi                            Jussi Jaaskelainen 22

5 Gary Caldwell                            Winston Reid 2.
          21 Ivan Ramis                            George McCartney 3
31 Maynor Figueroa                            James Tomkins 5  .
 4 James McCarthy                            James Collins 19  .
16 James McArthur                            Kevin Nolan 4     .
17 Emmerson Boyce                     (64') Mark Noble 16      .
   22 Jean Beausejour                     (73') Mohamed Diame 21
    2 Arouna Kone                            Matthew Jarvis 7
 9 Franco Di Santo (78')                    Andrew Carroll 8
   10 Shaun Maloney                    (45') Yossi Benayoun 15
Bench
    12 Michael Pollitt                            Spiegel Raphael 30

  23 Ronnie Stam                            Joey O'Brien 17
       6 David Jones                            Lee Chambers 44
   8 Ben Watson (78')            (73') Gary O'Neil 32
14 Jordi Gomez                    (64') Carlton Cole 9
15 Callum McManaman                    (45') Modibo Maiga 11      .
19 Mauro Boselli                            Robert Hall 46.

Attendance: 19,090        Referee: Jonathon Moss

West Ham .v. Southampton - Match Stats

20th October 2012

           West Ham            .v.           Southampton       .

4                                           1
  Noble (46', 72'pen)  (63') Lallana.
Nolan (48')                              .
Maiga (87')                               .

11                 Shots                11

6              On Target              2

6                Corners                3

3               Offsides                6

11                Fouls                  13

2            Yellow Cards           2
                                (77') Hooiveld
                                     (81') Schneiderlin
0              Red Cards              0

1                 Saves                  2

39%          Possession           61%

Starting XI

22 Jussi Jaaskelainen                   Artur Boruc 31       .
    2 Winston Reid                   Nathaniel Clyne 2

3 George McCartney                   Maya Yoshida 3     .
5 James Tomkins                   Jos Hooiveld 5  .
19 James Collins                   Jose Fonte 6    .
        7 Matthew Jarvis                   Morgan Schneiderlin 4
15 Yossi Banyoun                   Steven Davis 8   .
   16 Mark Noble                   Adam Lallana 20
     21 Mohamed Diame                   Guilherme Do Prado 21
       4 Kevin Nolan                   Jason Puncheon 42
8 Andrew Carroll                   Jay Rodriguez 9 .

Bench

30 Spiegel Raphael                   Kelvin Davis 1    .
    27 Jordan Spence                   Daniel Seaborne 25
55 Leo Chambers                   Ben Reeves 29  .
             32 Gary O'Neil                   James Ward-Prowse 16
         9 Carlton Cole                   Richard Chaplow 27
11 Modibo Maiga                   Rickie Lambert 7

            46 Robert Hall                   Emmanuel Mayuka 24

           Attendance: 34,925        Referee: Neil Swarbrick

West Ham .v. Southampton - the history

All Time Head to Head

Home - W 37 - D 15 - L 10

Away - W 16 - D 20 - L 28

Total - W 53 - D 35 - L 38

Premiership only

Home - W 7 - D 1 - L 2

Away - W 2 - D 3 - L 5

Total - W 9 - D 4 - L 7

The Irons and The Saints have faced each other on many occasions since their first battle in December 1899. During the early 20th Century they regularly battled it out in the Southern League,   meeting again after the Great War in Division 2 of the restructured league. West Ham spent most of the 1920's in the top tier, before dropping again for twenty years, and it was over this period in Division 2 that the Irons started to take a lead in head-to-head matches between the two sides, before Southampton slipped into the third Division in 1953.

In 1958 West Ham once more won promotion, but 8 years later Southampton finally joined them in the top flight. For the next 50 years both teams would remain a fixture in the top two divisions, only  separated for a few seasons here and there. This continued into the days of the Premier League, where the two teams evened out a bit more in their performances against each other - until 2005 when The Saints began the biggest descent in their history.

Having dropped to The Championship in '05 Southampton continued to struggle, with problems on and off field contributing to flirtation with another drop - a scenario that finally played out in 2009 when they found themselves in the third tier for the first time in 50 years after a 10-point deduction for going into administration. This may have been a blessing in disguise as it paved the way for a consolidation of the team under a new owner (and a healthy cash injection), and only a year later the Saints won the Football League trophy - their first cup in over 30 years. Another year later and promotion to the second flight was achieved, followed swiftly by a return to Premier football this year.

This will only be the Irons third match since 2003 against the team that pipped them to the number two spot in last years Championship, having only managed a home draw and an away loss last season. But so far this season the Saints have seemed a shadow of what they were last year, just above the relegation zone with only four points from 21, whilst West Ham have had a creditable start to the season, amassing eleven points and sitting in eighth. But it is the teams like this, whose pasts mirror our own, that we need to beat if we want to keep riding high....

West Ham .v. Arsenal - Match Stats

6th October 2012

     West Ham            .v.               Arsenal       .

1                                           3
Diame (21')             (41') Giroud.
                              (77') Walcott
                               (83') Cazorla

9                 Shots                21

3              On Target              7

4                Corners              16

1               Offsides                1

12                Fouls                  8

3            Yellow Cards           2
  Diame (22')             (45') Gervinho
  Reid (36')             (77') Walcott
Taylor (86')                               .
0              Red Cards              0

4                Saves                  2

31%          Possession           69%

Starting XI

22 Jussi Jaaskelainen                   Vito Mannone 24   .
     2 Winston Reid                   Per Mertesacker 4

 3 George McCartney                   Thomas Vermaelen 5
  19 James Collins                   Carl Jenkinson 25
   20 Guy Demel (73')    (56') Kieran Gibbs 28
7 Matthew Jarvis                   Mikel Arteta 8  .
12 Ricardo Vaz Te (64')    (85') Lukas Podolski 9 .
     16 Mark Noble                    Aaron Ramsey 16
21 Mohamed Diame (82')    (61') Gervinho 27          .
       Kevin Nolan                    Olivier Giroud 12
8 Andrew Carroll                    Santi Cazorla 19.

Bench

13 Stephen Henderson                    Damian Martinez 36  .
     5 James Tomkins (73')    (85') Laurent Koscielny 6.
14 Matthew Taylor (64')    (56') Andre Santos 11   .
  15 Yossi Banyoun            (61') Theo Walcott 14   .
                    32 Gary O'Neil                    Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 15
        9 Carlton Cole (82')            Francis Coquelin 22
  11 Modibo Maiga                    Andre Arshavin 23

           Attendance: 34,974        Referee: Phil Dowd

West Ham .v. Arsenal - the history

All Time Head to Head

Home - W 15 - D 23 - L 25

Away - W 17 - D 15 - L 30

Total - W 32 - D 38 - L 55

Premiership only

Home - W 2 - D 6 - L 8

Away - W 4 - D 1 - L 11

Total - W 6 - D 7 - L 19

In January 1906 West Ham crossed the Thames and headed for the Manor Ground in Plumstead for their first game against Woolwich Arsenal in the FA Cup. The 1-1 draw was overturned by a 3-2 defeat at the Boleyn Ground a few days later, and it was 17 years before the two sides met again, with the Gunners having moved north to Highbury and dropped the "Woolwich" prefix. Between the wars the two sides were fairly evenly matched, until the Irons were relegated in 1932, just as Arsenal were embarking on a decade of success

The first post-war game in 1946 ended in a 6-0 win to West Ham in the FA cup, but Arsenal went on to win the league in '48 and '53 before slipping down into a trophy wilderness for the rest of the 1950's and into the '60's. It was during this period, in 1958, that the Irons were promoted to the top flight - and did not lose a game to Arsenal until 1963! After two more losses in '65 and '66, interspersed with a couple of wins, Arsenal then turned the table with a draw in '67 kick-starting a period where West Ham did not win a single game against them until 1975 FA Cup.

Over the next seventeen years the two clubs were again fairly evenly matched on a game by game basis - despite West Ham having two spells in the second tier whilst Arsenal continued their record-holding run of seasons in the top flight (they are currently in their 86th!). But it was after the formation of the Premiership that the Gunners cemented their position as one of the top clubs in the country, winning several honours and even spending the '03/'04 season unbeaten.

And that is the story the stats tell... with only 6 wins out of 32 Premiership games against them, and a 50% loss rate at home, it is clear that this will be the toughest game of the season so far.... Come on you Irons!

Q.P.R. .v. West Ham - Match Stats

1st October 2012

          Q.P.R.               .v.             West Ham     .

1                                            2
Taarabt (57')               (3') Jarvis .
                               (35') Vaz Te
.
13                  Shots                 18

7               On Target               5

.4                Corners                13

1                Offsides                1

 10                 Fouls                  22

2             Yellow Cards             8
Taarabt (58')              (39') Diame .
Diakite (59')              (45') Nobel .
                                      (63') McCartney
                                         (67') Jaaskelainen
                               (69') Nolan
                             (69') Cole
                                 (78') Collins
                                   (90') Tomkins

 1               Red Cards              0

Diakite (75')                               .

 3                  Saves                 6

  50%           Possession           50%

Starting XI

          33 Julio Cesar                            Jussi Jaaskelainen 22

       6 Clint Hill                    (23') Winston Reid 2
15 Nedum Onuoha (84')            (35') Joey O'Brien 17   .
 17 Ryan Nelson                            James Collins 19
40 Stephane M'Bia                            Guy Demel 20     .
    7 Park Ji Sung (56')                    Matthew Jarvis 7
11 Shaun Wright-Phillips (56')                    Ricardo Vaz Te 12       .
14 Esteban Granero                            Mark Noble 16     .
32 Alejandro Damian Faurlin                            Mohamed Diame 21          .
  9 Djibril Cisse                            Kevin Nolan 4
25 Bobby Zamora                    (72') Carlton Cole 9   .
Bench
           1 Robert Green                            Stephen Henderson 13

       2 Samba Diakite (56')            (35') George McCartney 3
  10 Adel Taarabt (56')            (23') James Tomkins 5
 22 Hogan Ephraim                            Yossi Benayoun 15
 28 Max Ehmer                            Gary O'Neil 32
 12 Jamie Mackie                    (72') Andrew Carroll 8
  23 David Hoilett (84')                    Modibo Maiga 11

Attendance: 17,363        Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Q.P.R. .v. West Ham - the history

All Time Head to Head

Home - W 26 - D 9 - L 9

Away - W 10 - D 14 - L 21

Total - W 36 - D 23 - L 30

Premiership only

Home - W 1 - D 1 - L 1

Away - W 0 - D 1 - L 2

Total - W 1 - D 2 - L 3

It was Christmas Day 1899 when Thames Ironworks first travelled across London to play Queen's Park Rangers, with the hoops making the return journey just five days later. Both of these Southern League First Division games ended in wins for the older and more established QPR before the newly reformed West Ham went on to dominate fixtures in the early 20th Century.

Between the wars the two sides only met each other once, in an FA Cup tie, with a handful of meetings  in the old Second Division during the late '40's / early '50's. It was not until 1968 that the two teams met each other in the top tier for the first time, a 4-3 win for the Irons at the Boleyn Ground that ignited an evenly matched and almost unbroken two-and-a-half decade tussle across the top two divisions.

QPR were founder members of the Premier League, finishing 5th in the inaugural season (the highest placed London club). West Ham won promotion the following year, but over the next three years the Irons only managed to register one win from six games. QPR were relegated in 1996, with further relegation to the third tier 2001, followed by financial controversy leading to the club entering administration. Since then the only meetings between the two sides were in the League Championship in 2004.

QPR finally won promotion back to the top flight in 2011, giving them a year to get used to the Premiership before West Ham returned this year, but with 10 managers in the last 5 years they can hardly be described as a stable club. Indeed, so far this year they have only registered 2 points from a possible 15... and with our old boy "Butterfingers" Green in goal this would be a win to savour!