by foreverboleyn

Hornets vs Hammers

Hornets Vs Hammers:

The Hornets host The Hammers on Sunday afternoon live on Sky Sports at 4pm (UK time) so there’s no excuse to miss David Moyes’ first game in charge of West Ham. There’s enough time to eat your Sunday roast and brush off that hang over before this one!

You would expect Hammers to beat Hornets in any scenario but this isn’t fantasy warfare, this is the crazy game of football and us West Ham supporters know far too well that it’s not about the size of the Hammers, it’s all about the man pulling the strings that really matters. Moyes has looked to have taken the players by the scruff of the neck and roughed them up during his first few training sessions but when it comes down to match day they still need to stand up, stand strong and stand together!

Where to watch:

  • SkySports
  • HammersTV
  • IronsTV
  • The above two are websites that stream West Ham matches, please be aware that adverts are what enables the websites to stream free of charge so please be aware when using the website that you will need to close adverts but please do not download anything or take any notice of any adverts.

Head to Head:

  • Watford have 19 wins.
  • West Ham United have 41 wins.
  • The teams have shared the points on 14 occasions.
  • Out of those 54 matches the teams have only played each other on 8 occasions in the Premier League, sharing 3 wins each and sharing the points on 2 occasions.

(Picture from Watford FC’s official Twitter account)

Previous Six:

  • Watford 1-1 West Ham United (25/02/17)
  • West Ham United 2-4 Watford (10/09/16)
  • West Ham United 3-1 Watford (20/04/16)
  • Watford 2-0 West Ham United (31/10/15)
  • West Ham United 0-1 Watford (10/02/07)

Important Stats:

  • Watford have lost only 1 of their last 6 Premier League matches against West Ham United, winning 3 and drawing 2.
  • The hammers have only 1 victory in their last 13 away matches in the Premier League, losing 6 and drawing 6.
  • David Moyes’ first game in charge of West Ham will also be the Scot’s 500th Premier League match as a manager (M499 W196 D135 L168). Only Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp have managed 500 Premier League games or more.
  • Only Harry Kane has attempted more shots (59) this season than Watford’s Richarlison (39), who has scored with 4 of his 7 efforts on target.

Season so far:

  • Watford and West Ham’s form guide are very similar, Hornets have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3 in their previous 6 matches.
  • Hammers have also won 1 but drawn 2 and lost 2 in their last 6 matches.
  • As of the start of match week 12 Watford sit in 9th place, Hammers are 18th.
  • Watford have won 4, West Ham have won 2.
  • Both teams have drawn 3 games each.
  • Hornets have lost 4 whilst West Ham have lost 6.
  • Both teams have also kept 3 clean sheets each.
  • Watford have a better average goals scored per match (1.55), average chances created per match (1.45), where as West Ham have a worse average goals conceded per match (2.09)
  • Both teams biggest win so far have been a 2-0 win against Bournemouth and Huddersfield respectively.
  • Both teams biggest losses have against Manchester clubs, Watford’s being a 6-0 loss to Manchester City and West Ham’s coming at the hands of Manchester United in a 4-0 defeat.
  • Watford’s Ricarlison and West Ham’s Chicarito are their clubs top scorers so far this season having scored 4 goals each.

Team News:

  • Top scorer Javier “Chicarito” Hernandez is a doubt after picking up a hamstring strain whilst on international duty with Mexico.
  • Jose Fonte has an ankle injury and isn’t expected to feature.
  • As above, Sam Byram is not expected to feature due to a thigh complaint.
  • James Collins and Michail Antonio are nearing returns but are not expected to feature this weekend.
  • Winston Reid will be thankful this game is on a Sunday afternoon because the New Zealand international played during their World Cup Qualifying match during the very early hours of Thursday morning, the Watford game may still be too soon for the Kiwi due to the demands of traveling around the world and back.
  • Apparently Haksabanovic and Ayew have been taken ill therfore won’t play a part.
  • There could be at least three youngsters on the bench tomorrow,  Martinez believed to be one of them.
  • Rice could well be one of those youngsters on the bench if Reid does end up starting for the team.

Referee: Andre Marriner
Assistants: Simon Beck, Simon Long
Fourth official: Stuart Attwell

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