The opponents: Wolves vs West Ham
Match address: Premier League live Team live: Wolves live West Ham live
Wolves: Favorable information 1. The Wolves have intercepted 334 times this season, ranking fifth in the Premier League, and the midfield formation is still solid.
2. The 20-year-old Portuguese teenager Pedro Neto scored 5 goals, tied with Neves for the leading scorer list in the team, and carried the offensive banner in the absence of Jimenez.
He also completed 5 assists, 58 shots, and 56 key passes, all of which are the best in the team.
Neto’s league playing time ranks second in the team, second only to the main goalkeeper Patricio.
3. Wolves midfielder Neves also scored 5 goals.
He also completed 54 interceptions, ranking fourth in the Premier League.
4. The achievements of the Wolves in recent years are closely related to the 47-year-old Portuguese coach Nuno Santo.
Santo served as a goalkeeper in the player era, won 9 important trophies in Porto, and followed Deportivo to win the 2002 King’s Cup.
After retiring, Santo started as a goalkeeper coach, and successively served as the coach of Rio Avi, Valencia and Porto.
Entered the Wolves in the summer of 2017, and there is no trophy yet.
He is a unique coach who favors a 3-5-2 formation.
The Portuguese-speaking Wolves players can all unite under his leadership, and there is no language communication problem.
5. Santo played against West Ham United 5 times in his coaching career, and achieved 4 wins and 1 loss, with a winning rate of 80%.
6. Wolves were founded in 1877.
Team history has won 13 important trophies, including 3 England’s top league titles and 4 FA Cup titles, but they are all old calendars before 1960.
The last major title was the League Cup in 1980.
Since the beginning of this century, the Wolves have been playing in the British Championship all the year round.
Occasionally showing up in the Premier League is also bullying, and even stayed in the Premier League for a season.
In 2018, they had an excellent record after successfully surpassing as the champion of the British Championship, ranking 7th for two consecutive seasons. In terms of strength, they can be called a strong team among non-BIG6 teams.
Unfavorable information 1. In the first round of this season’s confrontation, the Wolves lost 0-4 to West Ham United in the away game, and the 4-game winning streak ended.
That matchup at the beginning of the season can be said to be the foreshadowing of the Wolves’ turn from prosperity to decline this season and the sudden emergence of West Ham United.
2. The Wolves have 2 draws and 2 losses for 4 consecutive games without a win: 1-1 Newcastle United, 1-4 Manchester City, 0-0 Aston Villa, 0-1 Liverpool, the state is mediocre.
3. The Wolves have been zero blocked in 3 of the last 4 main games at home, scoring a total of 1 goal.
4. Wolves ace center Raul Jimenez was seriously injured in the 2-1 victory over Arsenal on November 30 last year and left the field after that.
The Mexican high center is an absolute reliance on the Wolves’ frontcourt, and his absence has dealt a heavy blow to the team’s firepower.
The stand-in Fabio Silva is too immature to take on the heavy responsibility.
5. Jimenez’s unexpected absence highlights the mistake of the Wolves in selling Jota, or it was too hasty.
In the past, several forwards available to the team were either too young or short in stature, and their offensive deterrence was not as good as before.
In order to make up for the vacancy left by Jimenez’s injury, the Wolves rented William Jose from Real Sociedad in the winter window to supplement the striker, and the striker has performed poorly so far.
6. The Wolves have invested a total of 193 million euros in the transfer market in the past two seasons. It is not luck to qualify for the European War.
However, this season, while continuing to sign in at high prices, the main players are sold out at the same time, and the income and expenditure are basically balanced, but the strength of the lineup cannot be further improved.
7. The Spanish international Adama Traore, who scored 4 goals and 9 assists in the Premier League last season, has played extremely sluggishly this season. So far, he has 0 goals and 0 assists, turning into “Traore”.
Zhongli Intelligence 1. The Wolves have 9 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, ranking 13th in the Premier League.
Among them, 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses at home, ranking 11th.
West Ham: Favorable information 1. In the first round of this season, West Ham beat Wolves 4-0 at home, ending their 4-game losing streak.
That matchup at the beginning of the season can be said to be the foreshadowing of the Wolves’ turn from prosperity to decline this season and the sudden emergence of West Ham United.
2. West Ham United has won 10 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in the last 18 matches. It has not been hindered except 1-3 Liverpool, 1-2 Manchester City and 0-1 Manchester United.
3. West Ham United is currently ranked 6th in the Premier League.
With one game less, they are 2 points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and have a chance to grab a place in the Champions League.
4. West Ham United’s net transfer investment in the past two seasons was as high as 86 million and 62 million euros respectively. As a result, they only ranked 10th and 16th in the Premier League. They were almost relegated last season.
This season has been steady and steady, with a net investment of several million euros, but it can achieve a very ideal ranking.
5. West Ham’s defense has improved significantly this season, and they have only conceded 35 goals so far.
And last season they conceded 62 goals and almost paid the price of relegation.
6. West Ham United has excellent interception ability, with 339 interceptions in the team, ranking third in the Premier League.
And there are only 36 yellow card records, the third fewest in the Premier League.
7. The Czech international and iron waist Soucek scored 9 goals to lead the team’s scorer list. Antonio and Harold Bowen contributed 7 goals and 6 goals respectively.
West Ham United left back Creswell sent 7 assists and contributed 42 key passes, leading the team in both statistics.
8. Jesse Lingard, who was rented from Manchester United in the winter window, scored 5 goals and 3 assists in 7 appearances, and has been involved in goals in 5 consecutive league games.
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