West Ham starting lineup vs Brentford 2024- Paqueta returns to the starting XI

February 26, 2024 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

Lucas Paqueta makes a more than welcome return to the West Ham starting lineup as they take on Brentford in GW26’s final league game later today evening.

West Ham’s form was wretched in January without their talismanic Brazilian playmaker- they drew against Brighton, SUFC and Bournemouth, and lost to Arsenal (a 6-0 thumping), Man Utd and Nottingham Forest, and were also knocked out of the FA Cup.

This game is also a battle between two Umbro wearing teams- the Hammers and the Bees are two of the five top flight teams donning the double diamond in the Premier League this season [Read more…]

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West Ham get Freiburg in the Round of 16

February 24, 2024 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

The Round of 16 draw for the Europa League has given West Ham familiar opponents in the form of Bundesliga side SC Freiburg. Bizarrely, the Hammers met the German side in the group stages of this very competition earlier this season, and won on both occasions. Unlike the UCL though, the laws for the EL draw do not prevent two sides from the same group from meeting again in the Ro16, and so we have three matchups that are a repeat of the GS clashes between the respective teams- West Ham v Freiburg, Sporting Lisbon v Atalanta and Qarabag v Leverkusen. [Read more…]

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West Ham knocked out of FA Cup by Bristol City

January 18, 2024 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

West Ham’s disappointing start to the New Year continued as they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Championship outfit Bristol City. The original game at the London Stadium had ended in a 1-1 draw, with Tommy Conway’s strike on the hour mark cancelling out Jarrod Bowen’s opener.

The return leg at Ashton Gate went the way of the Robins though. Similar to Bowen’s earlier strike in the first leg, Conway netted in the 3rd minute of this tie to put Bristol City 1-0 up. [Read more…]

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West Ham to face Bristol City in third round of FA Cup 2023/24

December 4, 2023 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

West Ham United will face Bristol City in the third round of the FA Cup in January. The fixture is one of several third round ties pitting Premier League outfits against Championship opposition, and will be played at the London Stadium, with the Hammers holding home advantage.

Other notable Premier League v Championship teams ties in FA Cup third round 23/24 (apart from WHUFC v Bristol City)

Stoke v Brighton
Fulham v Rotherham
Sunderland v Newcastle
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa
Man City v Huddersfield
Chelsea v Preston

West Ham Fa Cup Third Round Draw 23-24

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JWP 2 assists on West Ham debut; Antonio stunner & more- Talking points from West Ham 3-1 Chelsea

August 23, 2023 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

West Ham picked up three very unlikely points against Chelsea at the London Stadium on Sunday evening, with goals from Nayef Aguerd, Michail Antonio and Lucas Paqueta sealing victory against Mauricio Pochettino’s men. Here are our talking points from the clash.

2 assists from JWP on debut

He may not be the flashiest player, but James Ward-Prowse is very effective at his core skills, and he demonstrated it with two assists in this game against the Blues.

The warning signs were already sent to Chelsea with an early corner delivered by JWP, but they didn’t play heed to it, and the very next one resulted in a West Ham goal, with Nayef Aguerd nodding in JWP’s pinpoint delivery.

He also assisted Michail Antonio for a crucial goal in the second half when the game was still in the balance, and West Ham produced a fine defensive effort in the final minutes despite Aguerd’s red to hold on for a win.

There’s also talk of the Hammers being linked with Sevilla forward Youssuf En Nesyri, and his heading skills and JWP’s crosses could be a match made in heaven for Moyesball, if we’re to be honest!

West Ham starting lineup vs Chelsea 2023

Antonio stunner

He was pretty poor in the first half, but Michail Antonio produced the defining moment of the second half when he came up with a goal out of nothing to put the Hammers 2-1 up. It’s not normally the kind of finish you’d associate with Antonio (his long range efforts generally end up landing in Row Z), and it’s one we hope he can produce many more times!

Felipe Caicedo struggles on Chelsea debut

Chelsea brought Felipe Caicedo from the bench, but the Ecuadorean was off the pace and struggled to impose himself on the game. Both Antonio and Lucas Paqueta- the latter in particularly, seemed to get into his head, and he made two costly mistakes towards the end. One didn’t cost Chelsea, with Pablo Fornals missing the target, but the other did, with Paqueta converting the awarded spot kick to make it 3-1. [Read more…]

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