Everton 100% home record broken, Soucek vs Rondon & More- Talking points from Everton 0-1 West Ham

October 17, 2021 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

A second half set piece goal from Angelo Ogbonna saw West Ham leapfrog Everton in the league table as they came away with a fine 1-0 win from Goodison Park. Here are our talking points from today afternoon’s clash.

First Everton home league defeat of the 21/22 season:

Everton had won all three of their home league games in 2021/22 at Goodison Park prior to this game, which meant this was the first PL home defeat of the season for Rafa Benitez’s men.

It was an impressive scalp on the road given Everton’s general success against West Ham in the league (their record against the Hammers is their best against any Premier League team) [Read more…]

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Michail Antonio Goals 21/22 | List of Antonio goals for West Ham this current 2021-22 season

October 11, 2021 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

Here is a look at the list of goals scored by striker Michail Antonio for West Ham United in the current 2021/2022 Premier League and Europa League season.

(last updated on 8 May, 2022 after Antonio goal v Norwich)

Game, opponent, time/minute at which Antonio scored and Match Week number (9 goals in league)

Newcastle 2-4 West Ham 15 August 2021 (1 goal, 66′)- Week 1
West Ham 4-1 Leicester 23 August 2021 ( 2 goals, 80′ and 84′)- Week 2
West Ham 2-2 Crystal Palace 28 August 2021 (1 goal, 68′)- Week 3
Leeds 1-2 West Ham 25 September 2021 (1 goal, 90′)- Week 6 [Read more…]

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Soucek scores first international hat trick for the Czech Republic against Estonia

March 26, 2021 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek scored his maiden international hat trick for the Czech Republic as they beat Estonia 6-2 in World Cup qualifying.

Soucek scored the Czech Republic’s third, fourth and fifth goals of the game as they came from behind to register a 6-2 triumph.

Soucek first goal (32nd minute: Estonia 1-3 Czech Republic, Jakub Jankto assist)
Soucek second goal (43rd minute: Estonia 1-4 Czech Republic, Patrick Schick assist)
Soucek third goal (48th minute: Estonia 1-5 Czech Republic, Pavel Kaderabek assist)

Soucek played the full 90 minutes against Estonia. His Hammers team mate Vladimir Coufal was an unused substitute in the same game. [Read more…]

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Talking points from Hammers v Arsenal

March 25, 2021 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

A thrilling Premier League fixture saw West Ham and Arsenal play out an exciting 3-3 draw before the international break. Here are our talking points from the clash at the London Stadium.

Hammers score two own goals: West Ham became the first top flight side since Swansea in 2017 to score two own goals in the same game. The first one was from Tomas Soucek, who had himself found the back of the net at the other end just minutes before, and the second came from Craig Dawson.

So, in a rather bizarre turn of events, the Hammers actually scored five goals in the game, but didn’t end up on the winning side!

Michail Antonio’s vital miss: At 3-2, Said Benrahma fashioned an excellent chance for Michail Antonio, only for the forward to hit the post from virtually point-blank range. [Read more…]

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Talking Points from West Ham 2-0 Leeds United

March 8, 2021 By West Ham Blog Leave a Comment

A tough win: The scoreline might not suggest it, but this was far from comfortable for West Ham. Leeds had three or four excellent second half chances, and had Patrick Bamford been more clinical in front of goal, this could have easily gone the other way.

Nevertheless, given that was the final game of the round, and the Hammers were 7th going into it following wins for both Tottenham and Chelsea, it was an excellent result to get them back into fifth. They are just behind fourth placed Chelsea but do have a game in hand over the Blues.

Leeds have two goals disallowed in the first 7 minutes: Apart from the second half chances they created, Leeds had two goals disallowed in the opening 7 minutes of the game. One was clear cut- the ball had clearly gone out of play before Raphinha’s cross, but the other was tighter, and it was by a very small margin that Helder Costa was ruled offside for Tyler Roberts’ goal.

Leeds dominated the opening 15 odd minutes, with 70% of the ball, and had they scored in that period, this might have been a tough evening for the Hammers.

Both loanees score for West Ham: “Jesse Lingard and Craig Dawson score for West Ham as they maintain their CL hopes” is certainly not the headline Hammers fans would have had in mind at this time last year!

The goals came in the 21st and 27th minutes of the game- an excellent response after Leeds had been in total control for the opening 15 odd minutes. [Read more…]

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