LONDON. West Ham United conquers Fulham 1-0 after H. Reed scored an own goal 23min. Fulham was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (76%).​

The match was played at the Craven Cottage stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jarred Gillett with the assistance of Simon Long and Richard West. The 4th official was David Webb. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fulham had a strong ball possession 76% while West Ham United was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fulham was more pushing with 106 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, West Ham United was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Fulham shot 16 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, West Ham United shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Fulham received 1 yellow card (Carlos Vinícius). On the other side, West Ham United received 1 yellow card (Declan Rice).

Standings

After playing this match, Fulham will stay with 39 points like Chelsea to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, West Ham United will have 30 points like Crystal Palace and AFC Bournemouth to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Fulham will play away with Southampton on the 13th of May with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Southampton (3 draws).

West Ham United will play away agasint Brentford on the 13th of May with a 3-3 head to head.

Fulham – Formation

Fulham started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva decided to play with the following team: Bernd Leno (6.3), Cédric Soares (7.0), Tosin Adarabioyo (6.8), Tim Ream (6.8), Antonee Robinson (6.9), Harrison Reed (6.6), João Palhinha (6.5), Bobby Decordova-Reid (6.1), Andreas Pereira (6.3), Willian (7.0) and Carlos Vinícius (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Issa Diop, Daniel James (6.2), Tom Cairney (7.0), Shane Duffy, Kenny Tete, Manor Solomon (6.4), Harry Wilson (7.1), Saša Lukić and Marek Rodák.

Substitutions

Fulham made 5 changes: Harrison Reed for Tom Cairney (46′), Bobby De Cordova-Reid for Manor Solomon (46′), Cédric Soares for Kenny Tete (68′), Andreas Pereira for Daniel James (85′) and Willian for Harry Wilson (85′).

Best player: Harry Wilson​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fulham was Harry Wilson.

His rating is (7.1) with 2 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 2 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 85′.

West Ham United – Formation

West Ham United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

David Moyes played with: Łukasz Fabiański (6.2), Vladimír Coufal (6.8), Kurt Zouma (7.4), Angelo Ogbonna (7.3), Aaron Cresswell (7.0), Jarrod Bowen (6.6), Tomáš Souček (6.5), Declan Rice (6.8), Pablo Fornals (6.7), Danny Ings (6.4) and Michail Antonio (6.7).

They had on the bench: Flynn Downes (7.0), Manuel Lanzini, Emerson Palmieri, Ben Johnson, Thilo Kehrer, Gnaly Maxwell Cornet, Saïd Benrahma (6.8), Alphonse Aréola and Nayef Aguerd.

Substitutions

West Ham United made 3 changes: Pablo Fornals for Saïd Benrahma (60′), D. Ings for Flynn Downes (61′) and Michail Antonio for Maxwel Cornet (90′).

Best player: Kurt Zouma​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for West Ham United was Kurt Zouma even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 3 passes (33% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Chelsea – 1-0
• Tottenham Hotspur – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-1
• Southampton – Manchester City – 1-4
• Manchester United – Everton – 2-0
• Leicester City – AFC Bournemouth – 0-1
• Fulham – West Ham United – 0-1
• Brentford – Newcastle United – 1-2
• Aston Villa – Nottingham Forest – 2-0