WIEN. West Ham United beats Rapid Vienna with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Yarmolenko (40′) and a penalty scored by M. Noble (45′). West Ham United was definitely better in terms of ball possession (61%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Allianz Stadion stadium in Wien on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Sergey Ivanov with the assistance of Roman Usachev and Valeri Danchenko. The 4th official was Vladislav Bezborodov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 1.5 degrees Celsius or 34.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 12 Total 14
- 3 On Target 7
- 9 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 81 Attack 142
- 30 Dangerous attack 73
- 89 Ball safe 115
- 11 Free Kicks 10
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 8 Total 7
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
West Ham United had a strong ball possession 61% while Rapid Vienna was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
West Ham United was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why West Ham United won the match.
Rapid Vienna shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, West Ham United shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Rapid Vienna didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, West Ham United didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, Rapid Vienna will stay with 3 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, West Ham United will have 13 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Europa League, Rapid Vienna will play away against Genk on the 9th of December with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Genk (2 draws).
West Ham United will host Dinamo Zagreb on the 9th of December with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of West Ham United (0 draws).
Rapid Vienna – Formation
Rapid Vienna
59'
Rapid Vienna adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Thomas Hickersberger decided to play with the following team: Paul Gartler , Filip Stojković , Emanuel Aiwu , Maximilian Hofmann , Martin Moormann , Dejan Petrović , Robert Ljubičić , Kelvin Arase , Christoph Knasmüllner , Koya Kitagawa and Taxiarchis Fountas .
The home team had on the bench: Laurenz Orgler, Thierno Ballo , Marko Dijakovic, Oliver Strunz, Marco Grüll , Srđan Grahovac, Ercan Kara , Lukas Sulzbacher, Niklas Hedl, Jonas Antonius Auer, Thorsten Schick and Maximilian Ullmann.
Substitutions
Rapid Vienna made 5 changes: C. Knasmullner for M. Grull (59′), K. Kitagawa for E. Kara (59′), K. Arase for T. Ballo (75′), T. Fountas for O. Strunz (90′) and R. Ljubicic for S. Grahovac (90′).
Best player: Filip Stojković
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rapid Vienna was Filip Stojković.
His rating is with 44 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
West Ham United – Formation
West Ham United
45'
Also West Ham United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
David Moyes played with: Alphonse Aréola , Vladimír Coufal , Craig Dawson , Issa Diop , Arthur Masuaku , Mark Noble , Tomáš Souček , Andriy Yarmolenko , Manuel Lanzini , Nikola Vlašić and Jarrod Bowen .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ben Johnson, Alex Král , Aaron Cresswell, Darren Randolph, Sonny Perkins , Pablo Fornals , Saïd Benrahma , Dan Chesters, Kurt Zouma, Ryan Fredericks , Declan Rice and Ajibola-Joshua Alese.
Substitutions
West Ham United made 5 changes: M. Lanzini for P. Fornals (65′), T. Soucek for A. Kral (65′), J. Bowen for S. Benrahma (65′), N. Vlasic for S. Perkins (77′) and A. Masuaku for R. Fredericks (77′).
Best player: Mark Noble
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for West Ham United was Mark Noble.
His rating is with 1 goal, 92 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Antwerp – 2-2
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Fenerbahçe – 1-0
- Leicester City – Legia Warszawa – 3-1
- Monaco – Real Sociedad – 2-1
- PSV – Sturm Graz – 2-0
- Brøndby – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-3
- Rangers – Sparta Praha – 2-0
- Rapid Vienna – West Ham United – 0-2
- Dinamo Zagreb – Genk – 1-1
- Real Betis – Ferencváros – 2-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Celtic – 3-2
- Lokomotiv Moskva – Lazio – 0-3
- Galatasaray – Olympique Marseille – 4-2
- Crvena Zvezda – Ludogorets – 1-0
- Midtjylland – Sporting Braga – 3-2
