West Ham United and Norwich City are going to clash on Wednesday the 12th of January at 7:45 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in London at the London Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Simon Hooper.
West Ham United sits in the 5th place in the standings with 34 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 10 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Norwich City occupies the 20th position in the table with 10 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won twice, draw 4 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
West Ham United
West Ham United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (18 times or 90.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (18 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
David Moyes is expected to play against Norwich City with the following players: Ł. Fabiański, B. Johnson, I. Diop, C. Dawson, V. Coufal, T. Souček, D. Rice, M. Lanzini, P. Fornals Malla, J. Bowen and M. Antonio.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the average age of West Ham United would be 28.09.
A. Cresswell, A. Obinze Ogbonna, K. Zouma and M. Benrahma will definitely miss the match.
Norwich City
Norwich City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 38.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Dean Smith is expected to play against West Ham United with the following players: B. Williams, B. Gibson, O. Kabak, K. McLean, B. Gilmour, P. Lees Melou, P. Płacheta and J. Sargent.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Norwich City would be 24.88.
There are doubts about the presence of T. Krul, M. Aarons and T. Pukki.
Dean Smith will probably not be able to employ D. Giannoulis, G. Hanley, T. Cantwell and M. Rashica because of injury.
A. Omobamidele, C. Zimmermann, M. Antonsen Normann and L. Rupp will definitely miss the match.