West Ham United and Leeds United are going to face off on Sunday the 16th of January at 2:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Premier League. The match will be played in London at the London Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Mike Dean.
West Ham United sits in the 4th position in the standings with 37 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Norwich City in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 11 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
West Ham United won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 26th of December against Southampton and the score was 2-3.
Leeds United occupies the 16th place in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 4 times, draw 7 times, and lost 8 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 (19 times or 90.48%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (19 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
David Moyes is expected to play against Leeds United with the following players: Ł. Fabiański, A. Cresswell, C. Dawson, I. Diop, V. Coufal, D. Rice, M. Lanzini, N. Vlašić, P. Fornals Malla, J. Bowen and M. Antonio.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of West Ham United would be 28.91.
David Moyes will probably not be able to employ M. Noble and T. Souček because of injury.
A. Obinze Ogbonna, K. Zouma and M. Benrahma will definitely miss the match.
Leeds United
Leeds United has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 31.58%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (6 times), 3-3-3-1 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera is expected to play against West Ham United with the following players: I. Meslier, L. Ayling, M. Klich, S. Dallas, A. Forshaw, J. Harrison, D. James, R. Dias Belloli and S. Greenwood.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Leeds United would be 27.11.
There are doubts about the presence of H. Firpo Adames.
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera will probably not be able to employ P. Struijk, P. Bamford and R. Moreno Machado because of injury.
L. Cooper, C. Cresswell, J. Shackleton, K. Phillips, J. Gelhardt and T. Roberts will definitely miss the match.
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera will not be able to have the presence of D. Llorente Ríos who is suspended.