LONDON. West Ham United defeats Brentford 4-2. Brentford lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the London Stadium stadium in London on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 62,450 spectators.​ The referee was Simon Hooper with the assistance of Adrian Holmes and Simon Long. The 4th official was Tony Harrington. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.07 degrees Celsius or 46.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Brentford had a strong ball possession 59% while West Ham United was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brentford was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, West Ham United was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

West Ham United shot 17 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Brentford shot 14 times, 8 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

West Ham United received 1 yellow card (Edson Álvarez). Talking about the opposition, Brentford received 2 yellow cards (Sergio Reguilón and Zanka).

Standings

After playing this contest, West Ham United has 39 points like Brighton & Hove Albion to hold in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Brentford will stays with 25 points like Everton to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, West Ham United will play away against Everton on the 2nd of March with a 20-9 head to head in favor of Everton (10 draws).

Brentford will host Chelsea on the 2nd of March with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (2 draws).

West Ham United – Formation

West Ham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager David Moyes decided to play with the following team: Alphonse Areola (7.0), Vladimir Coufal (7.5), Konstantinos Mavropanos (7.0), Kurt Zouma (7.1), Emerson Palmieri (9.9), Tomas Soucek  (7.3), Edson Álvarez (7.0), Mohammed Kudus  (7.7), James Ward-Prowse (8.1), Lucas Paquetá (7.0) and Jarrod Bowen (9.1).

The home team had on the bench: Łukasz Fabiański, Ben Johnson, Danny Ings, Angelo Ogbonna, George Earthy, Divin Mubama, Oliver Scarles, Nayef Aguerd and Michail Antonio (6.4).

Substitutions

West Ham United made 2 changes: Lucas Paquetá for Michail Antonio (76′) and Mohammed Kudus  for Ben Johnson (90′).

Player of the match: Emerson Palmieri​

The player that probably impressed the most for West Ham United was Emerson Palmieri.

His rating is 9.9 with 1 goal, 53 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Brentford – Formation

Brentford started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Thomas Frank played with: Mark Flekken (6.0), Zanka (6.3), Kristoffer Ajer (6.7), Ben Mee (6.3), Keane Lewis-Potter (7.7), Frank Onyeka (6.7), Christian Nørgaard (7.1), Mathias Jensen (6.8), Sergio Reguilón (6.4), Ivan Toney  (7.0) and Neal Maupay (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Yoane Wissa (7.5), Saman Ghoddos, Thomas Strakosha, Nathan Collins (6.7), Mikkel Damsgaard (7.3), Shandon Baptiste, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Mads Roerslev (7.1) and Vitaly Janelt (6.8).

Brentford could not rely on the presence of Nathan Collins (injured).

Substitutions

Brentford made 5 changes: Ben Mee for Nathan Collins (61′), Frank Onyeka for Vitaly Janelt (74′), Sergio Reguilón for Mads Roerslev (73′), Neal Maupay for Yoane Wissa (73′) and Mathias Jensen for Mikkel Damsgaard (77′).

Player of the match: Keane Lewis-Potter​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brentford was Keane Lewis-Potter.

His rating is 7.7 with 41 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• West Ham United – Brentford – 4-2