Sunday 13 May 2013
15:00
Goodison Park
Everton vs West Ham United
Goalscorers
1-0 Kevin Mirallas 6'
2-0 Kevin Mirallas 60'
Analysis
Well, that was rubbish wasn't it? Another dead rubber game that our players didn't really seem to care about. There wasn't a great deal to be pleased with, to be honest.
Other than James Collins and Jussi Jaaskelainen I can't really think of anyone else putting in anything better than a poor performance. Collins had an exceptional game, not that we should expect anything less given the high standard he has set throughout the season.
However, looking at his heat map gives an indication of how the midfield performed yesterday. Collins had a very high number of touches in and around the West Ham box. This could be indicative of the anonymous performances of the defensive midfielders.
Indeed, Diamé's removal at half time also goes to show just how ineffective the midfield pairing had been.
Another indication of the poor midfield performance can be seen in the distribution of Everton shots.
Throughout the season, a cornerstone of West Ham's success has been our ability to restrict the opposition to long range shots. Yesterday, however, over 60% of the Toffee's attempts came from inside the box (not that it made much of a difference with Mirallas scoring two from outside!).
In terms of attacking play... well, there wasn't really any.
A reason for this could be the incredibly flat performance from the midfield. West Ham played with an almost flat six (Demel, Collison, Nolan, O'Neil, Diamé, O'Brien) in midfield for large portions of the game, with just Jarvis breaking out of the middle.
The image below shows the average positions for the starting XI. As you can see, the midfield and fullbacks remained in an almost entirely flat line. A particular disappointment was the lack of support from Kevin Nolan and Mo Diamé to Andy Carroll. It was almost like watching us earlier in the season when Carlton Cole was isolated and the midfield lacked the drive to support the front man.
On the rare occasions that we did manage to venture into the Everton third, our usual attacking weapon let us down.
On many occasions this season our main attacking outlet has been Matt Jarvis down the left flank, and our overall crossing ability throughout the team. Well, on Sunday, just 2 of our crosses reached their mark.
The image below shows the attempted crosses. As you can see, only two managed to hit a team mate, and only one of those led directly to an attempt on goal.
(Red = Unsuccessful; Green = Successful; Yellow = Led to Goalscoring Opportunity)
All in all then, a poor performance, a poor result, and a disappointing end to our away fixtures this season.
A win against Reading on the final day will ensure our place in the top half, but if the players serve up another performance like this one, that seems a little unlikely.
The final word from me is to say a big congratulations to Wigan Athletic. It's always nice to have an underdog win something, and the Latics certainly did that.
And when they get relegated tomorrow night, can we have a punt on that McManaman?
General Play
4-4-1-1 Starting Formation 4-2-3-1
28.5 Starting XI Ave. Age 28
Kevin Mirallas Best Performance James Collins
75.13 CI Rating 66.52
Victor Anichebe Worst Performance Carlton Cole
58.4 CI Rating 55.09
58% Possession 42%
(averaged from opta, prozone & squawka results)
88% Passing Accuracy 73%
82% in Opp. Half 60%
Sylvain Distin 94% Best Accuracy 93% Mark Noble
543 Passes Attempted 295
Darron Gibson 88 Most Passes Attempted 33 Joey O'Brien
55 Long Balls 61
Darron Gibson 9 Most Long Balls (excl. GK) 6 Guy Demel
Offensive Play
28 Attempts on Goal 7
7 On Target 2
11 Off Target 5
10 Blocked 0
11 From Outside Box 3
Kevin Mirallas 6 Most Attempts on Goal 2 Kevin Nolan
7 Corners 1
3 Offsides 1
28 Crosses 15
10 Successful Crosses 2
Leighton Baines 9 Most Crosses Attempted 7 Matt Jarvis
45% Aerial Success 55%
Victor Anichebe 3 Most Duels Won 6 Andy Carroll
Defensive Play
11 Tackles Attempted 16
9 Successful 11
Phil Jagielka 2 Most Tackles 3 Winston Reid
23 Clearances 31
Sylvain Distin 10 Most Clearances 13 James Collins
19 Interceptions 12
Phil Jagielka 6 Most Interceptions 3 James Collins
0 Blocks 10
n/a 0 Most Blocks 6 James Collins
Discipline
7 Fouls 11
Leighton Baines 2 Most Fouls 2 James Collins
1 Yellow Cards 2
Everton: Kevin Mirallas
West Ham United: Guy Demel, James Collins
0 Red Cards 0
Everton: -
West Ham United: -
Head to Heads
Tim Howard vs Jussi Jääskeläinen
0 Goals Conceded 2
2 Saves 5
2 Crosses Claimed 0
77% Passing Accuracy 73%
13 Total Passes 15
10 Long Balls 14
77% % Long Ball 93%
Phil Jagielka vs James Collins
0% Aerial Dules Won 100%
2 Tackles 2
0 Blocks 6
6 Interceptions 3
5 Clearances 13
1 Fouls Committed 2
82% Passing Accuracy 59%
45 Total Passes 17
7 Long Balls 5
16% % Long Ball 29%
0 Assists 0
Kevin Mirallas vs Matt Jarvis
90% Passing Accuracy 83%
31 Total Passes 18
3 Long Balls 3
10% % Long Ball 17%
4 Crosses 7
3 Successful Crosses 1
2 Chances Created 1
0 Assists 0
0 Tackles 0
0 Blocks 0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Clearances 0
0 Fouls Committed 0
6 Attempts on Goal 0
2 On Target 0
2 Goals 0
Victor Anichebe vs Andy Carroll
0 Goals Scored 0
5 Attempts on Goal 2
1 On Target 1
60% Aerial Duels Won 86%
75% Passing Accuracy 58%
16 Total Passes 24
0 Chances Created 1
0 Assists 0
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