18/01/2014
15:00
Boleyn Ground
West Ham United vs Newcastle United
Goalscorers:
0-1 Yohan Cabaye 16'
0-2 Loic Remy 33'
1-2 Mike Williamson OG 45'
1-3 Yohan Cabaye 95'
Analysis
Remember that fight, spirit and desire we all championed a week ago? Yeah. What happened to that?
Before we get into the flesh of it, I think whoscored.com's match summary probably says it all. "Team showed no significant strengths". Awful. Just awful.
For me, the performance was typified by Mohamed Diamé. We know these players have ability, we've seen it. Diamé has more than most, but the application just isn't there sometimes.
On Saturday, it was non existent. Diamé was anonymous.
He made 21 touches in 62 minutes. That's about three minutes per touch. He attempted 9 passes. That's one pass every 6.9 minutes. He created no chances, had one shot on goal, and attempted four take ons - failing them all. Okay, so he made two successful tackles, but he did very little else.
Look at his heat map. He flitted in and out of the game for an hour, offering very little for his side to build on. For a player of his undoubted quality, this was a performance that smacks of not being bothered.
But it wasn't just a lack of interest on Saturday. A lack of any kind of quality was the main difference between the two sides.
Excluding crosses, we created three chances during the game. Newcastle created 12. And this was the real difference between the teams. Newcastle possessed a level of quality and confidence on the ball that was entirely absent from this West Ham side - and not for the first time this season.
The image below details the chances created by each side. You can see the variety in their play, the way they cut through our defence at will. And look at ours. There's almost nothing there.
I said last week that a win can make a huge difference to mood, confidence and optimism. Well, not to our side, apparently. Another loss, back in the bottom three. A lack of fight.
General Play
4-2-3-1 Formation 4-2-3-1
(-9) Adrian San Miguel - Tim Krul (23)
(-17) Matthew Taylor - Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (44)
(5) James Collins - Mike Williamson (37)
(1) Roger Johnson - Steven Taylor (42)
(-10) Rǎzvan Raţ - Davide Santon (-1)
(4) Mark Noble - Cheick Tiote (42)
(-5) Jack Collison - Vurnon Anita (7)
(-4) Stewart Downing - Moussa Sissoko (32)
(5) Mohamed Diamé - Yohan Cabaye (114)
(-17) Matt Jarvis - Yoan Gouffran (12)
(-18) Carlton Cole - Loic Remy (28)
(4) Ravel Morrison - Shola Ameobi (10)
(-7) Andy Carroll - Paul Dummett (24)
(-7) Joe Cole - Hatem Ben Arfa (-6)
Best Performance
(5) James Collins - Yohan Cabaye (114)
Worst Performance
(-18) Carlton Cole - Hatem Ben Arfa (-6)
48% Possession 52%
354 Passes Attempted 402
Mark Noble 55 Most Attempted 77 Cheick Tiote
69% Passing Accuracy 81%
54% In Opp. Half 69%
Jack Collison 88% Best Accuracy (min. 15 passes) 100% Steven Taylor
87 Long Balls 58
Matthew Taylor 13 Most Long Balls (excl. GK) 7 Cheick Tiote
Most Frequent Pass Combination
Taylor to Downing 15 - 16 Tiote to Cabaye
24 Aerial Duels Won 22
52% Success 48%
Matthew Taylor 5 Most Won 9 Mike Williamson
Matthew Taylor 81 Most Touches 94 Cheick Tiote
Offensive Play
11 Attempts on Goal 19
2 On Target 9
6 Off Target 8
3 Blocked 2
27% From Outside the Box 63%
Jack Collison 2 Most Shots 5 Loic Remy
8 Key Passes 15
Carlton Cole 2 Most Key Passes 4 Loic Remy
33 Crosses 16
Stewart Downing 12 Most Attempted 8 Yohan Cabaye
6 Successful Crosses 5
18% Success 31%
Rǎzvan Raţ 2 Most Successful 2 Yohan Cabaye
11 Take Ons Attempted 21
2 Successful Take Ons 10
18% Success 48%
Carlton Cole 1 Most Take Ons 3 Moussa Sissoko
Defensive Play
33 Tackles Attempted 24
19 Successful Tackles 15
58% Success 63%
Matthew Taylor 5 Most Tackles 4 Moussa Sissoko
39 Clearances 76
James Collins 11 Most Clearances 22 Mike Williamson
12 Interceptions 11
Jack Collison 2 Most Interceptions 3 Cheick Tiote
2 Shot Blocks 3
Roger Johnson 1 Most Shot Blocks 1 Steven Taylor
Discipline
9 Fouls 6
4 Most Fouls 2
0 Yellow Cards 0
West Ham United:
Newcastle United:
0 Red Cards 0
West Ham United:
Newcastle United:
Head to Heads
Adrian San Miguel vs Tim Krul
3 Goals Conceded 1
4 Saves 1
2 Claims 1
2 Successful Claims 1
100% Success 100%
34 Total Distribution 38
20 Accurate 13
59% Success 34%
10 Goal Kicks 7
6 Accurate 0
60% Success 0%
5 Throw Outs 2
5 Accurate 2
100% Success 100%
4 Kick from Hand 7
1 Accurate 2
25% Success 29%
15 Other 22
8 Accurate 9
53% Success 41%
0 Errors Leading to Shot 0
0 Errors Leading to Goal 0
Carlton Cole 6 Most Passed To 4 Shola Ameobi
Roger Johnson 6 Most Passes From 4 Steven Taylor
Matthew Taylor vs Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
9 Aerial Duels 2
5 Duels Won 1
56% Success 50%
6 Tackles Attempted 2
5 Tackles Completed 2
83% Success 100%
9 Clearances 15
1 Interceptions 1
0 Blocks 0
0 6yrd Blocks 0
0 Errors Leading to Shot 0
1 Errors Leading to Goal 0
45 Passes Attempted 36
31 Successful 30
69% Success 83%
2 Crosses Attempted 2
1 Successful 1
50% Success 50%
1 Chances Created 0
1 Attempts on Goal 0
0 On Target 0
0 Goals 0
Stewart Downing 15 Most Passed To 12 Moussa Sissoko
Mark Noble 9 Most Passes From 7 Cheick Tiote
Mark Noble vs Yohan Cabaye
53 Passes Attempted 47
44 Successful 37
83% Success 79%
1 Key Passes 4
0 Assists 0
1 Attempts on Goal 5
0 On Target 4
0 Goals 2
0 Take Ons Attempted 3
0 Take Ons Successful 2
0% Success 67%
7 Tackles Attempted 4
3 Tackles Completed 3
43% Success 75%
1 Clearances 2
2 Interceptions 0
0 Blocks 0
0 6yrd Blocks 0
1 Errors Leading to Shot 0
0 Errors Leading to Goal 0
Matthew Taylor 9 Most Passed To 12 Moussa Sissoko
Rǎzvan Raţ 8 Most Passes From 16 Cheick Tiote
Carlton Cole vs Loic Remy
2 Attempts on Goal 5
1 On Target 3
0 Goals 1
2 Key Passes 4
0 Assists 0
26 Passes Attempted 24
16 Successful 21
62% Success 88%
1 Take Ons 1
1 Sucecssful Take Ons 1
100% Success 100%
12 Aerial Duels 6
2 Duels Won 1
17% Success 17%
Matt Jarvis 3 Most Passed To 9 Yohan Cabaye
Rǎzvan Raţ 6 Most Passes From 7 Yohan Cabaye
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