01/02/2014
12:45
Boleyn
Ground
West
Ham United vs Swansea City
Goalscorers:
1-0
Kevin Nolan 26'
2-0
Kevin Nolan 45'
Analysis
Thank
goodness. We needed that.
Sam
Allardyce has been telling us all season that once Andy Carroll came back
everything would be fine (or words to that effect). On Saturday lunchtime,
Swansea learnt that the Carroll – Nolan partnership is a potentially
devastating one. So let’s start with the goals, shall we?
Both
goals came from both sides doing what they are type casted to do. Swansea began
to pass their way up the pitch, West Ham intercepted. Two crosses, two headed
passes, two goals. Simple.
The
images below show how both goals mapped out. And let’s give a big hand to Mark
Noble, George McCartney and Stewart Downing for the parts they played in the
goals.
And,
up until his unfortunate red card in the 59th minute, it really was
the Andy Carroll we paid £15m for.
The
big striker had 7 attempts on goal, created three chances for teammates, and
bagged himself a couple of assists. But it was his aerial dominance that was
the key to this performance. Carroll won 10 of his 14 aerial duels, with Chico
and Ashley Williams winning just one out of seven between them. But throughout
his career Carroll’s heading hasn’t just been about getting his head on it. It’s
the control that is so impressive. All three of the chances he created came
from his head, and, as we know, so did both of his assists.
The
image below shows where Carroll had his aerial duels. As you can see, he
consistently outjumped defenders where it mattered; the penalty box. Let’s hope
that the FA see sense and we aren’t denied our most effective weapon for the
next three matches…
The
final area to mention is another battling defensive performance. Matthew Taylor
followed up his 7 blocks in midweek with another four on Saturday. Kevin Nolan
put in 9 tackles, winning 7 of them. James Tomkins made one of the tackles of
the season to prevent Swansea grabbing a goal. And the side made a whopping 66
clearances.
Add
all of that up, and you get a clean sheet. And look at Swansea’s heat map. They
hardly got near the box.
A
good win that was much needed. If all goes well this week, we’ll have Andy
Carroll spearheading the attack against Aston Villa next weekend, and another
victory in a bag.
Fingers
crossed, eh?
General
Play
4-2-3-1
Formation 4-2-3-1
(38)
Adrian San Miguel - Gerhard Tremmel (-17)
(-3)
Guy Demel - Dwight Tiendalli (32)
(22)
James Collins - Chico Flores (14)
(43)
James Tomkins - Ashley Williams (-2)
(60)
George McCartney - Ben Davies (2)
(19)
Mark Noble - Jordi Amat (20)
(5)
Matthew Taylor - Jonathan De Guzman (14)
(25)
Matt Jarvis - Nathan Dyer (13)
(71)
Kevin Nolan - Jonjo Shelvey (5)
(54)
Stewart Downing - Wayne Routledge (-3)
(-11)
Andy Carroll - Wilfried Bony (-11)
(-1)
Carlton Cole - Alex Pozuelo (27)
(6)
Winston Reid - Pablo Hernandez (20)
(0)
Antonio Nocerino - David N'Gog (3)
Best
Performance
(71)
Kevin Nolan - Dwight Tiendalli (32)
Worst
Performance
(-11)
Andy Carroll - Gerhard Tremmel (-17)
37%
Possession 63%
250
Passes Attempted 499
Mark
Noble 51 Most Attempted 77 Jonathan De Guzman
69%
Passing Accuracy 85%
58%
In Opp. Half 73%
James
Tomkins 89% Best Accuracy (min. 15 passes) 93% Dwight Tiendalli
43
Long Balls 41
George
McCartney 9 Most Long Balls (excl. GK) 8 Jonathan De Guzman
Most
Frequent Pass Combination
Adrian
to Carroll 10 - 15 De Guzman to Tiendalli
25
Aerial Duels Won 7
78%
Success 22%
Andy
Carroll 10 Most Won 3 Wilfried Bony
Mark
Noble 71 Most Touches 101 Jonathan De Guzman
Offensive
Play
11
Attempts on Goal 20
4 On
Target 0
6 Off
Target 8
1
Blocked 12
36%
From Outside the Box 70%
Andy
Carroll 7 Most Shots 4 Wilfried Bony
10
Key Passes 13
Andy
Carroll 3 Most Key Passes 3 Alex Pozuelo
25
Crosses 47
Stewart
Downing 12 Most Attempted 14 Jonathan De Guzman
7
Successful Crosses 6
28%
Success 13%
Stewart
Downing 4 Most Successful 2 Jonathan De Guzman
6
Take Ons Attempted 17
3
Successful Take Ons 7
50%
Success 41%
Mark
Noble 2 Most Take Ons 3 Nathan Dyer
Defensive
Play
34
Tackles Attempted 19
21
Successful Tackles 14
62%
Success 74%
Kevin
Nolan 7 Most Tackles 3 Dwight Tiendalli
66 Clearances
40
James
Collins 12 Most Clearances 7 Dwight Tiendalli
8
Interceptions 10
Stewart
Downing 3 Most Interceptions 2 Dwight Tiendalli
12
Shot Blocks 1
Matthew
Taylor 4 Most Shot Blocks 1 Dwight Tiendalli
Discipline
7
Fouls 7
Andy
Carroll 3 Most Fouls 2 Ben Davies
1
Yellow Cards 0
West
Ham United: Mark Noble
Swansea
City:
1 Red
Cards 0
West
Ham United: Andy Carroll
Swansea
City:
Head
to Heads
Adrian
San Miguel vs Gerhard Tremmel
0
Goals Conceded 2
0
Saves 2
3
Claims 4
3
Successful Claims 4
100%
Success 100%
28
Total Distribution 28
17
Accurate 18
61%
Success 64%
10
Goal Kicks 9
9
Accurate 4
90%
Success 44%
2
Throw Outs 6
2
Accurate 6
100%
Success 100%
4
Kick from Hand 2
0
Accurate 1
0%
Success 50%
12
Other 11
6
Accurate 7
50%
Success 64%
0
Errors Leading to Shot 0
0
Errors Leading to Goal 0
Andy
Carroll 10 Most Passed To 6 Chico Flores
James
Tomkins 7 Most Passes From 4 Chico Flores
James
Tomkins vs Chico Flores
3
Aerial Duels 6
3
Duels Won 1
100%
Success 17%
2
Tackles Attempted 2
1
Tackles Completed 2
50%
Success 100%
11
Clearances 7
1
Interceptions 2
1
Blocks 0
0
6yrd Blocks 0
0
Errors Leading to Shot 0
0
Errors Leading to Goal 0
18
Passes Attempted 49
16
Successful 41
89%
Success 84%
0
Crosses Attempted 0
0
Successful 0
0%
Success 0%
0
Chances Created 1
1
Attempts on Goal 0
0 On
Target 0
0
Goals 0
Adrian
San Miguel 7 Most Passed To 9 Jonathan De Guzman
George
McCartney 5 Most Passes From 9 Jonathan De Guzman
Kevin
Nolan vs Jonathan De Guzman
20
Passes Attempted 75
14
Successful 65
70%
Success 87%
0 Key
Passes 0
0
Assists 0
2
Attempts on Goal 2
2 On
Target 0
2
Goals 0
0
Take Ons Attempted 0
0 Take
Ons Successful 0
0%
Success 0%
9
Tackles Attempted 4
7
Tackles Completed 3
78%
Success 75%
3
Clearances 2
1
Interceptions 0
1
Blocks 0
0
6yrd Blocks 0
0
Errors Leading to Shot 0
0
Errors Leading to Goal 0
Matt
Jarvis 4 Most Passed To 15 Dwight Tiendalli
Andy
Carroll 4 Most Passes From 13 Dwight Tiendalli
Andy
Carroll vs Wilfried Bony
7
Attempts on Goal 4
2 On
Target 0
0
Goals 0
3 Key
Passes 2
2
Assists 0
30
Passes Attempted 32
16
Successful 22
53%
Success 69%
0
Take Ons 3
0
Sucecssful Take Ons 0
0%
Success 0%
14
Aerial Duels 15
10
Duels Won 3
71%
Success 20%
Mark
Noble 6 Most Passed To 5 Jonjo Shelvey
Adrian
San Miguel 10 Most Passes From 4 Alex Pozuelo
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