Luton Town vs West Ham United Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: Kenilworth Road Date: 1st September 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
West Ham will look to continue their impressive start to the new season when they travel to Bedfordshire to face Premier League newbies Luton Town. This will be a historic night for the hosts who play their first Premier League game of the season at Kenilworth Road, with Luton Town given the permission to host top-flight games after completing the necessary upgrades to their stadium. They’ll hope that the comforts of Kenilworth Road can help them end their winless start (L2) after their 4-1 loss to Brighton and a 3-0 loss to Chelsea last time out. After their loss at Stamford Bridge, manager Rob Edwards declared he found plenty of positives, saying he was “really proud” of his players. Home form could well be key to the Hatters’ survival bid this term, so they’ll be keen to extend a nine-game unbeaten run here in all competitions (W7, D2), including a 3-2 win over Gillingham on Tuesday. They now take on West Ham United, a team whom they’ve lost just one of the last eleven H2Hs here (W6, D4), albeit without playing against each other since 1994. The Hammers come into this tie in strong form, having recorded an unbeaten start to the new campaign (W2, D1), including back-to-back wins over Chelsea and Brighton. A good start may have Hammers fans dreaming of at least a top-half finish following last term’s disappointing 14th place, particularly if they can emulate their 2021/22 season in which they lost none of their first five league away fixtures (W4, D1). They’ve started strongly in that regard (W1, D1), and the recent signing of Mohammed Kudus for £38 million from Ajax should stand them in good stead to continue. Given that West Ham have won three of their last four PL away games against newly-promoted clubs (L1), they are the favourites for a win here despite Luton’s strong home form. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 19, 2024
Arsenal
16:00
Everton
Brentford
16:00
Newcastle United
Brighton & Hov…
16:00
Manchester United
Burnley
16:00
Nottingham Forest
Chelsea
16:00
AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace
16:00
Aston Villa
Liverpool
16:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Luton Town
16:00
Fulham
Manchester City
16:00
West Ham United
Sheffield United
16:00
Tottenham Hotspur
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Manchester City
37
27
7
3
93
33
+60
88
2
Arsenal
37
27
5
5
89
28
+61
86
3
Liverpool
37
23
10
4
84
41
+43
79
4
Aston Villa
37
20
8
9
76
56
+20
68
5
Tottenham Hotspur
37
19
6
12
71
61
+10
63
6
Chelsea
37
17
9
11
75
62
+13
60
7
Newcastle United
37
17
6
14
81
60
+21
57
8
Manchester United
37
17
6
14
55
58
-3
57
9
West Ham United
37
14
10
13
59
71
-12
52
10
Brighton & Hov…
37
12
12
13
55
60
-5
48
11
AFC Bournemouth
37
13
9
15
53
65
-12
48
12
Crystal Palace
37
12
10
15
52
58
-6
46
13
Wolverhampton Wanderers
37
13
7
17
50
63
-13
46
14
Fulham
37
12
8
17
51
59
-8
44
15
Everton
37
13
9
15
39
49
-10
40
16
Brentford
37
10
9
18
54
61
-7
39
17
Nottingham Forest
37
8
9
20
47
66
-19
29
18
Luton Town
37
6
8
23
50
81
-31
26
19
Burnley
37
5
9
23
40
76
-36
24
20
Sheffield United
37
3
7
27
35
101
-66
16
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