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West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: London Stadium

Date: 9th December 2024

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Premier League strugglers West Ham and Wolves will each look to end a run of two straight defeats when they square up at the London Stadium on Monday night.

West Ham coach Julen Lopetegui survived another week in London despite his team losing 3-1 to Leicester City in midweek. The Spanish coach is reportedly on the brink of being sacked for a poor start to his West Ham tenure, which has seen the Hammers take 15 points from their opening 14 games (W4, D3, L7).

However, Lopetegui’s side could have been in a better position if not for their wastefulness in that 3-1 defeat to Leicester. The Hammers fired in 31 shots and accumulated a 3.09 xG against the Foxes but were undone by an inability to take their chances.

A repeat of such wastefulness would likely prove fatal with suitors for his job reportedly being lined up. However, the Spaniard can take some comfort from the fact that West Ham have won the last four home league H2Hs ‘to nil’.

Meanwhile, Wolves are also reportedly on the lookout for a new manager after a return of nine points from their opening 14 games (W2, D2, L9), which has left them rooted in the relegation zone.

In their last outing, they were thrashed 4-0 by an Everton side that had failed to score in their four prior matches. Another desperate showing appears to have been the last straw for supporters, who strongly voiced their displeasure at Gary O’Neil throughout the game against the Toffees.

Their moods won’t have been improved by the Wolves boss being nominated for the Premier League’s manager of the month for November on Thursday either. Time could well be up for O’Neil regardless of the result on Monday, as his side have conceded 4+ goals in back-to-back league matches. Although they’ve not conceded four in three successive league outings since September 1985, a return of six defeats in eight Premier League H2Hs (W2) suggests the visitors are in danger of that here.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

February 19, 2025
Aston Villa 20:30 Liverpool
February 21, 2025
Leicester City 21:00 Brentford
February 22, 2025
Everton 13:30 Manchester United
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal 16:00 West Ham United
Fulham 16:00 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 18:30 Chelsea
February 23, 2025
Newcastle United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Liverpool
February 25, 2025
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 20:30 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20:30 Fulham
Chelsea 21:15 Southampton
February 26, 2025
Manchester United 20:30 Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur 20:30 Manchester City
Nottingham Forest 20:30 Arsenal
Brentford 20:30 Everton
Liverpool 21:15 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 25 18 6 1 60 24 +36 60
2 Arsenal 25 15 8 2 51 22 +29 53
3 Nottingham Forest 25 14 5 6 41 29 +12 47
4 Manchester City 25 13 5 7 52 35 +17 44
5 AFC Bournemouth 25 12 7 6 44 29 +15 43
6 Chelsea 25 12 7 6 47 34 +13 43
7 Newcastle United 25 12 5 8 42 33 +9 41
8 Fulham 25 10 9 6 38 33 +5 39
9 Aston Villa 25 10 8 7 35 38 -3 38
10 Brighton & Hov… 25 9 10 6 38 38 +0 37
11 Brentford 25 10 4 11 43 42 +1 34
12 Tottenham Hotspur 25 9 3 13 49 37 +12 30
13 Crystal Palace 25 7 9 9 29 32 -3 30
14 Everton 25 7 9 9 27 31 -4 30
15 Manchester United 25 8 5 12 28 35 -7 29
16 West Ham United 25 7 6 12 29 47 -18 27
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 5 4 16 35 54 -19 19
18 Ipswich Town 25 3 8 14 23 50 -27 17
19 Leicester City 25 4 5 16 25 55 -30 17
20 Southampton 25 2 3 20 19 57 -38 9

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