Since they spend an awful lot of time without the ball, their 4-2-3-1 shape is actually more likely to take the shape of a compact 4-4-1-1/4-4-2, as the attacking midfielder joins the striker in the first line of pressure. Moyes’ team have kept only 44% possession this season, the sixth lowest in the league. BETTER WITHOUT THE BALL? Embed from Getty ImagesĪs has become customary of their approach since Slavan Bilic, West Ham don’t typically have much of the ball. So those are the players, now let’s get more into the tactics associated with this 4-2-3-1 formation. Michail Antonio holds the hammer down at the top of Moyes’ attack and with West Ham selling their only other striker in Sebastien Haller to Ajax, Antonio’s fitness will now be more important than ever before. Said Benrahma’s also had a positive impact since arriving from Brentford, and has been the team’s usual number ten since the formation change. The 28-year old playmaker has struggled to find his place at Manchester United since Bruno Fernandes’ arrival, and looks like a perfect fit for West Ham to add more comfortability in possession and creativity in attack. Pablo Fornals and Jarrod Bowen have been the two first choice wingers throughout the season, but all of that may change now that Jesse Lingard’s arrived at the club. Ahead of their solid partnership, David Moyes has an increasing list of options.
Together, they’ve kept club captain and legend Mark Noble out of the side, although Noble’s still made twelve appearances.
Exceptional with the ball at his feet, Rice is complimented by the more robust, box-to-box, aerial threat of Soucek. Rice has been the team’s standout star for two seasons in a row now, and he’s partnered by the other star in the team – the newly acquired Tomas Soucek, who came to the club in last season’s January transfer window. Declan Rice could hypothetically also play as a centre-back in either a back-three or back-four, although it would take some steam out of the team in midfield. Ben Johnson and Ryan Fredericks also remain options at fullback if Cresswell is moved inside to accommodate West Ham’s heavy injury list. But Cresswell could also continue at left-back, having moved back into that role due to Masuaku’s injury. Now that Ogbonna’s out too, Aaron Cresswell may need to shift inside as he did to great effect as part of a back-three earlier in the season. At centre-back, Craig Dawson and Fabian Balbuena have battled for a place alongside Angelo Ogbonna, but it’s been the former Watford man preferred lately with the Peruvian undergoing injury treatment. Vladimir Coufal has looked like one of the signings of the summer having come in from Slavia Prague, and has started nineteen matches so far this campaign. Lukasz Fabianski has retained his place in goal for all but one match this season, keeping seven clean sheets in his twenty-two appearances. We will discuss the advantages of the 4-2-3-1 from a West Ham United perspective throughout this article, but first we take note of the consistent performers in the side. The Hammers kickstarted their positive form this year in a 5-4-1 formation, but ever since injury to Arthur Masuaku, they’ve reverted to a back-four and the 4-2-3-1 formation that they utilized most prominently under David Moyes. system of play: 4-2-3-1Īs the title of this article suggests, West Ham United have played a 4-2-3-1 formation in the majority of matches this season, particularly since around matchday eleven. Here is a tactical analysis of West Ham United since they shifted from a 5-4-1/3-4-3 formation to a 4-2-3-1. With Villa being one of their top challengers for a top six finish, doing the double over the Lions has also boasted well for the Hammers as they go into the final third of the season. Like Aston Villa, West Ham United are also contenders for a place in next season’s Europa League with their performances in the league in 2020-21. Although David Moyes’ side escaped relegation by a greater margin, they’ve also been better than Villa by a narrow margin again this season, just in a much different place in the table for both. The same could be said of West Ham United. Window = 'AOuZoY5-ngMUM8XSUewJAbqxpmGyhukNTA:1666959151337' _WidgetManager._Init('//_WidgetManager.Recently, I did a second Aston Villa Tactical Analysis discussing how Dean Smith’s side went from narrowly escaping relegation in 2019-20 to now being genuine contenders for the Europa League in time for next season.
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