On Sep 30th, West Ham United plays host to Sheffield United in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 7th placed West Ham United is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Liverpool. Mohamed Salah scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 16th minute on a penalty, then Jarrod Bowen tied it up for West Ham United in the 42nd minute on a penalty. West Ham United is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while sheffield United is fresh off their 0-8 blowout loss against Newcastle United. Sean Longstaff scored the first goal for Newcastle United in the 21st minute, then Dan Burn added another in the 31st minute on a feed from Kieran Trippier In the end, Sheffield United couldn’t muster any offence and Newcastle United ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Sheffield United’s most prolific scorer has been Gustavo Hamer. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Jarrod Bowen has been the most prolific scorer on West Ham United in his last 5 matches with 3 goals
Konstantinos Mavropanos, Edson Álvarez, Aaron Cresswell, Tomáš Souček, Vladimír Coufal and Jarrod Bowen are unavailable to play for West Ham United, while Paul Heckingbottom’s squad will be without Oliver McBurnie, Ben Osborn, John Fleck, George Baldock, John Egan, Daniel Jebbison and Will Osula.