In a mid week match on Wednesday Jan 4th, in week 19, Leeds United plays host to West Ham United in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Leeds United is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Newcastle United. Neither Newcastle United nor Leeds United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while west Ham United is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Brentford. Ivan Toney scored the first goal for Brentford in the 18th minute, then Joshua Da Silva added another in the 43rd minute In the end, West Ham United couldn’t muster any offence and Brentford ran away with the shutout win. West Ham United looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On the 9th of January, West Ham United hosted Leeds United at the London Stadium in their last match together. West Ham United won by a score of 2 to 0. Manuel Lanzini struck first for West Ham United in the 34th minute, then Jarrod Bowen added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Michail Antonio At the end of 90 a dissapointed Leeds United couldn’t manage to score, and West Ham United took the shutout win.
Both Michail Antonio and Saïd Benrahma have been the hottest scorers for West Ham United in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. For Leeds United, their top scorers are Joe Gelhardt and Pascal Struijk, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Luis Sinisterra, Tyler Adams, Stuart Dallas, Mateusz Klich, Patrick Bamford, Adam Forshaw and Illan Meslier are unavailable to play for Leeds United, while Maxwel Cornet is unavailable to play for West Ham United.