Premier League wrestlers West Ham and Wolves meet in Saturday night’s clash this weekend.
The Hammers are in the relegation zone after picking up four points from their first seven games.
West Ham have won just once in the top flight this season and David Moyes could be in trouble if his poor start continues.
Meanwhile, the visitors are 17th, just two points behind the Irons and struggling to score goals.
In fact, these two teams are the worst performers in the Premier League this season, managing just six between them.
Their combined tally is less than 14 teams that scored individually, so something has to change on Saturday.
West Ham v Wolves: Date and how to follow
This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday October 1.
Kick-off at the London Stadium is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
The match will be shown on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, with coverage from 5pm.
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talkSPORT will have updates throughout the afternoon and talkSPORT.com will have all the reaction.
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West Ham v Wolves: Team news
The Hammers are still without new centre-back Nayef Aguerd as he recovers from his nasty pre-season injury.
But it looks like they managed to get through the international break without any further setbacks.
Moyes must also decide if Gianluca Scamacca, Maxwel Cornet and Flynn Downes are ready for departures.
The visitors will be without Nathan Collins after being sent off for a brutal challenge against Jack Grealish against Manchester City.
They might have to start without a striker as Sasa Kalajdzic has suffered an ACL injury.
Raul Jimenez is expected to be out for a few weeks as he battles a knee problem.
And Diego Costa may not be fit yet despite signing for Old Gold earlier this month.
West Ham v Wolves: What was said?
Simon Jordan on Moyes: “You’re always going to be the victim of, or the beneficiary of, past acts.
“The beneficiary of them tends to be a new contract and a big bag of cash. The victim tends to be that you have to live up to those standards, and nothing lasts forever.
“As an owner you will know when a manager is done. David Moyes is far from done. He is far from beaten.
West Ham v Wolves: Facts of the match
- West Ham have won three of their last four Premier League games against Wolves (L1), having won just two of their first eight against them in the competition before that (D1 L5).
- Wolves have kept a clean sheet in five of their last eight Premier League games against West Ham, although they have lost each time they have conceded in this run.
- West Ham are winless in their last six Premier League home games (D3 L3), the last having a longer spell between August 2002 and January 2003 (12 games).
- Wolves are winless away in the Premier League in each of their last seven games (D2 L5); they haven’t gone eight such games without a win since August 2018 (D3 L5), seven of which came in 2011-12. However, that run ended in a 1-0 win over West Ham.
- West Ham and Wolves are the Premier League’s top scorers this season, with both sides scoring three goals in seven games so far. Indeed, the Hammers are the only team in the competition yet to score in the first half, while Wolves are the only side without a score after half-time.
- Since the start of last season, only Norwich (22) have failed to score in more Premier League games than Wolves (20), including in four of their last six games in the competition.
- So far this season, no Premier League team has underperformed goals scored against total goals expected by a bigger margin than West Ham (-4.6 – 3 goals and 7.6xG), with Wolves having the second-lowest in the league (-3.87).
- Only Manchester City (43) have had more shots from outside the box in the Premier League this season than Wolves (38), with 46% of Wolves’ total efforts this season coming from long range (38/82). Meanwhile, Wolves’ Rúben Neves has had the most shots this season with 100% of them coming from outside the box (11).
- Jarrod Bowen is yet to score in the Premier League so far this season, with only Solly March (17) having more shots without a net than the West Ham midfielder (15). Against no other team in the competition, however, Bowen has scored more times than against Wolves (3 – tied with Leicester City).
- There are five players who have created at least 12 Premier League chances without registering an assist this season, two of whom play for Wolves (Pedro Neto and Daniel Podence both 12). Wolves also have the lowest shot conversion rate of any Premier League side so far this season (3.7%).
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