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West Ham 2-1 Stoke City - December 28, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 20

Boleyn Ground - London - England

December 28, 2008

34 477

West Ham

2 - 1

Stoke City

Carlton Cole

51'

Diego Tristán

88'

Abdoulaye Faye

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4' - Goal Abdoulaye Faye

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51' - Goal Carlton Cole51

53' - Substitution Danny Pughis substituted by Vincent Péricard photo Ricardo Fuller

53' - Red card Ricardo Fuller

58' - Substitution Andy Griffinis substituted by Andrew Davies

77' - Substitution Scott Parkeris substituted by Hayden Mullins photo Diego Tristán

77' - Substitution Jack Collisonis substituted by Diego Tristán77

88' - Goal Diego Tristán88

89' - Substitution David Di Micheleis substituted by Jonathan Spector89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

2 - 1

Stoke City

West Ham Stoke City

Team line-ups

West Ham

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Collins

James Collins

Wales

B.date23/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Ilunga

Hérita Ilunga

DR Congo

B.date25/02/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Faubert

Julien Faubert

France

B.date01/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Parker77

Scott Parker

England

B.date13/10/1980

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Collison77

Jack Collison

Wales

B.date02/10/1988

Age20 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Behrami

Valon Behrami

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Boa Morte

Luis Boa Morte

Portugal

B.date04/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Di Michele89

David Di Michele

Italy

B.date06/01/1976

Age32 years

H1m71

positionLeft Winger

Cole51

Carlton Cole

England

B.date12/10/1983

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		29	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Collins		25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hérita Ilunga		26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julien Faubert		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Parker	77	28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jack Collison	77	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valon Behrami		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Boa Morte		31	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Di Michele	89	32	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlton Cole	51	25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Stoke City

Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age32 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Shawcross

Ryan Shawcross

England

B.date04/10/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Faye4

Abdoulaye Faye

Senegal

B.date26/02/1978

Age30 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Griffin58

Andy Griffin

England

B.date17/03/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Higginbotham

Danny Higginbotham

Gibraltar

B.date29/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Olofinjana

Seyi Olofinjana

Nigeria

B.date30/06/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pugh53

Danny Pugh

England

B.date19/10/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Delap

Rory Delap

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/07/1976

Age32 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Whelan

Glenn Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Cresswell

Richard Cresswell

England

B.date20/09/1977

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Fuller53

Ricardo Fuller

Jamaica

B.date31/10/1979

Age29 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Sorensen		32	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Shawcross		21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Abdoulaye Faye	4	30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Griffin	58	29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Higginbotham		29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Seyi Olofinjana		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Pugh	53	26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rory Delap		32	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Whelan		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Richard Cresswell		31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ricardo Fuller	53	29	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Jonathan Spector	89	22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hayden Mullins	77	29	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Diego Tristán	8877	32	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Andrew Davies	58	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Vincent Péricard	53	26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

James Collins

Lucas Neill

OUT

David Di Michele

Craig Bellamy

OUT

Luis Boa Morte

Mark Noble

OUT

Julien Faubert

Calum Davenport

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Seyi Olofinjana

Amdy Faye

OUT

Andy Griffin

Andy Wilkinson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianfranco Zola

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

28 %

Zola vs Stoke City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2008

Zola vs Pulis

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

253

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Pulis vs West Ham

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2008

Pulis vs Zola

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2008

Referee

Michael Jones

8 victories	3 draws	5 losses	West Ham16 matches	General total	Stoke City30 matches	13 victories	6 draws	11 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	West Ham1 match	Season total	Stoke City2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 15, 2016					Latest figure on January 07, 2017

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Key figures

End of streak for Stoke City after 3 matches without scoring any goal (since 13/12/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 04/02/2006-19/02/2006 (4 matches).

It's the first time Abdoulaye Faye scores 1 goal vs West Ham in his professional career

West Ham keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 08/12/2008).

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWest Ham 1-3 Bolton Wanderers05/10/2008

LWest Ham 0-2 Arsenal26/10/2008

LWest Ham 1-3 Everton08/11/2008

DWest Ham 0-0 Portsmouth15/11/2008

LWest Ham 0-2 Tottenham08/12/2008

LWest Ham 0-1 Aston Villa20/12/2008

Overall

VSunderland 0-1 West Ham23/11/2008

DLiverpool 0-0 West Ham01/12/2008

LWest Ham 0-2 Tottenham08/12/2008

DChelsea 1-1 West Ham14/12/2008

LWest Ham 0-1 Aston Villa20/12/2008

VPortsmouth 1-4 West Ham26/12/2008

Current form

Away

LPortsmouth 2-1 Stoke City05/10/2008

LManchester City 3-0 Stoke City26/10/2008

DWigan 0-0 Stoke City08/11/2008

LManchester United 5-0 Stoke City15/11/2008

DNewcastle United 2-2 Stoke City06/12/2008

LBlackburn 3-0 Stoke City20/12/2008

Overall

DStoke City 1-1 Hull City29/11/2008

LStoke City 0-1 Derby County02/12/2008

DNewcastle United 2-2 Stoke City06/12/2008

DStoke City 0-0 Fulham13/12/2008

LBlackburn 3-0 Stoke City20/12/2008

LStoke City 0-1 Manchester United26/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	6	0
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	8	6
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

151	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	395
16	FBDB index ranking (National)	19

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
6	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	9
5	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.16	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.89
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.56
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.63
1.56	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.22

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-3 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

34	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Craig Bellamy	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Ricardo Fuller
David Di Michele	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Ricardo Fuller
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Danny Higginbotham
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Rory Delap
Craig Bellamy	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 5 matches	Ricardo Fuller

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

18 v

11 d

6 l

64 gf

33 ga

Away

37 matches

10 v

6 d

21 l

39 gf

55 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

74 matches

29 v

18 d

27 l

105 gf

89 ga

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

21 v

6 d

10 l

55 gf

39 ga

Away

35 matches

6 v

11 d

18 l

33 gf

64 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

74 matches

27 v

18 d

29 l

89 gf

105 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 16, 1957
Home	5 - 0	November 16, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	November 06, 1982
Away	2 - 0	December 22, 1973

Latest head to head

April 19, 2005 - Championship 2004/2005

Stoke City

0 - 1

West Ham

October 19, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

West Ham

2 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

April 24, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Stoke City

0 - 2

West Ham

December 09, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

West Ham

0 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

October 10, 1990 - League Cup 1990/1991

Stoke City

1 - 2

West Ham

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Geoff Hurst	6 goals	1966 - 1971
Ray Stewart	5 goals	1981 - 1985
Billy Jennings	4 goals	1975 - 1975
Clyde Best	4 goals	1969 - 1972
Billy Bonds	3 goals	1972 - 1985
Paul Goddard	3 goals	1981 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Peter Dobing	11 goals	1964 - 1972
John Ritchie	4 goals	1969 - 1972
Harry Burrows	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Terry Conroy	4 goals	1972 - 1976
Jimmy Greenhoff	3 goals	1970 - 1973
Ian Painter	3 goals	1983 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Billy Bonds	26 matches	1967 - 1985
Frank Lampard	23 matches	1968 - 1984
Bobby Moore	22 matches	1964 - 1973
Geoff Hurst	21 matches	1964 - 1972
Trevor Brooking	18 matches	1968 - 1983
Tommy Taylor	17 matches	1970 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Alan Bloor	23 matches	1965 - 1977
Peter Dobing	20 matches	1964 - 1972
Eric Skeels	19 matches	1964 - 1975
Terry Conroy	18 matches	1968 - 1977
John Ritchie	18 matches	1964 - 1973
Jimmy Greenhoff	17 matches	1969 - 1976