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West Ham United 2 - 0 Cardiff City: Match Stats

A few days late, but here is my stat report from Saturday’s win against Cardiff.

From West Ham United Stats

West Ham United vs Cardiff City
1-0 Joe Cole 13’
2-0 Kevin Nolan 76’

General Play
Best Performance: West Ham United: Joe Cole (71.57); Cardiff City: Craig Bellamy (65.24)
Worst Performance: West Ham United: Matt Jarvis (57.08); Cardiff City: David Marshall (52.67)

Possession: West Ham United: 47%; Cardiff City: 53%

Passes Attempted: West Ham United: 331; Cardiff City: 422
Most Attempted: West Ham United: Mark Noble (47); Cardiff City: Gary Medel (60)

Passing Accuracy: West Ham United: 70%; Cardiff City: 75%
In Opp. Half: West Ham United: 62%; Cardiff City: 65%
Best Accuracy: West Ham United: Stewart Downing (100%); Cardiff City: Gary Medel (93%)

Long Balls: West Ham United: 63; Cardiff City: 79
Most Long Balls (excl. GK): West Ham United: James Collins (14); Cardiff City: Ben Turner (13)

Most Frequent Pass Combination: West Ham United: O’Brien to Maïga (11); Cardiff City: John Whittingham (12)

Aerial Duels Won: West Ham United: 27; Cardiff City: 23
Success: West Ham United: 54%; Cardiff City: 46%
Most Won: West Ham United: Modibo Maïga (10); Cardiff City: Sean Morrison (3)

Most Touches: West Ham United: Joey O’Brien (65); Cardiff City: Gary Medel (66)

Offensive Play
Attempts on Goal: West Ham United: 18; Cardiff City: 12
On Target: West Ham United: 4; Cardiff City: 1
Off Target: West Ham United: 9; Cardiff City: 7
Blocked: West Ham United: 5; Cardiff City: 4
From Outside the Box: West Ham United: 8; Cardiff City: 8
Most Shots: West Ham United: Joe Cole (5); Cardiff City: Peter Whittingham (5)

Key Passes: West Ham United: 14; Cardiff City: 11
Most Key Passes: West Ham United: Matt Jarvis (3); Cardiff City: Peter Whittingham (4)

Crosses: West Ham United: 19; Cardiff City: 16
Most Attempted: West Ham United: Joe Cole (5); Cardiff City: Craig Bellamy (7)

Successful Crosses: West Ham United: 7; Cardiff City: 3
Success: West Ham United: 37%; Cardiff City: 19%
Most Successful: West Ham United: Joe Cole (2); Cardiff City: Matthew Connolly (2)

Defensive Play
Tackles Attempted: West Ham United: 11; Cardiff City: 11
Successful Tackles: West Ham United: 9; Cardiff City: 7
Success: West Ham United: 82%; Cardiff City: 64%
Most Successful: West Ham United: Mohamed Diamé (3); Cardiff City: Aron Gunnarsson (3)

Clearances: West Ham United: 48; Cardiff City: 32
Most Clearances: West Ham United: Winston Reid (13); Cardiff City: Ben Turner (8)

Interceptions: West Ham United: 5; Cardiff City: 5
Most Interceptions: West Ham United: Mark Noble (2); Cardiff City: Aron Gunnarsson (2)

Blocks: West Ham United: 4; Cardiff City: 5
Most Blocks: West Ham United: Kevin Nolan (2); Cardiff City: Steven Caulker (2)

6yrd Blocks: West Ham United: 0; Cardiff City: 0
Most 6yrd Blocks: West Ham United: (0); Cardiff City: (0)

Discipline
Fouls: West Ham United: 10; Cardiff City: 7
Most Fouls: West Ham United: Mark Noble (4); Cardiff City: Fraizer Campbell (3)

Yellow Cards: West Ham United: 0; Cardiff City: 1
Red Cards: West Ham United: 0; Cardiff City: 0

Head to West Ham United Stats for my full post match analysis, including special focus on Modibo Maïga as a target man, an interesting selection at left back, Mark Noble’s desire to attack, a mixed contribution from Matt Jarvis and additional data on Capello Index Performance Ratings and Player Head to Heads.

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