Is this how West Ham should line up against Aston Villa?
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Big Sam’s got himself bit of a selection dilemma again this afternoon, with Diafra Sakho returning and Andy Carroll rumoured to be in the match day squad.
Of course, Carroll won’t be fit enough to start, but Diafra Sakho’s goal scoring form before he picked up that shoulder injury suggests he could come straight back in to the side.
But who does he replace? Allardyce made a bit of a mistake last week at Stoke by not replacing him with another striker and instead putting Cheikhou Kouyate in to pack out the midfield.
But it’s unlikely he’ll go down that route today, which means Morgan Amalfitano may have to make way for Sakho, especially with Kouyate, Mark Noble and Alex Song all nailed on for a starting berth.
But you can never really tell what Allardyce is going to do these days. He’s got it right most of the time this season, let’s hope he does again today.
So here’s how we think West Ham might line up against Aston Villa today…
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13. Adrian
| Season | League Apps | League Clean Sheets | Cup Apps | Cup Clean Sheets | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Clean Sheets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/2014 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 10 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 10 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Total: | 125 | 36 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 150 | 43 |
3. Aaron Cresswell
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 2 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 24 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 35 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 18 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2019/2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 153 (5) | 6 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 182 | 6 |
2. Winston Reid
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010/2011 | 3 (4) | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2011/2012 | 30 (1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 2012/2013 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 18 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 29 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 23 | 1 | 5 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 2 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019/2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 187 (10) | 9 | 23 (2) | 1 | 48 | 1 | 222 | 10 |
19. James Collins
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/2006 | 13 (1) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||||
| 2006/2007 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2007/2008 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2008/2009 | 17 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2009/2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2012/2013 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 22 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 21 (6) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 16 (3) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 19 (3) | 2 | 0 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 12 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 171 (18) | 6 | 22 (4) | 3 | 43 | 3 | 214 | 9 |
18. Carl Jenkinson
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015* | 29 (3) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 2015/2016* | 13 (7) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total: | 42 (10) | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 2 |
16. Mark Noble
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/2005 | 10 (6) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2005/2006 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2006/2007 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 2007/2008 | 25 (6) | 3 | 3 (2) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||||
| 2008/2009 | 28 (1) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 5 | ||||
| 2009/2010 | 25 (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 2010/2011 | 25 (1) | 4 | 7 (2) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||||
| 2011/2012 | 46 (2) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 8 | ||||
| 2012/2013 | 25 (3) | 4 | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 3 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 27 (1) | 2 | 4 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 7 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 29 (1) | 3 | 4 (1) | 2 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 28 (1) | 4 | 3 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 29 (2) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 5 | ||||
| 2019/2020 | 4 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 390 (27) | 51 | 44 (11) | 6 | 98 | 5 | 472 | 57 |
30. Alex Song
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015* | 25 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2015/2016* | 8 (4) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 33 (7) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
11. Stewart Downing
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/2014 | 29 (3) | 1 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 36 | 6 | 4 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 6 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 65 (3) | 7 | 6 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 7 |
31. Enner Valencia
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 25 (7) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 10 (9) | 4 | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 38 (16) | 8 | 12 (2) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 10 |
8. Cheikhou Kouyate
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 30 (1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 34 | 5 | 7 (1) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 5 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 4 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 32 (1) | 2 | 3 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||||
| Total: | 127 (2) | 12 | 16 (2) | 3 | 20 | 2 | 147 | 15 |
15. Diafra Sakho
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 20 (3) | 10 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 18 (3) | 5 | 2 (1) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 0 (14) | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Total: | 40 (22) | 18 | 6 (3) | 6 | 7 | 1 | 71 | 24 |
