Is this how West Ham should line up against Man City?
Many will insist changing a winning side today would be a mistake.
We’ve been superb recently, especially over the last two games where we’ve easily brushed aside QPR and Burnley. Confidence is high and there’s no reason why that should be disrupted. But City pose a completely different threat today.
Their midfield is as dangerous as they come and we’re going to need as much power on our side to nullify its threat as much as possible. So that’s why Cheikhou Kouyate’s return from injury couldn’t have had better timing. If he slots in nicely alongside Alex Song and Mark Noble, we could have enough to keep the likes of Yaya Toure and Fernando quiet.
So here’s how we could line up against City 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 |
