Julen Lopetegui believes West Ham have deserved extra than simply 4 factors from their opening 5 Premier League video games however known as on his gamers to be extra scientific in entrance of aim.
The Hammers exited the EFL Cup in midweek towards Liverpool regardless of taking the lead, with a second-half collapse seeing them find yourself on the improper finish of a 5-1 defeat at Anfield.
Lopetegui has endured a irritating begin to his West Ham tenure to this point however is hoping {that a} victory towards Brentford this weekend will kick his aspect into gear.
“I’m certain that these gamers will overcome however it’s true that we’d like one win, and we wish to win the following match,” Lopetegui mentioned.
“Brentford are a robust group and we’ve got to move into the match with huge power and dedication. Within the Premier League, every match could be very troublesome for each group.
“We now have had good moments, however we have to be extra constant to verify we win matches.
“Within the matches we’ve got misplaced we’ve got deserved extra, however I repeat, we’ve got misplaced them, and we don’t discover excuses, and we’ve got to enhance.”
A brief journey throughout the capital awaits pic.twitter.com/qsPK1eJq7N
— West Ham United (@WestHam) September 26, 2024
One other head coach hoping to see his aspect rediscover their goal-scoring contact is Brentford’s Thomas Frank after seeing his group lose to Tottenham final outing.
Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring with simply 23 seconds on the clock for the guests, just for Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson and James Maddison to answer relieve the strain on Ange Postecoglou.
Whereas the Bees head coach acknowledged the gulf between each side, he mentioned that his issues haven’t been made simpler with the absence of a few of his key gamers.
“I’m more than happy with the efficiency, I feel we did a number of good issues,” Frank mentioned.
“We have to take these probabilities if we wish to get one thing right here, taking part in towards an excellent group who’ve carried out properly over the primary 5 video games.
“We’re taking part in towards a group whose finish stand is greater than our stadium when it comes to capability. That reveals the distinction. No complaints.
“It’s my job to place a aggressive group on the market nevertheless it doesn’t assist when we’ve got 5 potential starters out.”
The Bees pic.twitter.com/A384MLGI61
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) September 26, 2024
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Brentford – Bryan Mbeumo
Mbeumo has been concerned in 13 objectives in his final 14 London derby appearances within the Premier League (10 objectives and three assists).
He’s additionally scored 4 of Brentford’s seven league objectives to this point this season.
West Ham – Jarrod Bowen
Bowen has scored extra league objectives towards Brentford than he has towards every other aspect in his profession (seven), additionally netting a hat-trick towards the Bees in a 4-2 Premier League win final season.
MATCH PREDICTION: BRENTFORD WIN
Brentford have gained 4 of their final 5 residence league video games towards West Ham (D1), successful all three towards them within the Premier League.
The Bees have additionally scored at the very least twice in all six of their Premier League conferences with the Hammers, the joint-most one aspect has confronted one other whereas scoring a number of objectives every time within the competitors’s historical past (Arsenal additionally six vs Studying).
Frank’s aspect have opened the scoring within the opening 23 seconds in each of their final league video games (22 seconds v Man Metropolis and 23 seconds v Tottenham) however have gone on to lose each occasions. Certainly, for the reason that begin of final season, the Bees have dropped extra factors from successful positions than every other aspect (36).
However having misplaced their first 5 Premier League video games towards Brentford, West Ham gained their final league assembly with the Bees 4-2 in February.
Nonetheless, the Hammers have conceded extra objectives in 2024 than every other present Premier League aspect (53), with the Hammers transport 3+ objectives in eight totally different video games to this point this calendar yr.
West Ham, although, will likely be hoping to proceed their stable run away from the London Stadium. Regardless of dropping three of their 5 residence video games this season, they’ve discovered success on their travels, going unbeaten to this point (W1 D1).
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Brentford – 43.4%
Draw – 25.1%
West Ham – 31.5%
