All you need to know

West Ham United welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to London Stadium this night in an important match on the backside finish of the desk.

Their respective managers, Julen Lopetegui and Gary O’Neil, will each be determined for a victory that might ease the strain. Each side have conceded a complete of eight targets of their final two Premier League matches.

Wolves have conceded 36 league targets this season, greater than every other facet within the division. West Ham have let in 71 targets throughout this calendar yr, one other division-high.

This is every little thing you want to know concerning the match.

The place are each groups?

West Ham are at the moment 14th on 15 factors, having misplaced their final two matches.

Wolves, who’ve additionally suffered successive losses, are nineteenth with simply 9 factors.

West Ham v Wolves: Final six PL conferences

20 Nov 2021: Wolves 1-0 West Ham
27 Feb 2022: West Ham 1-0 Wolves
01 Oct 2022: West Ham 2-0 Wolves
14 Jan 2023: Wolves 1-0 West Ham
17 Dec 2023: West Ham 3-0 Wolves
06 Apr 2024: Wolves 1-2 West Ham

Kind information

What the managers have mentioned

Julen Lopetegui (West Ham)

On assist from the followers: “The followers have given me greater than I’ve given them. My message to them is that we’ll change this. We want them. Their assist and vitality is all the time one step ahead for all of the gamers.

“We aren’t comfortable, we all know we’d like extra factors. We’ve to be extra constant and take key factors. I believe now we have to enhance on this scenario with out shedding our means and consciousness of attacking play.”

Gary O’Neil (Wolves)

On his need to maintain going: “I do not take into consideration me personally, criticism is an element and parcel of his job and I can solely hold going till issues change. The final two outcomes have allow us to down from the momentum we created. There’s a lot within the final two video games that the group must tackle and be taught from in a short time.

“They positively have the braveness. We demand higher from them, however the lads must discover a solution to take care of the issues within the second. We have to discover a solution to hold this membership within the Premier League.”

Group information

West Ham: Michail Antonio has undergone surgical procedure on a lower-limb fracture, following a street visitors accident on Saturday. French defender Jean-Clair Todibo is a doubt after lacking the defeat at Leicester Metropolis on account of a thigh drawback. 

Wolves: Boubacar Traore is dominated out till Christmas. Yerson Mosquera, Enso Gonzalez, and Sasa Kalajdzic are all long-term absentees. 

Match officers 

Referee: John Brooks. Assistants: Simon Bennett, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Tim Robinson. VAR: Andy Madley. Assistant VAR: Steve Meredith.

Key info 

O’Neil changed Lopetegui as Wolves boss – the Spaniard managed the Midlands membership from November 2022 to August 2023.

West Ham have gained their final 4 Premier League dwelling matches in opposition to Wolves, conserving a clear sheet every time.

West Ham have gained their final six Premier League dwelling matches performed on a Monday, netting two targets every time. The final time they misplaced at dwelling on a Monday was in December 2019, once they have been defeated 3-1 by Arsenal.

Wolves have gained 4 of their final six Premier League matches in London.

Wolves gained their first 4 Premier League fixtures in opposition to West Ham following their return to the Premier League in 2018, however have since misplaced six of their final eight in opposition to the Hammers (W2 D0 L6).