How Can West Ham Challenge The Top 6 Clubs?

West Ham United has seen a renaissance throughout the last few seasons, during which the club has gone from being a team that was mired in the lower part of the league to one that is now in contention for a spot in the Champions League. Hence, their games are among the most streamed matches in the UK, similar to the general trend in football. But now, let’s get into the details of the West Ham squad and investigate their reviews and predictions for 2023.

According to the previous campaign results, West Ham is the best-positioned club to capitalize on any misfortunes that may befall one of the top six teams. They were just two points behind Manchester United in the standings at the end of the previous season, and they might be very close again.

The lack of depth in West Ham’s striker position was one of the factors that contributed to their poor performance in the previous season. Michail Antonio got a strong start, but he struggled with his fitness and dealt with some injuries, which caused him to regress near the conclusion of the previous season, which was a setback for the Hammers. West Ham has to find a solution to this problem as soon as possible since they have European games on their upcoming calendar.

Improvement Opportunities

The question now is: how can West Ham compete with the top six teams in the Premier League?

First, they have to work on improving the depth of their team. They have connections with select players, and to compete, they need to make sure they obtain at least one or two of those players. West Ham still has to make further additions to ease concerns over the strength of the squad’s depth.

They also need to work on expanding their range of offensive alternatives. The good news for West Ham supporters is that their team is very close to accomplishing that goal. They have reportedly completed the signing of Gianluca Scamacca from Sassuolo. The Italian international player, who is 23 years old, played in all 36 games of the Serie A last year and scored 16 goals for the league.

And lastly, they need to concentrate on improving the structure of their defensive strategy. They have let up careless goals much too often this season, and if they want to move up the standings, this problem must be corrected as soon as possible. To be more precise, West Ham must find a means to create problems for the greatest clubs while playing away from home.

Will it be possible for West Ham to challenge for a top-six spot? What are some of the advantages?

Now that West Ham United has been ranked as the 16th most valuable club in Europe, it is time for the team to begin behaving more ambitiously.

During the previous campaign, West Ham’s level of success in front of the goal was their biggest asset. This was primarily due to their playing style, which involves launching counterattacks to create high-quality opportunities. However, during the previous season, only four teams scored with a higher percentage of their shots, and no team scored with a greater percentage of their shots on target. The addition of Gianluca Scamacca should be beneficial in this regard.

Given the height of their defenders and that Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek, and Michael Antonio are all excellent, it should be no surprise that David Moyes’ team is also amazing at defending set pieces.

Moyes is content to preserve energy by pushing less and has West Ham playing with a low defensive block as part of their defensive formation. In the previous season of the Premier League, there was not a single club that made fewer tackles in the middle third of the field, and just three teams made fewer tackles in the final third. West Ham’s preferred strategy is to sit deep, fend off any threats, and then swiftly transition from defense to offense.

This makes West Ham a formidable opponent for the best clubs when they play at home; in the 2021-22 season, they were undefeated against the top four teams at the London Stadium, winning three of the matches they played against Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Tottenham.

West Ham 2023 Fixture

The first two games of the new year for the Hammers will be played on the road against Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The months of February and March will bring the London derbies against Chelsea and Spurs and a trip to Manchester City.

After that, it is scheduled that Moyes’s squad will play host to both Arsenal and Liverpool during a pivotal point in the season in April. Following that, West Ham will finish the season with a match away at Leicester City on the final day of the season.

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