What does it mean to West Ham on FPL?

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It did not take long for Nuno Espirito Santo to find other Premier League jobs: Only 18 days separating the dismissal of Forest Nottingham and the recruitment of West Ham United.

In fact, it was the victory of Shock Gameweek 3 in Hammers in the city land that accelerated Nuno’s goodbye. Graham Potter also does not last longer, seeing a bad form in general developing into a viral trend that exchanges faces that dominate social media for several days.

By the way, the eager Nuno was responsible for his first West Ham match, a 1-1 draw at Everton.

Let’s look at what our past knowledge is and observations on Monday night for Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers.

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Sad under the potter

Appointed in early January, Potter only took six wins from 25 times, winning two out of 12 at home.

That’s not all bad, because they won at Arsenal in February and defeated Ipswich Town on the last day to secure the 14th place. However, in reality, many of the last weeks have been spent in the 17th place.

In the 365 Football League table, West Ham’s term is ranked last from all parties that are not promoted or lowered.

In addition, during 2024/25, they allowed the second most effort (583), shots on target (186), great opportunities (103) and the expected goals to conceded (XGC, 60.60) out of 17 survivors.

None of them have fewer shots on target (140) in attack.

Nuno in the forest

Meanwhile, Nuno has a forest on the Champions League qualifying threshold.

Hired in time for Gameweek 18 of 2023/24, half the season initially showed many defensive promises. Complicated trees have the fourth best XGC (27.75) during that period.

This is the foundation to be amazing 2024/25, where Forest collected 57 points from the first 30 matches. They ended Gameweek 33 in third places that were confused, before finally running out of energy and ranked seventh.

The Nuno team is based on a strong defense that likes to absorb pressure on deep lines, then releases a quick counterattack. Number two to limit great opportunities (72), only Liverpool champions have fixed their 13 net sheets.

Indeed, Forest remains the only team to stop the Reds from scoring goals in league matches under the Arne slot.

In this case, it feels like West Ham replaces Potter with the opposite – not always a good idea.

But the graphics above the defense line are high and in – taken from our ‘Moving Target’ section in Ange postecoglou – showing that Palu can actually be suitable for direct managerial and Pragmatic Nuno style.

Besides, the West Ham team is not good at building from behind and looks smartest when in transition.

Defensive contribution point

It seems that there is a correlation between a team that has a low ownership rate and the players gather defensive contribution actions (Defcon) – permits, blocks, interception and tackles.

When FPL announced this new point prize in mid -July, we found the forest duo Nikola Milenkovic (£ 5.4 million) and Murillo (£ 5.4 million) will be the two best defenders last season.

During Nuno’s time in Nottingham, the average ownership is very low, and West Ham is not much higher.

It can be good for Max Kilman (£ 4.4 million). He was the sixth best defender last season for Defcon Action (327) and was not lucky not to get more hypothetical-BEK points in the middle of one threshold on several occasions.

Top: Defenders of Forest and West Ham are sorted based on % of games where they reach the Defcon Threshold in 2024/25

This time, Mitra Constantinos Mavropanos (£ 4.4 million) matches two kilman prizes, but from fewer appearances. Need to supervise how this duo developed under new management.

Instructions from Monday night

They started together at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, at night when Nuno talked about not immediately making big changes.

“Two training sessions, we try to remain simple. Now it’s not a time to make big changes. What is more important is that the team is compact and organized; this is the main message.

“I think the players understand that we must make things different, we must be a more organized team, don’t leave a gap.” -Nuno Espirito Santo, talking before kick-off

The one who was saying, Nuno used the back line of four people who he recently liked. But his spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers uses a wing-back system, which sometimes returns when Forest wins the match. So his favorite formation with this player’s plant still needs to be determined.

As for the personnel, the great exception on Monday James Ward-Internetne (£ 5.8 million). The midfielder started the previous five West Ham each but failed to impress Nuno when lent briefly to Forest in 2024/25.

Head coach also prefers goalkeeper Areola Alphonse (£ 4.3 million) to Mads Hermansen (£ 4.5 million).

Being happy to leave with one point, Hammers won the expected goal fight (XG) of 1.17 to 0.73. But there will be anxiety that they conceded again from the set-piece- Michael KeaneThe destination (£ 4.5 million) is the eighth time this has occurred. And that can be more, seeing other Everton opportunities.

Upcoming west ham equipment

The number two match once again has West Ham on the road, this time crossing London against Arsenal. Can they win at Emirates for successive time?

After this, October’s international rest gave Nuno time to formulate a coherent plan. The next four equipment looks very interesting, versus Brentford, Leeds United, Newcastle United and Burnley.

That is why the next six hammers ranked at the top of our equipment ticker, even though they slid down when extending the sample size to 10.

FPL assets to consider

It is necessary to record that the forest is massively outstanding in attacks, according to the number XG Delta.

They scored 58 times, but should only be 46.57, assisted by cruelty Chris Wood (£ 7.5 million). Maybe he saw similarities Niclas FullKrug (£ 5.7 million), which he started in front against Everton.

However, the undoubtedly West Ham amulet Jarrod Bowen (£ 7.7 million). He ended the last two campaigns with 193 and 182 FPL points, before somehow finding a way to score three goals in the first six meeting of this poor team.

On another wing, Crysencio Summerville (£ 5.5 million) Not only cheaper, but someone Nuno wants to sign for forests during the summer.

He joined well El Hadji Malick Diouf (£ 4.4 million) on Monday, because the left back attacked made four assists out of six. If a clean sheet is added to its repertoire, Diouf can be very interesting. Not that he boasts the potential of Defcon from Kilman and Mavropanos.

By the way, Lucas Package (£ 5.9 million) is a penalty taking midfielder who has twice brought defcon points.

Get Gameweek 7 out of the road, and West Ham Nuno Espirito Santo can be worth investment.

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