The best tactical setup for West Ham's attack
By Rahul Das
In the four matches, West Ham's attack haven't created much goal scoring chances despite the Hammers possessing one of the best front three in the Premier League. Now, after the international break, manager Julen Lopetegui needs to improve his possession based tactics to get the best out of the forwards that will help West Ham scoring more goals this season. First of all, Niclas Fullkrug should be started in the centre forward role instead of Michail Antonio, who doesn't have much pace and has struggled for form in the Premier League this season.
Alongside Fullkrug, Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus should start in the lineup, however, the tactics need to be improved for them. In the recent UEFA Nations League match, Germany registered a massive 5-0 win over Hungary and star forward Niclas Fullkrug also scored a goal in an overall great performance. In this match, Fullkrug started as the centre forward and forwards Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz played as a playmaker near Fullkrug in the front three.
The best tactical setup for West Ham's attack
Therefore, the three forwards played several clever passes in their build up play and changed positions as well which helped them to create a lot of big goal scoring chances throughout the match. Similarly, Bowen and Kudus should also start alongside Fullkrug around the box which will help them take more attempts on goal. The reason is because they wouldn't have to bring the ball forward from both flanks and thus, will help in focusing on scoring more goals.
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Moreover, Kudus prefers to play centrally in the attack and Bowen has also performed well at centre forward, thus, the three forwards would adapt to this lineup quickly. The next Premier League match is against Fulham in an away fixture, therefore, manager Julen Lopetegui needs to start this formation in the match before trying these tactics against top Premier League teams. Meanwhile, the Hammers are involved in talks with Joel Matip and John Egan regarding a move on a free transfer this season.
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