West Ham United are again in motion at house to Bournemouth this night, with David Moyes’ facet wanting to choose their first Premier League win since defeating one other newly-promoted outfit within the type of Fulham simply over two weeks in the past.
The Hammers have since been held away to Southampton and been narrowly defeated by Liverpool at Anfield, guaranteeing that the east Londoners at the moment are 12 factors worse off than they have been on the similar stage final season, following an underwhelming begin to the present marketing campaign.
The most up-to-date outing towards the Reds noticed Jarrod Bowen’s penalty miss in the end show pricey because the guests have been unable to draw themselves degree following Darwin Nunez’s opener, with Tomas Soucek additionally being denied late on by James Milner.
Amid that potential frustration for Moyes and co, one notable brilliant spark was that of substitute Said Benrahma, with the fleet-footed winger having produced a “promising cameo” after getting into the fray across the hour mark, within the phrases of The Athletic’s Roshane Thomas.
The former Brentford man notably boasted a 100% cross accuracy fee off the bench towards Jurgen Klopp’s facet, whereas additionally coming shut to drawing his facet degree after firing his effort straight at opposition stopper Alisson on the again submit.
While that missed probability has maybe epitomised the ahead’s season up to now – having scored simply twice in all competitions – the £22.5m-rated ace might merely be in want of a extra constant run within the facet, having been routinely restricted to substitute appearances of late.
The electrical gem has solely began three Premier League video games to this point this season – together with his solely 90-minute outing coming towards Nottingham Forest again in early August – with that truth considerably explaining his incapacity to discover his type to this point this time period.
Moyes has solely just lately advised that the membership do “trust” the Algerian worldwide to make an affect, though it stays to be seen if that religion will lead to additional possibilities for the winger transferring ahead, significantly with playmaker Lucas Paqueta at present sidelined.
In want of a magic contact to substitute the Brazilian, Benrahma might nicely be that determine, having showcased his high quality final time period after netting eight occasions within the prime flight alone.
On the premise of that undoubted expertise – in addition to his brilliant exhibiting in midweek – the 27-year-old merely “deserves to start” tonight, as per the aforementioned Thomas.
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