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West Ham United’s 2016 in numbers

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic (REUTERS)
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With one game remaining in 2016, we take a look at West Ham United’s Premier League year in numbers.

Games played: 37

West Ham United kicked off 2016 with a 2-0 win over Liverpool.

Wins: 15 (10 home/5 away)

West Ham are ending 2016 on a high with recent wins over Burnley, Hull City and Swansea City.

Draws: 12 (4 home/8 away)

There were no goalless draws for the Hammers in 2016.

Defeats: 10 (5 home/5 away)

West Ham’s 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United was their first of the year.

Longest unbeaten run:10

West Ham’s longest unbeaten run in 2016 began with a 2-2 draw with Norwich City in February and ended with a 4-1 home defeat to Swansea in May.

Longest winless run: 6

The Hammers’ 2-0 defeat to Everton in October began a winless run of six games which ended with a 1-0 win over Burnley in December.

Goals scored: 60 (29 home/31 away)

West Ham’s 4-1 win over Swansea was the only time they scored more than four goals in a game in 2016.

Shots on target: 169

The Hammers managed 12 shots on target in their recent wins over Swansea City and Burnley. Slaven Bilic’s side only mustered 1 shot on target in their 3-0 home defeat to Southampton.

Top goalscorer: Michail Antonio (15)

Antonio is West Ham’s current top scorer for the 2016/7 season with 8 league goals.

Most assists: Dimitri Payet (16)

Payet collected four assists in the space of two games, as the Hammers lost to Watford and West Ham.

Goals conceded: 60 (28 home/32 away)

West Ham’s 5-1 defeat to Arsenal in December was their biggest of 2016.

Clean sheets: 10 (8 home/2 away)

Points accumulated: 55

The Hammers managed 7 less points this year than they gathered in the 2015/6 season.

Average possession: 51%

West Ham’s highest share of possession was 67% in their 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace. The lowest amount of possession was 32% in their recent draws against Manchester United and Liverpool.

Fouls given away: 392

Bilic’s men only gave away four fouls in their 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United in January.

Yellows cards: 75

West Ham picked up 5 yellow cards in their draw against Chelsea and their defeat to Southampton.

Red cards: 3

Aaron Cresswell, Cheikhou Kouyate and Winston Reid all saw red in 2016.

Substitutes used: 107

Bilic used all three available substitutes in 34 matches.