West Ham in Numbers

Second Division

Last 5WDLDL

5th

of 22 · Second Division

50
Points: 18
Won: 14
Drawn: 10
Lost: +31
Goal diff

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14 May 1979 · Second Division · 11,917

Millwall

2 – 1

West Ham United

Robson

Form going in DWDLD

1978/79 West Ham United Statistics

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PPG	Last 5
Home Form	21	12	7	2	46	15	+31	1.48	DWDWD
Away Form	21	6	7	8	24	24	0	0.9	WDLDL
Overall	42	18	14	10	70	39	+31	1.19	WDLDL

1.19

Points per game

WDLDL

Average form

1.67 Scored / Match

Goals scored · Good

0.93 Conceded / Match

Goals conceded · Good

The story so far

West Ham United are 5th in the Second Division in 1978/79, with 50 points from 42 games (18 wins, 14 draws, 10 defeats), an average of 1.19 points per game. In their last 5 league games the results are W D L D L (4 points). At home they have 12 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats (1.48 points per game); away it is 6, 7 and 8 (0.9). They score 1.67 and concede 0.93 a game, keep a clean sheet in 43% of matches and fail to score in 29%. Both teams score in 43% of their games and 45% have more than 2.5 goals. Bryan Robson leads the scoring with 26 goals in 42 appearances (all competitions).

The basics

Stats	Overall	At Home	At Away
Wins	43%	57%	29%
Draws	33%	33%	33%
Losses	24%	10%	38%
Scored / Match	1.67	2.19	1.14
Conceded / Match	0.93	0.71	1.14
AVG (Match Goals Average)	2.6	2.9	2.29
Clean Sheets %	43%	48%	38%
Failed to Score %	29%	14%	43%
Both Teams Scored %	43%	43%	43%
Over 2.5 %	45%	43%	48%

The scores we see most

West Ham's score first

Full-time scorelines

0-014% (6)
1-114% (6)
2-010% (4)
0-17% (3)
3-07% (3)
0-25% (2)

No half-time scores for this season.

Total goals in a match

014% (6)
112% (5)
229% (12)
319% (8)
410% (4)
5+17% (7)

Home and away, club by club

West Ham's score first

At home21 games

12–7–2

Goals 46–1543 pts (2.05 per game)Clean sheets 10Failed to score 3

Away21 games

6–7–8

Goals 24–2425 pts (1.19 per game)Clean sheets 8Failed to score 9

Played both fixtures against 21 clubs: won both against 3, lost both against 0.

Opponent	At home	Away	Agg	Pts
Blackburn Rovers	4–030 Dec	0–15 May	4–1	3/6
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–010 Mar	2–128 Oct	2–1	4/6
Bristol Rovers	2–016 Sept	1–020 Jan	3–0	6/6
Burnley	3–124 Apr	2–39 Sept	5–4	3/6
Cambridge United	5–02 Dec	0–07 Apr	5–0	4/6
Cardiff City	1–116 Apr	0–011 May	1–1	2/6
Charlton Athletic	2–016 Dec	0–021 Apr	2–0	4/6
Crystal Palace	1–118 Nov	1–126 Aug	2–2	2/6
Fulham	0–12 Sept	0–021 Nov	0–1	1/6
Leicester City	1–131 Mar	2–125 Nov	3–2	4/6
Leyton Orient	0–226 Dec	2–014 Apr	2–2	3/6
Luton Town	1–09 Apr	4–126 Feb	5–1	6/6
Millwall	3–07 Oct	1–214 May	4–2	3/6
Newcastle United	5–024 Mar	3–023 Aug	8–0	6/6
Notts County	5–219 Aug	0–111 Nov	5–3	3/6
Oldham Athletic	3–024 Feb	2–214 Oct	5–2	4/6
Preston North End	3–14 Nov	0–017 Mar	3–1	4/6
Sheffield United	2–023 Sept	0–32 Apr	2–3	3/6
Stoke City	1–121 Oct	0–23 Mar	1–3	1/6
Sunderland	3–310 Feb	1–230 Sept	4–5	1/6
Wrexham	1–128 Apr	3–49 Dec	4–5	1/6

Agg = combined score over both games, Pts = points won against that club. Dates are under each score; dashed boxes show the date of games still to be played.

The season in numbers

league matches

Played

Goals scored

Goals conceded

+31

Goal difference

Clean sheets

Failed to score

Both scored

Over 2.5

League Table

#	Team	P	W	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Crystal Palace	42	19	51	24	+27	57
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	23	72	39	+33	56
3	Stoke City	42	20	58	31	+27	56
4	Sunderland	42	22	70	44	+26	55
5	West Ham United	42	18	70	39	+31	50
6	Notts County	42	14	48	60	-12	44
7	Preston North End	42	12	59	57	+2	42
8	Newcastle United	42	17	51	55	-4	42
9	Cardiff City	42	16	56	70	-14	42
10	Fulham	42	13	50	47	+3	41
11	Leyton Orient	42	15	51	51	0	40
12	Cambridge United	42	12	44	52	-8	40
13	Burnley	42	14	51	62	-11	40
14	Oldham Athletic	42	13	52	61	-9	39
15	Wrexham	42	12	45	42	+3	38
16	Bristol Rovers	42	14	48	60	-12	38
17	Leicester City	42	10	43	52	-9	37
18	Luton Town	42	13	60	57	+3	36
19	Charlton Athletic	42	11	60	69	-9	35
20	Sheffield United	42	11	52	69	-17	34
21	Millwall	42	11	42	61	-19	32
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	10	41	72	-31	30

The goals league

#	Team	MP	GF	GA	AVG
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	72	39	2.64
2	West Ham United	42	70	39	2.6
3	Sunderland	42	70	44	2.71
4	Luton Town	42	60	57	2.79
5	Charlton Athletic	42	60	69	3.07
6	Preston North End	42	59	57	2.76
7	Stoke City	42	58	31	2.12
8	Cardiff City	42	56	70	3
9	Oldham Athletic	42	52	61	2.69
10	Sheffield United	42	52	69	2.88
11	Crystal Palace	42	51	24	1.79
12	Leyton Orient	42	51	51	2.43
13	Newcastle United	42	51	55	2.52
14	Burnley	42	51	62	2.69
15	Fulham	42	50	47	2.31
16	Bristol Rovers	42	48	60	2.57
17	Notts County	42	48	60	2.57
18	Wrexham	42	45	42	2.07
19	Cambridge United	42	44	52	2.29
20	Leicester City	42	43	52	2.26
21	Millwall	42	42	61	2.45
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	41	72	2.69

Who's in the goals?

#	Team	MP	2.5+	3.5+	BTTS
1	Cardiff City	42	60%	36%	60%
2	Burnley	42	55%	26%	62%
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	55%	29%	48%
4	Charlton Athletic	42	52%	26%	62%
5	Sunderland	42	52%	24%	57%
6	Luton Town	42	52%	29%	52%
7	Blackburn Rovers	42	50%	21%	60%
8	Sheffield United	42	48%	33%	57%
9	Newcastle United	42	48%	29%	43%
10	Preston North End	42	45%	36%	62%
11	Oldham Athletic	42	45%	33%	43%
12	West Ham United	42	45%	26%	43%
13	Bristol Rovers	42	45%	19%	38%
14	Millwall	42	45%	17%	38%
15	Leyton Orient	42	43%	19%	43%
16	Notts County	42	40%	24%	57%
17	Leicester City	42	38%	17%	55%
18	Wrexham	42	36%	12%	48%
19	Fulham	42	36%	24%	40%
20	Stoke City	42	33%	21%	40%
21	Cambridge United	42	29%	24%	40%
22	Crystal Palace	42	24%	14%	43%