How did two teams without a serious center play?
02/01
Premier League Round 22
West Ham United - Bournemouth
Manchester United - Wolves
West Ham United's centre-forward Antonio has been injured for a long time and sent away substitute Scamacca at the beginning of the season, so we have previously said that the team has revamped the position of the midfield, bringing Paqueta and Prowse forward, others retreating, and then using long passes to find Kudus and Bowen, which is particularly effective against teams that play with pressing styles, such as Arsenal, but West Ham United are experiencing personnel problems at this stage, Paqueta and defender Alvarez are injured, and full-back Coufal is suspended. Centre-back Aguerd has just finished the Africa Cup of Nations and is not available for the tournament immediately.
Phillips, who is on loan in the winter, will only be able to fill the gap in midfield, and West Ham will lose the consistency of passing
Their opponent Bournemouth can have a central striker, high school striker Solanke has attracted a lot of attention this season, Bournemouth's problem at this stage is that the right side is plagued by injuries and national team games can not help the attack, but it only affects the overall attacking performance, in addition to the position on the right side, the team is also relatively neat.
Wolves loaned their only centre-forward, Kalejic to Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan in the winter transfer, and this season Wolves' tactics are somewhat similar to those of West Ham, also focusing on defence, and then quickly moving through midfield and counter-attacking to find three smaller attackers.
However, the conversion efficiency of the forward line is indeed a bit low, and Everton is tied for the most wasted opportunities in the league, Huang Xican is currently in the national team, Saravia is still recovering from injury, and Joao Gomez, one of the defenders, is suspended, and the team has also encountered some problems in the depth of personnel.
Manchester United is expected to basically return to all the main players except for Rashford, but they need games to run in form, last weekend with such a team against League Two team Newport, Manchester United although the offensive performance is good, but the defensive end is still very bad, in the middle of the season, everyone else is a normal rhythm of the game, and Manchester United's main squad is still the rhythm of pre-season.
The even more terrifying Onana started only one game at the Africa Cup of Nations and returned with a stomach full of grievances.
It is foreseeable that Manchester United will still struggle to play well defensively in this game, and I believe that Wolves can grasp this.