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Championship · Matchweek 1

Burnley

BUR

22Full time

West Ham United

WHU

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

47%Possession52%
36%Territory37%
16%From set plays15%
0.07Chance quality0.18
6.1%Directness4.9%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Burnley, 3 for West Ham. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 39 of 83 matches, not the full season.