12 Dec 2015
Stoke in stalemate at West Ham

West Ham were held by Stoke in a scrappy but entertaining goalless draw.

The visitors produced an impressive attacking display to beat Manchester City last week, but could not find the same form again.

Marco van Ginkel, brought in for the injured Xherdan Shaqiri, had Stoke's best chance in the first half but he put wide from close range.

West Ham enjoyed more action in front of goal but they were denied time after time by Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland.

It means the Hammers have now gone six games without a win in the league - their last victory coming against Chelsea on 24 October - although they have picked up four draws in that period.

Stoke City have now kept seven clean sheets in their last nine Premier League games.

Relive the action from West Ham v Stoke

All the action and reaction from Saturday's Premier League games

No Shaqiri, no party

Stoke were dealt a blow before the game when Shaqiri was ruled out with a hamstring strain, and they lacked the attacking prowess they showed in their 2-0 win last weekend.

Van Ginkel should have done better when he scuffed wide from Ibrahim Afellay's pass in the first half, while substitute Mame Diouf nearly won it at the end when he went one-on-one with keeper Adrian, who saved with his feet.

Bojan was ineffective up-front, having only two shots all game, while Marko Arnautovic failed to produce the same finishing that saw him score twice against Man City.

Although they lacked attacking flair, their defence was solid once again, with Butland making eight saves.

Antonio gets his chance

West Ham have been hit by a number of injuries to key players in recent weeks - the latest casualties Winston Reid and Victor Moses joining Dimitri Payet, Diafra Sakho and Manuel Lanzini on the sidelines.

Manager Slaven Bilic called upon Michail Antonio to make his first Premier League start, and the former Nottingham Forest attacking midfielder impressed for the Hammers.

The 25-year-old had five shots on goal - more than any other player on the pitch - but failed to put it past an in-form Butland.

Andy Carroll made a menace of himself up front, and engaged in a physical battle with defender Ryan Shawcross, but the big England striker was not able to find the killer touch, with only two shots on target.

Touch map

West Ham striker Andy Carroll only took four touches in the box over 90 minutes, as seen on the left map. It was the same amount as his Stoke counterpart Mame Diouf (right map), who played for 30 minutes of the second half

Man of the match

Jack Butland

Michail Antonio looked decent for West Ham, but the plaudits go to Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland for keeping his seventh clean sheet of the season

Manager reaction

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic: "Both teams defended well. We hit the post twice and they did once. I'm not happy with the result but it was a fair result.

"Considering the effort we put in I can't be unhappy with my team.

"I can't be happier with our spirit and togetherness and resilience and, at times, our quality."

Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "We're reasonably pleased with the draw.

"I thought we defended really well. Both teams will be comfortable with the point. That's something we can build on.

"[The clean sheet record] is a base and platform to build on. West Ham are a good team and as the home side we knew it was a test for us."

The stats you need to know

  • No keeper has kept more clean sheets in the Premier League than Jack Butland this campaign (seven, level with Joe Hart). He also has the best saves-to-shots ratio in the Premier League so far in 2015-16 (82.5%).
  • The Potters have not conceded a Premier League goal while Ryan Shawcross has been on the pitch this season (497 minutes).
  • West Ham have won just two of their last nine Premier League home games (W2 D4 L3), but are unbeaten in the last six.
  • The Hammers have kept back-to-back clean sheets twice this season. They also did it against Liverpool and Newcastle in August/September.

What next?

West Ham face managerless Swansea at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday, 20 December while Stoke welcome Crystal palace the day before.

Lineup, Bookings (3) & Substitutions (5)

West Ham United

  • 13 Adrián
  • 05 Tomkins
  • 19 Collins
  • 21 Ogbonna
  • 03 Cresswell
  • 04 Song (E Valencia - 64' )
  • 10 Zárate
  • 16 Noble
  • 08 Kouyaté Booked
  • 30 Antonio (Jelavic - 83' )
  • 09 Carroll

Substitutes

  • 01 Randolph
  • 11 E Valencia
  • 12 Jenkinson
  • 14 Obiang
  • 26 Jelavic
  • 35 Oxford
  • 39 Cullen

Stoke City

  • 01 Butland
  • 08 Johnson
  • 17 Shawcross
  • 26 Wollscheid
  • 03 Pieters Booked
  • 20 Cameron (Adam - 68' )
  • 06 Whelan
  • 14 Afellay Booked (Walters - 66' )
  • 15 Van Ginkel (Diouf - 56' )
  • 10 Arnautovic
  • 27 Krkic

Substitutes

  • 02 Bardsley
  • 11 Joselu
  • 12 Wilson
  • 16 Adam
  • 18 Diouf
  • 19 Walters
  • 29 Haugaard
Ref: Andre Marriner
Att: 34,857

Match Stats

Shots

22 12

On target

9 3

Corners

11 7

Fouls

7 9

Live Text Commentary

Full time

Full Time Match ends, West Ham United 0, Stoke City 0.

90:00 +4:08 Full time

Full Time Second Half ends, West Ham United 0, Stoke City 0.

90:00 +3:58

Attempt blocked. Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.

90:00 +3:28

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.

90:00 +2:39

Attempt missed. Enner Valencia (West Ham United) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high. Assisted by Mauro Zárate.

90:00 +0:17

Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by James Collins.

89:47

Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Enner Valencia.

88:20

Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Angelo Ogbonna.

88:17

Attempt saved. Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.

86:31

Erik Pieters (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

86:31

Foul by Nikica Jelavic (West Ham United).

85:29

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Jack Butland.

85:26

Attempt saved. Enner Valencia (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

84:29

Foul by Glen Johnson (Stoke City).

84:29

Enner Valencia (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

83:10

Attempt blocked. Mauro Zárate (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikica Jelavic.

82:32 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, West Ham United. Nikica Jelavic replaces Michail Antonio.

81:33

Attempt saved. Enner Valencia (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andy Carroll with a headed pass.

81:19

Mauro Zárate (West Ham United) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Michail Antonio.

80:32

Attempt blocked. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté.

79:29

Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by James Collins.

79:26

Attempt blocked. Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

79:25

Attempt blocked. Charlie Adam (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mame Biram Diouf.

79:22

Attempt missed. Bojan (Stoke City) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jonathan Walters.

79:04

Attempt saved. Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Glen Johnson.

77:37

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Mame Biram Diouf.

77:07

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Jack Butland.

71:40

Foul by Glenn Whelan (Stoke City).

71:40

Mauro Zárate (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

70:58

Attempt missed. Mark Noble (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mauro Zárate.

70:27

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

69:50

Delay in match Erik Pieters (Stoke City) because of an injury.

69:17

Attempt saved. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mauro Zárate with a cross.

67:55 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Stoke City. Charlie Adam replaces Geoff Cameron.

67:17

Attempt missed. Bojan (Stoke City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high following a set piece situation.

67:12

Attempt blocked. Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

66:21 Booking

Booking Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

66:13

Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

66:13

Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United).

65:27 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Stoke City. Jonathan Walters replaces Ibrahim Afellay.

63:36

Attempt missed. Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mauro Zárate with a cross following a set piece situation.

63:12 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, West Ham United. Enner Valencia replaces Alexandre Song.

62:33 Booking

Booking Ibrahim Afellay (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

62:25

Foul by Ibrahim Afellay (Stoke City).

62:25

Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

60:34

Attempt saved. Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ibrahim Afellay.

60:09

Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Angelo Ogbonna.

58:27

Foul by Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City).

58:27

Alexandre Song (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

57:13

Offside, West Ham United. Adrián tries a through ball, but Michail Antonio is caught offside.

55:33

Attempt missed. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell with a cross.

55:17 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Stoke City. Mame Biram Diouf replaces Marco Van Ginkel.

54:42

Foul by Geoff Cameron (Stoke City).

54:42

Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

53:21

Attempt missed. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Michail Antonio with a cross.

51:37

Foul by Bojan (Stoke City).

51:37

Mark Noble (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

48:08

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Jack Butland.

48:07

Attempt saved. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mauro Zárate with a cross.

47:20

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.

46:49

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Philipp Wollscheid.

46:47

Attempt blocked. Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mauro Zárate.

45:00

Second Half begins West Ham United 0, Stoke City 0.

45:00 +2:08 Half time

Half Time First Half ends, West Ham United 0, Stoke City 0.

45:00 +1:10

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Philipp Wollscheid.

45:00 +0:02

Bojan (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45:00 +0:02

Foul by Andy Carroll (West Ham United).

44:38

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.

44:35

Attempt blocked. Mauro Zárate (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

43:20

Foul by Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City).

43:20

Andy Carroll (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

42:39

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.

42:10

Marco Van Ginkel (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

42:10

Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United).

38:12

Attempt saved. James Collins (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté.

38:08

Attempt blocked. James Collins (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

37:21 Booking

Booking Erik Pieters (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

36:50

Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).

36:50

Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.

35:15

Philipp Wollscheid (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

35:15

Foul by Andy Carroll (West Ham United).

34:15

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

33:26

Delay in match Andy Carroll (West Ham United) because of an injury.

28:45

Attempt missed. Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City) left footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Glen Johnson.

23:07

Attempt blocked. Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bojan with a cross.

22:31

Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Mauro Zárate.

19:04

Foul by Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City).

19:04

Alexandre Song (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

16:03

Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by James Collins.

16:01

Attempt blocked. Ibrahim Afellay (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bojan.

13:45

Ibrahim Afellay (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

13:45

Foul by Alexandre Song (West Ham United).

10:51

Attempt missed. Marco Van Ginkel (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

8:41

Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by James Tomkins.

5:14

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Geoff Cameron.

4:56

Attempt blocked. Alexandre Song (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

4:53

Attempt blocked. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté.

2:45

Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

2:19

Attempt saved. Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark Noble.

0:02

Bojan (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

0:02

Foul by Mark Noble (West Ham United).

0:00

First Half begins.

0:00

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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