Wolverhampton Wanderers vs West Ham United: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head
Having won four consecutive Premier League games against West Ham in 2018-19 and 2019-20, Wolves have now won just three of their last 10 against the Hammers (L7). They did win this exact fixture 1-0 in April, however.
West Ham have lost five of their last seven Premier League away games against Wolves, with the exceptions being victories in April 2021 (3-2) and April 2024 (2-1).
Wolves have drawn their opening league game in three of the last five calendar years (W1 L1). They lost 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest in their first game of 2025, with current West Ham boss Nuno Espírito Santo in charge of Forest for that.
West Ham have lost their opening league game in just one of the last eight calendar years (W4 D3), though it was a 4-1 loss at Man City in 2025. They last lost their first league game in consecutive calendar years between 2006 and 2008 (a run of three).
Wolves remain winless in their 19 Premier League games this season (D3 L16). In English top-flight history, only Bolton Wanderers have had a longer run without a win from the start of a campaign (22 in 1902-03).
Following back-to-back victories at the start of November, West Ham are winless in their last eight Premier League games (D4 L4). They last had a longer run between March and May 2011 (9).
Wolves (0) and West Ham (1) have kept the fewest clean sheets of any Premier League sides this season. In Wolves’ case, only four teams have gone longer without a clean sheet from the start of a Premier League campaign – Blackburn in 2011-12 (27), Norwich in 2011-12 (21), Bolton in 2009-10 (20) and Watford in 2021-22 (20).
Wolves have scored just four goals in the second half of Premier League games this season, though two of these have come in their last four games at Arsenal and Liverpool. It’s the fewest second half goals both in total and as an overall percentage (36%) in the competition this term.
West Ham boss Nuno Espírito Santo is unbeaten in all four of his Premier League games against former side Wolves (W2 D2), winning both of his visits to Molineux with Spurs (August 2021) and Nottingham Forest (January 2025).
West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen has scored more Premier League goals against Wolves than he has against any other opponent (6), though just one of these strikes has come at Molineux (April 2021).
