Tomáš Souček helped West Ham to win! He should work on his passing accuracy

Tomáš Souček and West Ham are in the cup standings after 29 rounds. The Hammers are currently in sixth place in the Premier League, which would mean that the team with the Czech footprint would play in the ECL preliminary round next season.West Ham beat Aston Villa 2-1 at home. How did the Czech captain do?

The first act of the match ended 0:0. In the 70th minute the Ukrainian international Andriy Yarmolenko scored a goal for whom this goal had a special and emotional meaning. 12 minutes later Pablo Fornals increased the score in favour of the Hammers.

Aston Villa reduced the deficit only in the 90th minute, Tomas Soucek tried to prevent the goal, but Emiliano Buendia stuck him perfectly and fed the ball to Jacob Ramsey, who converted his chance.

The Czech national captain played a very good game. He had 49 touches of the ball during the match, got one goal scoring opportunity, but his header was just wide. He won four aerial duels in the match, the most of any player on the pitch.

The ex-Slav captain was especially valid for West Ham in defensive work. He won the ball back into the Hammers’ possession five times, won the foot-to-foot duel three times and intercepted Aston Villa’s pass twice. Soucek also kicked the ball out of a dangerous area three times (for WHU) and blocked a shot twice.

What Tomas Soucek could improve is his passing accuracy. In the game against Aston Villa, his passes found the recipient in 62%. In comparison, his teammate Declan Rice had a passing success rate of almost 87%.

Source: West Ham United, WhoScored