Nuno Espírito Santo

West Ham United Since 27 Sep 2025 · 356 days Premier League 123 matches in 5 years

Cedes the ball

123 matches · 19 Sep 2021 – 11 Sep 2026 · usually 4-2-3-1

1.37points per game

45-33-45won · drawn · lost

+8.6points vs expected

32%came back when trailing (66)

66%held the lead when ahead (68)

Split	P	W	D	L	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA	Scored first	Won when first	Lead mins	Trail mins	Late GF	Late GA
All	123	45	33	45	1.37	1.46	1.43	1.54	1.59	48%	68%	25.8	20.7	0.28	0.37
Home	64	26	16	22	1.47	1.59	1.25	1.71	1.45	52%	70%	27.5	14.0	0.39	0.41
Away	59	19	17	23	1.25	1.31	1.63	1.35	1.74	44%	65%	23.8	28.0	0.17	0.32

10 matches · 10 May 2026 – 11 Sep 2026 · usually 4-4-2

1.70points per game

5-2-3won · drawn · lost

-1.0points vs expected

40%came back when trailing (5)

83%held the lead when ahead (6)

Split	P	W	D	L	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA	Scored first	Won when first	Lead mins	Trail mins	Late GF	Late GA
All	10	5	2	3	1.70	2.40	1.30	2.21	1.35	60%	83%	32.4	17.7	0.70	0.30
Home	6	4	0	2	2.00	2.83	0.83	2.59	0.92	67%	100%	37.7	15.0	1.00	0.17
Away	4	1	2	1	1.25	1.75	2.00	1.62	1.98	50%	50%	24.5	21.8	0.25	0.50

44 matches · 29 Sep 2025 – 11 Sep 2026 · usually 4-4-1-1

1.32points per game

15-13-16won · drawn · lost

-1.6points vs expected

33%came back when trailing (24)

62%held the lead when ahead (24)

Split	P	W	D	L	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA	Scored first	Won when first	Lead mins	Trail mins	Late GF	Late GA
All	44	15	13	16	1.32	1.55	1.50	1.76	1.80	50%	59%	25.5	22.6	0.43	0.39
Home	23	10	6	7	1.57	1.96	1.26	2.20	1.61	56%	62%	30.3	12.7	0.61	0.43
Away	21	5	7	9	1.05	1.10	1.76	1.28	2.00	43%	56%	20.2	33.5	0.24	0.33

7 matches · 16 Aug 2026 – 11 Sep 2026 · usually 4-4-2

2.00points per game

4-2-1won · drawn · lost

+0.2points vs expected

67%came back when trailing (3)

80%held the lead when ahead (5)

Split	P	W	D	L	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA	Scored first	Won when first	Lead mins	Trail mins	Late GF	Late GA
All	7	4	2	1	2.00	2.86	1.29	2.41	1.23	71%	80%	43.0	13.6	0.71	0.29
Home	4	3	0	1	2.25	3.50	1.00	2.95	0.57	75%	100%	50.8	20.8	1.00	0.00
Away	3	1	2	0	1.67	2.00	1.67	1.69	2.11	67%	50%	32.7	4.0	0.33	0.67

Style vs Premier League peers (5-year window · 123 matches · 35 peers)

Metric	Coach	vs peers
Points per game	1.37	-0.26
xG difference / match	-0.05	-0.41
Possession %	45.2	-1.14
Shots / match	12.5	-0.39
Open-play share of xG	69%	-0.36	+ = open play, − = set pieces
Tackles + interceptions	27.0	+0.54
Fouls / match	11.1	+0.04
Cards / match	3.08	+0.83
Came back when trailing	32%	-0.31	of matches trailed
Held lead when ahead	66%	-0.30	of matches led
Substitutions / match	4.00	+0.24
First substitution (min)	60.4	+0.66	+ = later
Changes shape between games	47%	+0.59

Usual shape: 4-2-3-1 (14 shapes used)
First sub when trailing: 55.3'
First sub when leading: 63.7'
Makes a change before 60': 41% of matches

Shape	P	Share	W	D	L	PPG	xG diff	Last used
4-2-3-1 usual	72	58%	26	23	23	1.40	-0.13	24 May 2026
4-4-1-1	11	9%	6	2	3	1.82	+0.25	08 Sep 2026
4-4-2	7	6%	4	1	2	1.86	+0.65	11 Sep 2026
3-4-3	6	5%	3	2	1	1.83	-0.31	14 Feb 2026
3-4-2-1	5	4%	1	2	2	1.00	-0.83	17 May 2026
4-3-3	5	4%	2	0	3	1.20	+0.62	22 Mar 2026
4-3-1-2	4	3%	1	0	3	0.75	-0.13	20 Dec 2025
4-5-1	2	2%	0	1	1	0.50	+1.45	28 Feb 2026
4-3-2-1	2	2%	0	0	2	0.00	-1.03	27 Dec 2025
3-4-1-2	2	2%	0	1	1	0.50	-0.65	07 Dec 2025
4-1-4-1	2	2%	0	1	1	0.50	-1.18	04 Oct 2025
3-5-2	2	2%	1	0	1	1.50	+0.13	15 Feb 2025
5-4-1	2	2%	0	0	2	0.00	+0.69	11 May 2024
4-2-2-2	1	1%	1	0	0	3.00	-2.10	21 Apr 2025

Shape	P	Share	W	D	L	PPG	xG diff	Last used
4-4-2 usual	4	40%	3	1	0	2.50	+1.33	11 Sep 2026
4-4-1-1	3	30%	1	1	1	1.33	+0.98	08 Sep 2026
3-4-2-1	2	20%	0	0	2	0.00	-0.36	17 May 2026
4-2-3-1	1	10%	1	0	0	3.00	+1.07	24 May 2026

Shape	P	Share	W	D	L	PPG	xG diff	Last used
4-4-1-1 usual	11	25%	6	2	3	1.82	+0.25	08 Sep 2026
4-2-3-1	10	23%	1	5	4	0.80	-0.47	24 May 2026
4-4-2	5	11%	4	1	0	2.60	+1.09	11 Sep 2026
3-4-3	4	9%	2	1	1	1.75	-0.34	14 Feb 2026
3-4-2-1	3	7%	0	1	2	0.33	-1.10	17 May 2026
4-3-3	3	7%	2	0	1	2.00	+0.62	22 Mar 2026
4-5-1	2	4%	0	1	1	0.50	+1.45	28 Feb 2026
4-3-1-2	2	4%	0	0	2	0.00	-0.52	20 Dec 2025
4-1-4-1	2	4%	0	1	1	0.50	-1.18	04 Oct 2025
4-3-2-1	1	2%	0	0	1	0.00	-1.03	27 Dec 2025
3-4-1-2	1	2%	0	1	0	1.00	-0.78	07 Dec 2025

Shape	P	Share	W	D	L	PPG	xG diff	Last used
4-4-2 usual	4	57%	3	1	0	2.50	+1.33	11 Sep 2026
4-4-1-1	3	43%	1	1	1	1.33	+0.98	08 Sep 2026

3 clubs · match figures cover the last five years

Club	From	To	P	W-D-L	PPG	vs xPts	First 10	Predecessor	Bounce
West Ham United current	Sep 2025	– (to Jun 2028)	44	15-13-16	1.32	-1.6	1.00	1.00	+0.00
Nottingham Forest	Aug 2025	–	3	1-1-1	1.33	+0.7	1.33	1.10	–
Nottingham Forest	Dec 2023	Aug 2025	67	26-18-23	1.43	+9.5	1.30	0.70	+0.60
Tottenham Hotspur	Sep 2021	–	9	3-1-5	1.11	–	1.11	–	–

Date	Comp	Opponent	Score	xG	Shape	Subs
11 Sep 2026	UK CHAMP	v WXH	6–0 W	2.52 · 0.43	4-4-2	5 (first 30')
08 Sep 2026	UK CHAMP	at BOL	3–2 W	2.46 · 1.73	4-4-1-1	5 (first 57')	came back
05 Sep 2026	UK CHAMP	v DRB	3–0 W	3.74 · 0.15	4-4-2	5 (first 64')
01 Sep 2026	UK CHAMP	v WOL	4–2 W	2.10 · 1.00	4-4-2	5 (first 56')
29 Aug 2026	UK CHAMP	at WAT	1–1 D	1.07 · 1.61	4-4-1-1	3 (first 65')	came back
22 Aug 2026	UK CHAMP	v CHA	1–2 L	3.45 · 0.71	4-4-1-1	3 (first 46')
16 Aug 2026	UK CHAMP	at BUR	2–2 D	1.55 · 2.99	4-4-2	3 (first 46')	dropped lead
24 May 2026	UK PL	v LEE	3–0 W	2.84 · 1.77	4-2-3-1	2 (first 46')
17 May 2026	UK PL	at NEW	1–3 L	1.42 · 1.59	3-4-2-1	3 (first 26')
10 May 2026	UK PL	v ARS	0–1 L	0.92 · 1.47	3-4-2-1	2 (first 67')
02 May 2026	UK PL	at BRE	0–3 L	1.02 · 1.87	4-4-1-1	5 (first 65')
25 Apr 2026	UK PL	v EVE	2–1 W	1.49 · 1.92	4-4-1-1	3 (first 79')
20 Apr 2026	UK PL	at CRY	0–0 D	0.75 · 0.79	4-4-1-1	2 (first 75')
10 Apr 2026	UK PL	v WOL	4–0 W	2.14 · 0.66	4-4-1-1	4 (first 78')
05 Apr 2026	UK FA Cup	v LEE	2–2 D	3.34 · 3.01	4-2-3-1	6 (first 46')	came back
22 Mar 2026	UK PL	at AVL	0–2 L	1.03 · 2.22	4-3-3	4 (first 46')
14 Mar 2026	UK PL	v MCI	1–1 D	0.24 · 2.81	3-4-2-1	3 (first 64')	came back
09 Mar 2026	UK FA Cup	v BRE	2–2 D	6.82 · 6.74	4-2-3-1	6 (first 46')	dropped lead
04 Mar 2026	UK PL	at FUL	1–0 W	1.09 · 0.98	4-4-2	4 (first 60')
28 Feb 2026	UK PL	at LIV	2–5 L	1.62 · 2.07	4-5-1	3 (first 76')
21 Feb 2026	UK PL	v BOU	0–0 D	4.03 · 0.68	4-5-1	2 (first 72')
14 Feb 2026	UK FA Cup	at BRA	1–0 W	1.87 · 1.28	3-4-3	5 (first 72')
10 Feb 2026	UK PL	v MUN	1–1 D	1.34 · 0.86	4-2-3-1	5 (first 69')	dropped lead
07 Feb 2026	UK PL	at BUR	2–0 W	0.58 · 1.92	4-4-1-1	5 (first 57')
31 Jan 2026	UK PL	at CHE	2–3 L	1.30 · 3.18	4-4-1-1	4 (first 66')	dropped lead
24 Jan 2026	UK PL	v SUN	3–1 W	1.63 · 0.51	4-4-1-1	4 (first 70')
17 Jan 2026	UK PL	at TOT	2–1 W	3.34 · 1.61	4-4-1-1	3 (first 79')
11 Jan 2026	UK FA Cup	v QPR	2–1 W	2.39 · 0.80	3-4-3	5 (first 45')
06 Jan 2026	UK PL	v NFO	1–2 L	1.35 · 1.56	4-2-3-1	3 (first 63')	dropped lead
03 Jan 2026	UK PL	at WOL	0–3 L	0.36 · 1.70	4-2-3-1	2 (first 46')
30 Dec 2025	UK PL	v BHA	2–2 D	1.84 · 3.12	4-2-3-1	5 (first 45')	dropped lead
27 Dec 2025	UK PL	v FUL	0–1 L	1.12 · 2.15	4-3-2-1	3 (first 56')
20 Dec 2025	UK PL	at MCI	0–3 L	0.93 · 2.33	4-3-1-2	5 (first 64')
14 Dec 2025	UK PL	v AVL	2–3 L	0.98 · 0.62	4-3-1-2	4 (first 81')	dropped lead
07 Dec 2025	UK PL	at BHA	1–1 D	1.59 · 2.37	3-4-1-2	5 (first 64')	dropped lead
04 Dec 2025	UK PL	at MUN	1–1 D	1.11 · 2.17	4-2-3-1	3 (first 83')	came back
30 Nov 2025	UK PL	v LIV	0–2 L	0.42 · 1.28	4-2-3-1	3 (first 68')
22 Nov 2025	UK PL	at BOU	2–2 D	0.83 · 3.25	3-4-3	3 (first 46')	dropped lead
08 Nov 2025	UK PL	v BUR	3–2 W	2.67 · 1.54	4-3-3	4 (first 62')	came back
02 Nov 2025	UK PL	v NEW	3–1 W	2.69 · 0.77	4-3-3	3 (first 61')	came back
24 Oct 2025	UK PL	at LEE	1–2 L	1.03 · 2.14	3-4-3	5 (first 25')
20 Oct 2025	UK PL	v BRE	0–2 L	0.47 · 2.43	4-2-3-1	5 (first 46')
04 Oct 2025	UK PL	at ARS	0–2 L	0.60 · 3.44	4-1-4-1	3 (first 61')
29 Sep 2025	UK PL	at EVE	1–1 D	1.32 · 0.84	4-1-4-1	4 (first 59')	came back