{"id":289088,"date":"2011-03-04T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/west-ham-stoke-city-preview-scott-parker-looking-to-score-his-third-goals-in-as-many-games-against-the-potters\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T10:14:00","slug":"west-ham-stoke-city-preview-scott-parker-looking-to-score-his-third-goals-in-as-many-games-against-the-potters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/west-ham-stoke-city-preview-scott-parker-looking-to-score-his-third-goals-in-as-many-games-against-the-potters\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham &#8211; Stoke City Preview: Scott Parker looking to score his third goals in as many games against the Potters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Josh Clarke<\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"55.4914735461\">\n<div readability=\"13.8\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scott Parker, West Ham (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/edd1dd9c105060_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Scott Parker, West Ham (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"4.9057048562\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag\/football.aspx?portal=OGQCV6S9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/96f76d66kitbagsmall.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Shop for the latest footy kit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>West Ham United<\/strong> may find it difficult against 10th placed Stoke City today, since they have averaged only 0.53 goals-per-game against top-half opposition this season.<\/li>\n<li>Watching the line is not Hammers&#8217; strong point, as they have been  caught offside the most times in the Premier League this season &#8211;  straying behind the back line on 92 occasions.<\/li>\n<li>Since Avram Grant was issued a win ultimatum back in December of last year, the Hammers have won eight out of 15 games in all competitions.<\/li>\n<li>West Ham have kept only three clean sheets this term.<\/li>\n<li>Scott Parker is looking for his Stoke City hat-trick for the season,  netting in the previous two games between the two in 2010-11 &#8211; one of which was a League Cup tie that ended 3-1 in favour of the Hammers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stoke City<\/strong> are bottom of the Premier League\u2019s half-time league, being up at the interval in only three of their 28 games so far.<\/li>\n<li>However, when they win at half-time, they keep it that way. Having  held up to all of their interval leads, the Potters have the league\u2019s only  unblemished record.<\/li>\n<li>Stoke have been uninspiring, at best, in their travels recently, as they have lost their last five and have failed to score in the four most recent of  these.<\/li>\n<li>Having hit the target with a meagre 36 per cent of their shots this season, it is not hard to see why.<\/li>\n<li>They are lethal from set-pieces, though, scoring the highest  percentage of goals from training ground routines this term, with 56%  of goals coming from such situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/f6ffbeac114717hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>October 27, 2010: West Ham 3-1 Stoke City (AET) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Extra-time strikes from Manuel Da Costa and Victor Obinna sealed the  Hammers\u2019 place in the League Cup quarter-finals after Scott Parker\u2019s  late equaliser cancelled out Kenwyne Jones\u2019 opener.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span><em>Follow the Premier League <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on Goal.com:<\/em><\/span><br \/><span><em>Commentaries, Stats, Player Ratings and much more,<\/em><\/span><br \/><span><em>Visit Goal.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/live-scores\/fixtures?tab=all\">Live Scores<\/a>!<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/edd1dd9c105060_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/04\/2378666\/west-ham-stoke-city-preview-scott-parker-looking-to-score\" title=\"West Ham - Stoke City Preview: Scott Parker looking to score his third goals in as many games against the Potters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Ham &#8211; Stoke City Preview: Scott Parker looking to score his third goals in as many games against the Potters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Josh Clarke Scott Parker, West Ham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit West Ham United may find it difficult against 10th placed Stoke City today, since they have averaged only 0.53 goals-per-game against top-half opposition this season. Watching the line is not Hammers&#8217; strong point, as they have been caught offside the most times in the Premier League this season &#8211; straying behind the back line on 92 occasions. Since Avram Grant was issued a win ultimatum back in December of last year, the Hammers have won eight out of 15 games in all competitions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Ham - Stoke City Preview: Scott Parker looking to score his third goals in as many games against the Potters - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/west-ham-stoke-city-preview-scott-parker-looking-to-score-his-third-goals-in-as-many-games-against-the-potters\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"West Ham - Stoke City Preview: Scott Parker looking to score his third goals in as many games against the Potters - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Josh Clarke Scott Parker, West Ham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit West Ham United may find it difficult against 10th placed Stoke City today, since they have averaged only 0.53 goals-per-game against top-half opposition this season. 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