{"id":1336662,"date":"2024-01-02T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1336662"},"modified":"2024-01-03T13:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T13:11:20","slug":"west-ham-brighton-premier-league-23-24","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/west-ham-brighton-premier-league-23-24\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham and Brighton close out 2023\/24 festive period with rare Premier League goalless stalemate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The final game of this season&#8217;s Premier League festive period saw West Ham and Brighton share a goalless draw.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing could separate both sides at the London Stadium, with Hammers goalkeeper Alphonse Areola making no fewer than eight saves \u2014 a third consecutive shutout for the Frenchman who could only muster one in 26 previous league appearances.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [sky-bet-b10-get-40-acca] does not exist -->\n<p>His stellar performance and a toothless West Ham attack resulted in a rare occurrence: this campaign&#8217;s fifth Premier League goalless draw. To put this in perspective, across the opening 20 matchdays last term, England&#8217;s top division witnessed 14 such results.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of other important numbers ( seeing as the scoreline didn&#8217;t give us any), James Milner made his 632nd competition appearance in this match &#8212; tying Ryan Giggs in second for most games in the competition, with only Gareth Barry playing more (653).<\/p>\n<p>Milner attempted one of Brighton&#8217;s 22 shots in this match, the most West Ham have faced in a Premier League home game without conceding since December 2017 (also 22 against Arsenal).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">21 years in the Premier League ?<\/p>\n<p>Your longevity is incredible, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMilner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamesMilner<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FestiveFixtures?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FestiveFixtures<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QwoJ7JtyMt\">pic.twitter.com\/QwoJ7JtyMt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Premier League (@premierleague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague\/status\/1742282611026698718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most alarmingly, the result is the first clean sheet for Roberto De Zerbi&#8217;s across the whole of the 2023\/24 season. It is only the second time a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/btts-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BTTS tip<\/a><\/strong> would not have come in.<\/p>\n<p>It also proved to be West Ham\u2019s first 0-0 draw at home in the Premier League since September 2018 against Chelsea, ending a run of 101 games at the London Stadium without one. Overall, it was their first goalless draw in 80 games in the competition since December 2021 at Burnley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Premier League content: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/premier-league-top-four-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where do West Ham rank among the Premier League top four favourites?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The absence of Lucas Paqueta and Mohammed Kudus proved significant though David Moyes can point to a recent uptick in the team&#8217;s defensive form. West Ham have now kept four consecutive Premier League clean sheets, a run they last managed in February 2014, before compiling this streak the Hammers had only produced one shutout in their first 16 league games this term.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football betting tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final game of this season&#8217;s Premier League festive period saw West Ham and Brighton share a goalless draw. 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