Tomas Soucek by the numbers

Sunday’s game against Newcastle was another good game for the Czech player with 66 touches, 44 passes, 8 aerial duels won as well as one goal and the official West Ham man of the match award.

It was a similar story in the 3-2 win against Chelsea four days earlier scoring two goals one of which, of course, scored him his first goal as a Hammer, and another which was wrongly ruled out by Jon Moss and VAR.

The 25-year-old on loan from Slavia Prague will automatically sign permanently if West Ham retains their Premier League status.

The Slavia Prague chairman Jaroslav Tvrdik previously confirmed the finances of the deal that took Soucek to West Ham explaining on social media that there is a €4.5m  (£3.75m) loan fee and an additional €16.2m (£13.5m) to make the deal permanent if West Ham remains in the top flight.