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title: "West Ham: Fans shocked by Tomas Soucek statistic"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-hammers-burnley-premier-league-chelsea-tomas-soucek/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-05-04T16:20:25Z"
modified: "2021-05-04T16:20:25Z"
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# West Ham: Fans shocked by Tomas Soucek statistic

**Many West Ham United fans were shocked as it emerged that Tomas Soucek won 17 aerial duels against Burnley on Monday night.**

The Hammers were in action against Sean Dyche’s team as they aimed to preserve their hopes of earning a European berth for next season. They went behind to a Chris Wood penalty but a brace from Michail Antonio saw them emerge victorious. The Irons have now moved back up to fifth in the table as they trail Chelsea in fourth by just three points ([Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table)).

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Soucel, valued at £36m by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tomas-soucek/marktwertverlauf/spieler/283628), started the match and won 17 of his 21 aerial duels – incredibly, no other player won more than eight ([SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/burnley-west-ham-united/gsM)). That means the Czech international has won 204 such battles throughout the season, which is 37 more than Christian Benteke, the next-best performer in the Premier League for this statistic ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/8228/Stages/18685/PlayerStatistics/England-Premier-League-2020-2021)). Soucek is truly unstoppable in the air, it seems.

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These West Ham fans were in awe of the stat, as you can imagine, and they took to social media platform Twitter to share their thoughts.

### **Let’s see what these fans had to say about Soucek’s feat**

**“Animal”**

Credit: [@alex\_light1](https://twitter.com/alex_light1/status/1389533781476978688)

**“Soucek my hero”**

Credit: [@ClaireTeresa1](https://twitter.com/ClaireTeresa1/status/1389557708202946560)

**“Are you serious? That’s amazing. The dude’s a machine.”**

Credit: [@RalphMHarrison](https://twitter.com/RalphMHarrison/status/1389521256467292163)

**“@ExWHUemployee @DaveWalkerWHU** **I know you guys don’t like stats but wow!”**

Credit: [@Arber\_007](https://twitter.com/Arber_007/status/1389540404517875718)

**“That’s actually hilarious.”**

Credit: [@SamJimW](https://twitter.com/SamJimW/status/1389528156516888578)

**“Soucek won 17 aerial duels against Burnley. Insane.”**

Credit: [@\_thejacobc\_](https://twitter.com/_thejacobc_/status/1389523542425939970)

***In other news, [many West Ham fans want this player signed.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-transfer-rumours/west-ham-the-hammers-emiliano-buendia-premier-league-norwich-city-irons/)***