Two of this season's European hopefuls clash at Upton Park on Saturday when West Ham play host to Everton. The Hammers are looking to recover after their first defeat in eight matches while Everton will be determined to build a good streak after their first win in four games. Last season Everton won both matches with the same scoreline, 2-1. West Ham have not beaten the Toffees in their last seventeen matches and have won just once in the last twenty clashes.
West Ham saw their seven-match unbeaten run come to an end last weekend, when they were defeated 2-0 by newly-promoted Watford. They are currently sixth in the league table, level on points with Tottenham. That was just their third defeat of the season and the first away from home. In fact, home form was a problem for the Hammers so far, with two defeats at Upton Park. However, their last home match ended with an impressive 2-1 win over champions Chelsea. James Collins is suspended for the match, while Diafra Sakho and Pedro Obiang are injury doubts.
Everton had a tough schedule in October as they faced Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal, and they Toffees ended those three matches without a win. They bounced back last weekend with a 6-2 triumph at home against Sunderland, with Arouna Kone bagging his first ever Premier League hat-trick. They are currently ninth in the league table, just five points away from the Champions League zone. Captain Phil Jagielka is still out of contention due to a knee injury while Bryan Oviedo, Steven Pienaar and Tony Hibbert are also ruled out. Leighton Baines, Tom Cleverley and Muhamed Besic have returned to training this week.
Probable line-ups:
West Ham: Adrian, Jenkinson, Tomkins, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Kouyate, Noble, Zarate, Payet, Moses, Carroll
Everton: Howard, Coleman, Stones, Funes Mori, Galloway, McCarthy, Barry, Deulofeu, Barkley, Kone, Lukaku
My prediction: 2-2 draw.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
West Ham win - 2.60 Draw - 3.50 Everton win - 2.80
sharpe 8 years ago
Pretty logical draw between those two I think, they are the two of the most unpredictable teams in the Premier League so probably this was some sort of expected result maybe.Both teams had so much ups and downs trough the season so far that they just looking like the craziest teams in the Premier League.
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Shumar4life 8 years ago
Bilic's squad is one of the most pleasing surprises for me this season, but I believe that they haven't enough quality to maintain this quality of theirs game. This draw is just result of their low quality especially on the bench. Maybe in next transfer window they will bring some new cover players, but they will be behind...
Bilic's squad is one of the most pleasing surprises for me this season, but I believe that they haven't enough quality to maintain this quality of theirs game. This draw is just result of their low quality especially on the bench. Maybe in next transfer window they will bring some new cover players, but they will be behind the best teams on the table
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
West Ham proves again that they are really inspired when they play against big teams.It was expected to see them wining this,but draw is not bad result against a team lie Everton.I hope that we will see some better play of Everton in future days because they have extremely talented team.
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nik92 8 years ago
My favorite team in the premier league is West Ham, that's why I'm writing this as their supporter. Unfortunately they lost last match, but I think that they can win Everton today. By me they have a better team, This season, they won all the biggest teams in England, my prediction: 2-1 or 3:1
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