West Ham take on the visitors Everton in the round 31 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Sunday, April 3rd at Olympic Stadium (London).
For the second year in a row, West Ham are fighting for 4th place and ticket to the Champions League. But we must admit: this season is less successful than in the previous one. Last season the Hammers competed until the very last round, finishing a couple of points behind Chelsea. However, it’s fair to say now that the London club can not finish to the quartet of strongest. Arsenal are 6 points clear of their neighbors and have 2 games in hand. Well, David Moyes and his man should change their priorities. There is a chance to win a trophy, the Conference League. Whom are the British afraid of if they have overcome such strong opponents as Sevilla? And they were able to take revenge, losing in Spain 0-1. In the Premier League, you can only not fall below the current 7th place. It will also not be easy, because the competitors are Wolverhampton, which is 2 points behind. And the Hammers lost in 2 out of 3 recent matches to bigger clubs, Liverpool and Tottenham.
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Everton was one of the contenders, if not for the Champions League, then for European competition last season. But the management made a serious mistake when they decided to replace Carlo Ancelotti, who returned to Real Madrid, with Rafa Benitez. The Spaniard had good segments. But still, in general, he worked with the “toffees”, as if he was still working for the benefit of his neighbor, Liverpool. As a result, after a series of failures, he was replaced. And also for the controversial candidacy, the young Frank Lampard. He was successful in the first two matches of the FA Cup, but still the path ended with 0-4 defeat to Crystal Palace in March. But in the Premier League, the situation only worsened, reaching a more than real struggle for survival. Since beating Leeds, the Blues have lost four in a row without scoring. But at the key moment, March 17th, we managed to win. 1-0 with "Newcastle" was gained thanks to Iwobi's goal, which he scored in the 99th minute while the team was down one man after sent-off of Allan.
In the last 4 head-to-heads the clubs alternate victories and away team managed to win three of these fixtures. That was the case last October when West Ham won 1-0 at Goodison Park thanks to a goal from Ogbonna. We can compare squads of the clubs, but Everton is in searh of their best form while West Ham is tuned to get results here and now.
Prediction for the match: West Ham to win.