Comments and predictions for Everton vs West Ham: Sorrow for the Hammers
The match between Everton vs West Ham in the Premier League takes place at 9:00 p.m. on March 15. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Everton manager David Moyes will be reunited with his former club West Ham United when the two sides face off at Goodison Park in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
The two teams played out a goalless draw in the first leg four months ago at the London Stadium in a tight encounter.
Latest Everton vs West Ham team information
Everton still face a long injury list with Iliman Ndiaye, Dwight McNeil, Orel Mangala (all knee), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (thigh) and Armando Broja (ankle), all of whom are still recovering.
Seamus Coleman recovered from a calf injury and featured on the bench last weekend, but the veteran Irish defender is unlikely to replace compatriot Jake O'Brien at right-back against West Ham.
Jack Harrison ended a 36-game Premier League goal drought by opening the scoring against Wolves. The winger has been involved in more goals against West Ham than any other opponent (5 - 3 goals, 2 assists) and is likely to continue to start on the left. Jesper Lindstrom will take the right wing and Beto will lead the attack.
Michail Antonio (leg injury), Niclas Fullkrug (hamstring) and Crysencio Summerville (thigh) are still unavailable, while Vladimir Coufal (thigh) will be assessed ahead of kick-off.
Despite West Ham's recent defeat to Newcastle, manager Graham Potter could retain his starting line-up for the fourth consecutive time, with centre-back trio Jean-Clair Todibo, Max Kilman and Aaron Cresswell continuing to anchor the defence.
Oliver Scarles has been preferred to Emerson Palmieri at left-back in recent weeks and is likely to continue to start. Lucas Paqueta, meanwhile, who recovered from an ankle injury to come off the bench against Newcastle, will compete for a starting spot in midfield. However, the trio of Tomas Soucek, Edson Alvarez and James Ward-Prowse could still be preferred in the starting line-up.
Latest expected lineup for Everton vs West Ham
Everton:
Pickford; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Garner, Gueye; Lindstrom, Doucoure, Harrison; Beto
West Ham United:
Areola; Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell; Wan-Bissaka, Soucek, Alvarez, Ward-Prowse, Scarles; Kudus, Bowen
Latest Everton vs West Ham football commentary
Since losing 1-0 to Aston Villa in his first game back in charge of Everton in mid-January, David Moyes has guided the team on an eight-game unbeaten run in the Premier League (W4 D4) – their best run since Ronald Koeman achieved the same between December 2016 and February 2017.
No team in the Premier League this season has drawn more than Everton (12), as they have picked up just one point in four of their last five games, including three consecutive draws against Manchester United (2-2), Brentford (1-1) and Wolves (1-1) last weekend.
Thanks to Moyes' positive changes, Everton's relegation fears have all but disappeared. They are now 15th in the Premier League, 16 points above the relegation zone and just six points behind 11th-placed Crystal Palace, with 10 games remaining.
Everton’s improved attack has been one of the reasons for their better form. After just nine games under Moyes, the team have scored 16 goals – more than they did in their previous 19 games under Sean Dyche.
Everton will need to continue their attacking sharpness on Saturday if they are to beat West Ham, who have won four of their last six visits to Goodison Park, including a 3-1 victory in March last year.
After two consecutive wins against Arsenal (1-0) and Leicester City (2-0), West Ham could not extend their impressive run when they lost 0-1 at home to Newcastle on Monday evening.
Bruno Guimaraes' second-half goal handed the Hammers their 13th Premier League defeat of the season. More worryingly, they have failed to score in three of their eight games under Graham Potter (37.5%), compared to just four in 20 under Julen Lopetegui (20%).
West Ham's average shots per game also dropped to 9.3 under Potter, compared to 14.6 under Lopetegui.
While West Ham are not in a relegation battle, they will still want to finish the season stronger by improving on their current position. They are 16th, level on points with Everton and just six points off 11th.
This clash also marks the reunion between West Ham and former manager David Moyes, who led the team for 198 Premier League games over two spells (2017-2024). The Hammers have a very good record against their former managers, winning nine of their last 10 meetings with them (drawing one). The last time they lost to a former manager was when Alan Pardew led Crystal Palace to a 3-1 win in February 2015.
West Ham have a better chance of winning if they keep a clean sheet, as all four of their away wins in the Premier League this season have come without conceding. Conversely, they have not won in their last 12 away games when the opposition has scored (D4 L8).
Latest Everton vs West Ham score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Everton vs West Hamas follows:
- Sportsmole:Everton 2-1 West Ham
- WhoScore:Everton 1-0 West Ham
- Our newspaper predicts:Everton 2-1 West Ham
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