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West Ham vs Leicester Prediction & Betting tips
West Ham United is only one point above the relegation line. On Saturday evening, East Londoners will be visited by Leicester City in their own London Stadium. Will West Ham United succeed in stunting this season’s stunt team?
West Ham United:
Will West Ham United play in the Championship next season? It seems unthinkable. In the Premier League, however, anything is possible and the numbers don’t lie at the moment: The Premier League is halfway and West Ham United is in seventeenth place. The lead on Aston Villa, which comes into action earlier on Saturday, is only one point. At West Ham United, Manuel Pellegrini has players like Felipe Anderson, Sébastian Haller and Manuel Lanzini, and yet the 66-year-old Chilean does not get this West Ham United to work.
Now West Ham United is not always happy with this season either. Not on Boxing Day either: West Ham United lost quite a bit unfortunate with 2-1 to Crystal Palace. At Selhurst Park, after about an hour of playing football, Robert Snodgrass set the opening goal on behalf of West Ham United, which more than ten minutes later had to cash the equalizer. Only in the extra time did Crystal Palace, from a beautiful solo by Jordan Ayew, score the winning goal and as a result West Ham United ran into the ninth defeat of the season in the Premier League. The pressure on Pellegrini is increasing again. Moreover, with Leicester City, a high flyer comes to visit West Ham United on Saturday evening, which had to collect three goals against in the last three home games.
Leicester City:
Leicester City can put a possible championship out of mind. The Foxes have eleven points behind leader Liverpool after Thursday night and Leicester City will never narrow that gap again. However, Brendan Rodgers has said from the first moment that Leicester City is not a title candidate and that has been apparent in the past two games. Last weekend, Leicester City fell 3-1 against Manchester City and on Boxing Day Liverpool was 0-4 too strong for The Foxes.
At the King Power Stadium, Leicester City received football lessons from Liverpool. Although Leicester went into the rest with only a 0-1 deficit against The Reds, it was completely eliminated in the second half and the first half of Leicester City was also dramatic. The focus at Leicester City is now fully on achieving a ranking in the top 4 and if The Foxes succeeds, they have just done great. In terms of budget and players, this Leicester cannot be compared to clubs such as Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea. Yet The Foxes – just like when they became champions in 2016 – know how to surprise again in England. Rodgers is expected to rotate somewhat against West Ham United at Leicester City, which will play the fifth game in two weeks. For example, Jamie Vardy can sometimes start on the bench to give the Premier League top shooter some rest.
West Ham vs Leicester head to head matches
20.04.19 PL West Ham Leicester 2 : 2
27.10.18 PL Leicester West Ham 1 : 1
05.05.18 PL Leicester West Ham 0 : 2
24.11.17 PL West Ham Leicester 1 : 1
18.03.17 PL West Ham Leicester 2 : 3