West Ham United take on Everton in the Premier League this weekend and the Hammers would be looking to pick up their fourth win in the past six games.
West Ham made a rocky start to the 2018-19 season and at one point, Manuel Pellegrini’s side were stuck in the relegation zone for quite some time.
But since then, they have improved in leaps and bounds and right now the London outfit sit ninth on the league table.
With the exception of the top-six only Wolves and Watford are above the Hammers on the points table and that too by only a few points but we have to keep in mind that Pellegrini’s men have played one more game.
And this weekend’s game vs Everton will be a really crucial one since the Toffees would overtake West Ham in the league table if they manage to come out of the London stadium with all three points.
Add to that the fact that Everton are beaming with confidence since, in their last game, they managed to beat Chelsea 2-0 at Goodison Park.
But according to Michael Owen, it will be West Ham United who will create history during this encounter.
Here’s why.
“West Ham are unbeaten in their last six home league games and have won their last three. You must go back to May 2002 – under Glenn Roeder – for the last time the Hammers won four successive home league games in top-flight football,” he said in his BetVictor blog.
“Everton came good in the second half against Chelsea last time, but they have a moderate recent record in London – P10 D3 L7 – and I expect Manuel Pellegrini’s side to keep the points and do the double over the Blues for the first time since the 1972/73 season.”
A win for West Ham would really go a long way in helping them push for the seventh spot on the league table by the end of the season but one major problem for them has been the failure to remain consistent.
