
West Ham United are next up to visit the brand-new Hill Dickinson Stadium to face David Moyes’ Everton on Monday night. After a promising yet still insufficient derby-day showing at Anfield, the Toffees will want to get back on track and continue their encouraging start to this season’s Premier League. However, Graham Potter, on the other hand, will believe this game is make-or-break for his position in charge of the Hammers following their grim beginning to the season. Read our betting tips and prediction below.
Moyes will be fairly pleased with how Everton have started this season, with players such as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and the tricky Iliman Ndiaye impressing so far—not to mention the Toffees’ coup of the summer, the gifted Jack Grealish, who was awarded Premier League Player of the Month for August.
A home win against Brighton & Hove Albion and a 3-2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux have placed Everton 10th, five games into the season. Although they fell short midweek in the Carabao Cup against Wolves, the Blues were heavily rotated and will look to put it behind them in a bid to fire themselves further up the table on Monday.
Everton’s attacking talent should overrun a Hammers defence in disarray, as long as they do not leave themselves too open and suffer a similar fate to what Nottingham Forest encountered before the international break.
Potter will be nervous ahead of a contextually huge away trip on Monday. Not only would a poor showing result in a barrage of anger from the already miffed East Londoners, but the fingers would also be pointed at Potter himself, who may be relieved of his duties if the Englishman fails to muster up a promising performance.
A duo of shining stars amongst failure are Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paquetá—the latter of whom was set to leave the club on deadline day but squashed all rumours in his celebration of a penalty scored against Nottingham Forest, a game West Ham won 3-0 and which could have triggered a turn in fortune for Potter’s side. It wasn’t to be, and he may wish he had picked up the phone to his agent...
It is difficult to see a world in which West Ham come away with anything on Monday night. Despite the acquisition of Mateus Fernandes from Southampton—whose withdrawal raised eyebrows among the Hammers faithful—and winger Crysencio Summerville returning to the fray, the writing may already be on the wall for Potter.
These two sides have played each other 58 times in total in the Premier League, with Everton winning exactly half of those (29 wins). Their 30th is likely to come on Monday night.
Last season saw the teams share the points on both occasions: a 0-0 draw at the London Stadium and a 1-1 draw in their final bout at Goodison Park, which saw a late heroic Jake O’Brien header cancel out Thomas Soucek’s earlier effort and extend Everton’s then nine-game unbeaten run in the Premier League as they shot out of relegation contention.
Monday night sees Everton face West Ham. If you want to see previous betting tips, click here, or click here for best odds.
Best bet: Everton to win - 8/11 - Betano
With the likes of Ndiaye and Grealish hunting down a ridiculously leaky West Ham backline, it surely is the perfect recipe for Everton to claim all three points, propelling them further up the league and placing Graham Potter in even hotter water.
The Hammers will have to put together a performance similar to their visit to the City Ground if they want to save their manager’s blushes. And although very unlikely, there is still enough quality in this West Ham side—if you look hard enough—to do so.
Everton are still unbeaten in their shiny new home this season, albeit after only three games (one being against Mansfield in the Carabao Cup). Nevertheless, they have not lost and have a great chance to continue the streak on Monday, with everything pointing to a Blues cruise.
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