West Ham have showed signs of promise in recent weeks since the appointment of David Moyes but the Hammers are still awaiting their first victory under the Scottish boss- and that wait is being backed to continue.
The East London giants face a gruelling trek to Merseyside to face fellow strugglers Everton in a crucial match at the foot of the table, as victory for West Ham would see them rise out of the relegation zone and leapfrog them in the Premier League standings.
Defeat, meanwhile, would leave them five points adrift of the Toffees and that’s the scenario that Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson is predicting, as he’s backing the hosts to win 2-0 at Goodison Park.
Writing in his weekly predictions, the former Arsenal defender said:
“This could be a good game. I thought West Ham did alright against Leicester on Friday. It was a weird game in that Leicester could not get out of their own half, but nothing happened in the second half for 25 minutes and it was not like Kasper Schmeichel was making save after save.”
“Everton, though, are all over the place, conceding fours and fives in their last two games… that is not Everton. And on Sunday, for me they just lied down. Everton have good fans, so it was sad to see and it must be breaking their hearts seeing that.”
“But I am going to go with home advantage here, 2-0 to Everton, as if they cannot get themselves up for this game at home, they need to start panicking. This is a big match and they need to give more than they did against Southampton and bar a worldy goal by Gylfi Sigurdsson, it was not much.”
Such a defeat would seriously hurt the Hammers and their battle to avoid the drop, whereas a victory would provide a crucial platform to build upon.
