West Ham United vs Everton Live Stream, Predictions

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West Ham United

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West Ham United will be wanting a better result here following the 1-0 Premier League defeat last time out to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In that game, West Ham United had 42% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Wolverhampton Wanderers got 17 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Daniel Podence (48') scored for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that West Ham United have shown defensive steel. The facts show that West Ham United have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals in the process.

Ahead of this clash, West Ham United have not won at home in their last 3 league games.

Everton

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After being beaten in their last game against Southampton in Premier League action, Everton and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Everton managed 53% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Everton was Amadou Onana (39'). For their opponents, Southampton had 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. James Ward-Prowse (46', 78') scored for Southampton.

Everton have regularly broken through opposing defences leading up to this encounter, scoring 5 times in their last 6 matches. While their manager Frank Lampard will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Everton can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same clashes. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Going into this contest, Everton have not won away from home in their last 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels dating back to 30/09/2020, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with West Ham United winning 3 of those games, Everton 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

12 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 from The Hammers and 7 created by The Toffees. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 8 on 18/09/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Everton 1-0 West Ham United.

That time, Everton had 53% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Neal Maupay (53').

West Ham United had 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Michael Oliver.

📋 Team News: West Ham United

The West Ham United manager David Moyes does not have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match owing to a completely injury-free group available to choose from.

📰 Team News: Everton

Everton boss Frank Lampard has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Andy Lonergan (Knee Problems) and Andros Townsend (Cruciate Ligament Injury) will miss out on this game.

✨ Prediction

It looks to us that West Ham United should get a couple of goals in this one against Everton, who could well struggle to score themselves.

Our selection here is for a fairly comfortable 2-0 winning score for West Ham United when all’s said and done.

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Victor Martins, 01:46 17/01/2023