West Brom v West Ham Predictions & Betting Odds 30th April 2016

Hammers to bag the points at the Hawthorns?

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West Ham have gone unbeaten in their last six Premier League games and are still in the mix for a shot at a top five finish this season. They go into the weekend four points behind 5th placed Manchester United though so can’t afford to drop any more points. The Hammers snapped a four match drawing streak with a win over Watford last time out and will be looking to back that up with three points against the Baggies who have taken just two points from their last six Premier League games. One of those was a battling point at White Hart Lane last weekend, pretty much ending Tottenham’s hopes of winning the league.

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West Brom v West Ham Betting Tips

West Brom are out of sorts at the moment without a win in any of their last six Premier League games (D2 L4). To their credit they put in a good second half showing at White Hart Lane against Spurs last time out to take a 1-1 draw. But realistically they were so poor in the first half that they should have been dead and buried in the game. The Baggies have managed to score only the two goals in their last six Premier League matches, so it is hard to picture them outscoring West Ham on the weekend. You can back the game to go under 2.5 goals at a price of 7/10 with online bookmaker Bet365. Seven of the last ten between these two clubs have actually ended in a draw so that could lend some value to the correct score market where a 1-1 is a 6/1 quote and a 0-0 is 8/1. WBA have engineered a league-low 169 goalscoring attempts from open play this season.

It is hard to get behind West Brom players in the goalscorer markets. For this one, Salomon Rondon is 9/4 in the anytime goalscorer market, with Saido Berahino at 2/1. 78% of Berahino’s goals since the start of last season have all been on at the Hawthorns. The Baggies actually rolled out a  4-0 win in this corresponding fixture last season and they have taken three clean sheets in their last four home games against West Ham. It is a little hard to see them taking one on the weekend though, even though they have been experts at that under Tony Pulis. The Baggies have a W2 D4 L5 record at home in their last eleven at the Hawthorns against West Ham, so the Hammers are the more likely to take the win in the weekend’s match.

The Hammers bounced back out a sequence of four drawn matches as they beat Watford 3-1 last time out. It is nine games without defeat now for West Ham in the top flight with a W4 D5 record in that sequence. They have been full of goals and attacking intent lately with fifteen league goals scored in their last six games alone. In that sequence of six game they have scored at last two goals in each of those as well, helped along by some penalty kicks. They have scored three penalties in their last two league games. Andy Carroll has been brilliant up front for the Hammers lately and he can be backed at 7/4 in the anytime goalscorer market. Carroll has netted six goals in his last six appearances for the Hammers. West Ham haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last six top flight games, conceding an average of two goals per game in that sequence. Both teams to score in the game is a price of 5/6 on this one.

West Brom v West Ham Betting Odds

West Ham 21/20, Draw 12/5, West Brom 13/5

West Brom v West Ham Predictions

The Baggies don’t look like winning this fixture so would look to all the big value that is on West Ham’s shoulders heading into this one. The away form of West Ham hasn’t been that great this season, not compared to their awesome home form. However, you would expect their defence to do a good enough job against a lightweight West Brom attack. Away win.

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