West Ham v Everton Tips: Get behind Antonio to find the net

Live on Sky Sports, West Ham host Everton this Sunday at the London Stadium in their fight for the top 4 Champions League spots. They are 3 points behind Chelsea so could move level with them with a win here. After 2 defeats in a row against Newcastle and Chelsea, West Ham returned to winning ways as they came back from 1-0 down to beat Burnley courtesy of a Michail Antonio brace.

Meanwhile Everton continued their disappointing run as they slipped to another defeat at home against Aston Villa. Everton have only won 1 of their last 8 games in all competitions and this game is an absolute must win if they want to have any chance at the European spots.

Team News:

Ogbonna, Rice and Masuaku are out for West Ham while Mark Noble is doubtful. Abdoulaye Doucouré and Jean-Philippe Gbamin are out for Everton while James Rodriguez is doubtful.

West Ham possible starting lineup:
Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell, Soucek, Lanzini, Fornals, Lingard, Benrahama, Antonio

Everton possible starting lineup:
Pickford, Coleman, Holegate, Keane, Digne, Davies, Allan, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Iwobi, Calvert-Lewin

Michail Antonio is West Ham’s joint top goalscorer with 9 goals. After missing almost a month of action due to injury, he returned against Burnley with a brace and looked very sharp. I can see him getting another goal against an out of form Everton side. Take that as our 1pt bet.

West Ham continue to pick up points but keep conceding goals. 6 of their last 7 games have seen both teams score and they have been involved in some goal-fests recently. Their last 3 wins have been by scorelines of 2-1, 3-2, 3-2 and I wouldn’t rule another entertaining game here with West Ham picking up the all important 3 points. Take West Ham + BTTS @ 17/5 as our 0.5pt bet for this game.

Holgate and Soucek are both the most carded players for each side and Lingard is the joint top scorer for West Ham. 55/1 looks huge for this treble so we’ll have a small 0.25pt stake on it as our longshot.