West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Match Analysis and Prediction

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Top four hopefuls West Ham and Wolverhampton Wanderers go head to head at the London Stadium in an intriguing Premier League Matchday 27 tie on Sunday evening, with kickoff at 17:00.

West Ham United have been inconsistent lately with the side claiming just one win in their last five Premier League matches, while picking up two draws and suffering two defeats in the process. As result the Hammers have been knockout out of the top four and currently sit sixth, four points behind fourth-placed Man United, while they are three behind fifth-placed Arsenal who have two games in hand.

With both Wolves and Spurs being involved the battle for the top-four finish and having both played at least one match less than West Ham, leaves David Moyes’ side in a weak position to finish in the precious Champions League places and they could easily find themselves eighth or ninth if they are unable to bounce back to winning ways as soon as possible.

Therefore, they will desperate for the three points in the Sunday’s clash as they look to stay in touch with the top-four and increase the gap between themselves and their opponents.

Only two points separate the two sides in the table as Wolves sit in seventh on 40 points collected from 25 matches with one point above the eighth-placed Tottenham who have one match in hand on Wolves.

Wolves head into the match off a damaging 2-1 defeat to Arsenal on Thursday night, with Bruno Lage’s side taking the lead at the Emirates in the 10^th minute through Hwang Hee-chan, but substitute Nicolas Pepe levelled the scores in the 82^nd minute with a beautiful goal before Jose Sa deflected a strike from Lacazette into his own net in the 95^th to hand the Gunners the massive three points.

However, Wolves are still in a good form as they have now won five of their last seven matches and their Thursday wound only makes them a difficult opposition in the Sunday’s clash. Lage’s team will be confident to bounce back to winning ways as they are also in fine away form having won four of their last five matches on the road, including the crucial wins at Manchester United and Tottenham.

Also they will draw confidence from their 1-0 win against the Hammers in the reverse fixture earlier in the campaign.