Premier League preview and odds: West Ham United vs Hull City

Published on: 16/12/2016

Premier League preview and odds: West Ham United vs Hull City

December 17, 2016 15:00pm - London Stadium

Referee: L. Mason

Premier League

West Ham United will look to extend their unbeaten run to three games when they host Hull City at the London Stadium on Saturday. The visitors themselves are out to break a five-game winless streak.

Just one defeat in last four gives glimmer of hope to Hammers

West Ham United will approach this game with cautious optimism after a recent run of four games featuring one win, two draws and one defeat. During that spell, they held Manchester United and Liverpool away from home and beat Burnley in London to lift themselves to 16th place in the table.

On home soil, Slaven Bilic`s men have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five, a run that suggests they might finally be settling into their new London Stadium home. However, they have only managed to score more than one goal in a home game on one occasion this season (back in September) and may need to improve their strike rate if they want to fulfil their top 10 ambitions.

Meanwhile, opponents Hull City have won just one of their last 14 Premier League matches and are currently second from bottom in the table, just a point above Sunderland.

Away from home, the Tigers have lost their last six in a row and have failed to score in the last four. They come inot his game on the back of a comprehensive 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in midweek.

Key stats

Hull City have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 14 Premier League games.

Hull City have not scored in their last four away games.

West Ham United have scored just one goal in each of their last five home games.

Team news

The home side will be without the injured group of Simone Zaza (knee), James Collins (muscle), Diafra Sakho (hamstring), Reece Oxford (ankle), Gokhan Tore (quadriceps) and Sam Byram (thigh).

Meanwhile, the visitors also have plenty of injury issues with Abel Hernandez (groin), Will Keane (knee), Greg Luer (cartilage), Brian Lenihan (knee), Allan McGregor (back), Mose Odubajo (leg) and Alex Bruce (surgery) all out of action .

Recent form (League):

Sunderland: LLWLW

Watford: LWLLW

Betting odds and tips

West Ham have scored just one goal in each of their last five home games, while Hull have gone four away games without finding the net.

You can back the Hammers to Win 1-0 at 13/2 with Bet365.

By Neil Morris

Published on: 16/12/2016

Any odds displayed within this preview were correct at the time of publishing (16/12/2016 12:27:16) but are subject to change.