West Ham United v Leeds United

Sunday afternoon sees Leeds travel to London to face West ham in a crucial match for their Premier League hopes. It is a must win match for the visitors who have beaten the Hammers just once since 2005 (eight games). These two sides played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at Elland Road in the reverse fixture this season.

This is mostly an exercise in avoiding injuries for the Hammers, especially with their semi-final having been played only three days earlier; but for Leeds, this game looks like it could be do-or-die. With Spurs to visit Elland Road on the final day of the season, this should be the easier of the two fixtures they have remaining in this Premier League season.

However, with a European final on the horizon, it should not be forgotten that the rotated West Ham players will be playing hard to impress the manager as they attempt to earn some playing time in Prague next month.

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Hammers chasing European glory

West Ham are coming into this one on the back of a famous 1-0 win at AZ Almaar which booked their place in the UEFA Conference League final in Prague in what will be their first major European cup final since 1976. Their Premier League form has toiled recently, losing four of their last five games but Hammers fans will not care with their safety all but ensured. 

Their focus will now be on their matchup with Fiorentina on the 7^th of June and David Moyes will want to keep his team fresh for that game, whilst also trying to build some momentum heading into it. With two winnable fixtures, here against Leeds and at Leicester, to come, Moyes will be desperate to be travelling to the Czech Republic on the back of three consecutive wins and five wins in six in all competitions.

West Ham United team news

The Scotsman has no fresh injury concerns from that game but given that he will want a healthy squad for that all-important final, he may rotate in the final two games of the Premier League season.

Gianluca Scamacca will be ruled out with a knee injury having already had surgery on it. Rotation could see Pablo Fornals, Manuel Lanzini, Danny Ings, Vladimir Coufal and Emerson come into the starting 11.

Big Sam has improved Leeds, but is it too late?

Leeds arrive in London without a win in seven and in trouble. They salvaged a draw against Newcastle last time out but it could have been much better.

Patrick Bamford missed a 28^th minute penalty to go 2-0 up and maybe out of sight, only for Callum Wilson to score from 12 yards three minutes later. Rasmus Kristensen’s equaliser 11 minutes from the end of the match will have given Sam Allardyce confidence but with two games to go, draws may not be enough for Leeds to stay up.

That result leaves them in 18^th, one point above Leicester in 19^th but one below Everton, who play on Saturday, in 18^th. They are also three adrift of Nottingham Forest, who also play before Leeds. In the final round of fixtures, Forest travel to Crystal Palace, whilst Everton, Leicester and Leeds host Bournemouth, West Ham and Spurs respectively.

If Everton win and Forest avoid defeat on Saturday, a defeat would send Leeds down before next Sunday’s action.

Leeds United team news

In the last few minutes of that draw with Newcastle, Junior Firpo was sent off for a second yellow card and that means he will be suspended here, whilst Tyler Adams, Stuart Dallas and Luis Sinisterra will also miss out. Marc Roca is a doubt but Liam Cooper could return from his groin injury here. 

West Ham United v Leeds United Cheat Sheet

With heavy rotation likely, West Ham will need an attacking spark, and as the Cheat Sheet demonstrates, that is likely to come from either Maxwel Cornet or Danny Ings. Both could be could options in the shot or shot on target bet builder markets.

Vladimir Coufal commits more fouls than any other West Ham player, and he will be facing off against Jack Harrison, who draws the third-most fouls of any Leeds player. If you are looking for a play in the foul and card markets, this looks a great option if the teams line up as we expect.

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