With Edson Alvarez serving a suspension, Guido Rodriguez should take on the mantle as West Ham’s primary ball winner in midfield on Saturday and the no-nonsense Argentinean is backed to commit at least one foul against the Toffees at the London Stadium.

Rodriguez has been committing 1.36 fouls per 90 in a very aggressive West Ham team this season and the 30-year-old will be battling for midfield supremacy against some bristly Everton characters in the capital. Rodriguez has been making 3.09 tackles per 90 minutes in the Premier League since the start of the campaign, so back at least one of his challenges to produce a foul here.

Jack Harrison is a key source of creativity from the flank for Everton and with opponents keen to limit his influence, the winger tends to draw plenty of fouls. Harrison has been drawing fouls at a rate of 1.88 per 90 minutes in the Premier League this season and he is likely to have his ankles clipped again on Saturday.

This West Ham team rank second in the division for fouls committed (13.30 per 90), so expect the Irons to get stuck into their visitors on Saturday. Harrison could be one of several Toffee players to be on the receiving end and he is easily backed to suffer at least two fouls at the London Stadium.

Jarrod Bowen has been a shot-market favourite for several seasons now and while the winger has scored only twice from open play in the Premier League this season, he has been keeping his underlying numbers high.

Bowen has been averaging 2.05 shots and 0.82 shots on target per 90 minutes in England’s top tier since August and only the suspended Mohammed Kudus has notched more accurate attempts overall than the 27-year-old. Bowen couldn’t find his range with any of his four shots against Everton in last season’s corresponding fixture between the clubs, though we’re tipping the forward to do better here.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin hasn’t scored a Premier League goal since September 14th (v Aston Villa), however, we don’t need the striker to convert a chance for his leg to land. The 27-year-old has been averaging a steady 2.40 shots and 0.98 shots on target per 90 minutes in the Premier League this term and is reliably accurate enough to test Lukasz Fabianski with a strike on Saturday.

Calvert-Lewin has had more shots on target (nine) in the Premier League than any of his Toffees team-mates this term and he can add another effort to that tally when he faces a West Ham defence that ranks as the division’s fourth-worst outfit for shots conceded per 90 (16.10).

Iliman Ndiaye has made a decent impression since swapping Marseille for Everton in the summer and the winger has been averaging a solid 1.26 shots and 0.75 shots on target per 90 minutes from his berth on the left flank.

Ndiaye’s pace and trickery should make him a real nuisance against a sluggish West Ham defence and the 24-year-old, who has been finding the target with 60% of his attempts this season, can clock an accurate attempt in London.

Ndiaye seems to thrive with the extra space afforded to him in away games for Everton and the wide forward managed to get at least one shot on target in each of the Toffees’ last three Premier League contests on the road. Expect him to deliver in the same market when the Merseysiders travel to take on West Ham.

West Ham stalwart Tomas Soucek has the physical presence to make a big impact in both penalty areas for the Irons and the 29-year-old have built a career on his ability to crash the opponent’s box. Soucek has been averaging 2.71 shots per 90 minutes in the Premier League this season and we’re backing him to maintain his baseline against Everton.

Soucek has started six times in the Premier League for West Ham this season and he got at least two shots away in four of those appearances. Despite playing less often than both, Soucek ranks a close third behind team-mates Kudus and Bowen in the total shots attempted stakes at West Ham, and the Czechian international’s consistency in the final third makes him easy to back in the 2+ shots bracket again on Saturday.

Lucas Paqueta plays with his heart on his sleeve and the Brazilian has a habit of turning his frustrations into mistimed tackles for West Ham. Paqueta has been committing a sizeable 1.88 fouls per 90 minutes in the league since the summer and the attacking midfielder gave away at least two free kicks in three of his last four starts for club and country.

With Paqueta struggling to tame his petulant streak, the 27-year-old ranks first at West Ham for total fouls committed (15) in the league since August. On Saturday, the combustible character’s temper could be triggered by Everton’s ankle clippers in midfield and Paqueta looks like a strong candidate to foul twice again in retaliation.

Idrissa Gueye made six tackles and gave away four free kicks in Everton’s narrow 1-0 loss to Southampton last weekend and the 35-year-old destroyer is likely to post similarly-high defensive numbers when the Toffees visit West Ham on Saturday.

Gueye has been committing 2.08 fouls per 90 minutes in the Premier League since the beginning of the fresh campaign, while the veteran also ranks as the club’s most prolific operator for total fouls committed overall (15). A target of two fouls in one sitting feels like a modest target for a player with Gueye’s profile and the midfielder is priced attractively in that department.