Everton prepare to entertain West Ham United at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 35 wins out of 53 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Goodison Park was less than a year ago, in December 2005, with West Ham Utd. inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Toffees in a Premiership match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Sat 04 Mar | West Ham Utd. | 2 - 2 | Everton | PREM |
2005/2006 | Wed 14 Dec | Everton | 1-2 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Everton | 0 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sun 27 Oct | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
2001/2002 | Wed 06 Mar | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
2001/2002 | Sat 29 Sep | Everton | 5 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
2000/2001 | Sat 31 Mar | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 2 | Everton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Everton have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Toffees in those games, with 3 conceded.
The away form of West Ham Utd. is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Hammers have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Everton's 21 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. West Ham Utd. find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 14 points from their 14 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Everton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
West Ham Utd. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Toffees's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past West Ham Utd.. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Everton | 6 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
West Ham Utd. | Lost each of the previous 8 away matches. Not won in previous 10 away matches. Last drawn game 14 outings ago. |