Sunday’s football game at Olympic Stadium in London pits together West Ham United and Leicester City, the two teams who sit in the Champions League berth ahead of Matchday 31.
The Hammers continue to impress in the 2020/21 season, with the team beating Wolverhampton 3-2 on the road, but it has to be noted that important attacker Antonio suffered a muscle injury.
The 31-year-old, though, should recover in time to face the Foxes.
Leicester City, on the other hand, aim to make amends for a 2-0 loss to Manchester City.
Brendan Rodgers’ men are five points clear of fifth-place Chelsea, and, no doubt, they would be happy with one point from Sunday’s clash. Both Justin and Barnes remain sidelined with injuries, while Soyuncu is a major doubt.
It has to be noted that 15 goals in total have been netted in the previous four meetings between the two sides.
West Ham United vs Leicester City: Head to Head
Teams West Ham Leicester played so far 24 matches.
West Ham won 8 direct matches. Leicester won 9 matches. 7 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.83 goals per Match.
West Ham United vs Leicester City: Prediction
West Ham in actual season average scored 1.90 goals per match. In 18 (90.00%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 14 (70.00%) matches in season 2021 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Leicester average scored 1.73 goals per match in season 2021. In 18 (78.26%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 12 (52.17%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team News:
West Ham are set to be without striker Michail Antonio, who was forced off with a hamstring problem after 36 minutes in the victory at Wolves on Monday.
Bowen, who scored at Molineux after replacing Antonio, could lead the line if the latter is not fit to feature.
Another major blow for Moyes is the loss of midfielder Declan Rice, who has been ruled out for around four to six weeks having torn the lateral ligament of his right knee.
Defender Angelo Ogbonna (ankle), winger Andriy Yarmolenko (knee) and goalkeeper Darren Randolph (groin) all remain unavailable for selection through injury.
For Leicester, Rodgers could bring James Maddison and Ricardo Pereira into the starting lineup at the expense of Ayoze Perez and Marc Albrighton.
Defender Caglar Soyuncu was unavailable last weekend after testing positive for coronavirus while on international duty with Turkey and as a result, the 24-year-old is highly unlikely to feature on Sunday.
Winger Harvey Barnes and full-back James Justin both remain out with knee injuries, while Cengiz Under and Wes Morgan will undergo late fitness tests before kickoff.
Belgian midfielder Dennis Praet, who has started just one game in 2021, is hoping to feature in the capital but is unlikely to start ahead of either Youri Tielemans or Wilfred Ndidi.
West Ham United possible starting lineup:
Fabianski; Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell; Noble, Soucek; Fornals, Lingard, Masuaku; Bowen
Leicester City possible starting lineup:
Schmeichel; Amartey, Evans, Fofana; Pereira, Tielemans, Ndidi, Castagne; Maddison; Vardy, Iheanacho