Bristol City vs West Ham

Bristol City is entering this match after a 2:2 surprising draw on the road against Birmingham, team that is in a need of points in order to secure their play-off position. Hosts are in a really good form in recent weeks, as they haven’t loss in previous five matches having earned two victories and three draws. However, they are still not quite safe at the table being only at 21st position with four points more than relegating placed Coventry City. This means that with a win here, they would almost become 100% sure in their survival this season. No matter what, they will have to give their best at least in next two matches, in order to avoid any kind of complications. Bristol City will be without striker Brett Pitman, striker who is suspended. In addition to him, Kalifa Cisse and Lewin Nyatanga are both doubtful with ankle problems while Marvin Elliott and David Clarkson are injured and won’t participate.

 

West Ham, on the other side, is currently at third position with only three points less than second placed Southampton. They have already secured their play-off position, but will surely be trying to get the second position and promote directly to the Premier League. They also improved their form a bit in previous matches as they were in a really big downtrend in previous months making too many draws, but they bounced back with a 4:0 win on the road against Barnsley, then drew at home against in-form Birmingham 3:3, team that is probably one of the strongest in the league, at least by individual quality and finally, they demolished three days ago Brighton at home by 6:0 result that surely give them huge boost for the last three rounds. Guests will probably field-up the same team that won over Brighton few days ago as there is no need to change anything in a squad that played such a good game recently.

 

Attractive, interesting, open game is expected here as these two teams have lot’s of motives to win here and continue their race.

 

Bet: Over 2.5 goals @1.72 with Bet365