Premiership - Bolton v West Ham

Last chance for wounded Wanderers to come back into life, while West Ham will be thinking what their target will be for next season. Bolton messed it up against Arsenal and after they were leading 2-0 they found themselves leaving that game with empty hands. I think that West Ham will not be that 'competitive' (remember their loss at Sunderland 2-1, couple of weeks ago?) on this fixture but that does not mean essentially that they won't go there and play.

The Londoner's have some injury concerns ahead of this game, Ljungberg (hamstring) plus McCartney and John Pantsil who will not be 100% ready. But the most important of all is the manager's approach towards the end of the Premiership. He declared that he will be proud if his team got a battling point at Sunderland a couple of weeks ago, excuse me Mr Curbishley but you are way off the line there! Hammers supporters are much more ambitious than that and despite that fact, I think that next year West Ham will be even lower in the League table. Hammers are also one of the teams with the worst discipline record so I can't rule off another red card for them or a possible penalty.

Bolton need any points that they can get at home and although I was backing Wanderers to stay in the EPL, I can understand it is going to be very tight for them, if they eventually make it. Diouf said he is focused on the relegation battle but he is leaving on the end of the summer, defender Steinsson denoted that all this relegation stuff is completely new to him. I think that although things are looking grim for Bolton at the moment they will buy some time for themselves this weekend. Then it is going to be the crucial step, as they give most of their remaining games away from Reebok..

Pick : Home -1/4
Odds : 1.84
Stake : 6 / 10
Bookmaker : 10bet
Match Result : 1-0
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