West Ham v Leicester

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West Ham will be in confident mood as they return to the London Stadium to prepare for this upcoming encounter at home against Premier League strugglers, Leicester City, following The Hammers' 1-0 win away from home at Arsenal last weekend in the Premier League.

Leicester City meanwhile slumped to a third league defeat on the trot in the domestic top flight when The Foxes were dealt a comprehensive 4-0 rout at the hands of Brentford on home soil at the King Power Stadium, making it an embarrassing 10 defeats within their last 11 games overall.

Although that welcome win over Arsenal on the weekend failed to lift West Ham out of their current 16th place position in the Premier League table, the London club now possess a comfortable looking 13-point buffer between themselves and the bottom three clubs ahead of this midweek clash at the London Stadium.

League wins overall have been hard to come by for West Ham so far this season as Graham Potter's side have managed to register just eight wins from their 26 matches played to date this term but under Potter, West Ham have now picked up two wins in his six games in charge in the league.

An earlier 3-2 home win against Fulham started the ball rolling for West Ham under Potter and The Hammers will be eyeing off another three points here on Thursday night when Leicester City visit the nation's capital and it's been a whole year since West Ham recorded back-to-back wins in the Premier League.

Leicester City have now stumbled to 10 defeats within their last 11 matches overall in the English top flight and although The Foxes registered an impressive 2-1 win away from home at Tottenham, Ruud van Nistelrooij's side look to have their work cut out as they prepare for this upcoming trip to the London Stadium.

Four of these 10 defeats dealt out to The Foxes were away from home where Leicester City suffered losses at Newcastle United 4-0, Liverpool 3-1, Aston Villa 2-1 and a 4-0 rout at Goodison Park against Everton.

The bigger picture shows Leicester City have managed to collect just two wins from their previous 18 matches overall in the Premier League, while that ratio worsens when looking at Leicester City's results away from home as the east midlands outfit have managed to capture just two wins from their last 20 outings on the road which includes slipping to 13 losses in the process.

West Ham v Leicester City Verdict

Leicester City may have won each of the last three meetings on the trot against West Ham but the tables look set to be turned in West Ham's favour on Thursday night.

Therefore, our main bet will be West Ham win @ 1.61

Other side bets worth considering:

West Ham win & Over 2 goals @ 2.30

Correct Score: West Ham 2-1 @ 9.00