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Bottom team West Ham meet one from bottom Wolves in a New Years Day show down at Upton Park as the fight to stay in the Premier League enters the second half of the season. If Wolves had lost at Anfield then this game could have been a last chance to stay in touch with the pack but the vital three points gained on Wednesday has taken the desperation out of the game for Wolves and a draw would be a more than helpful result now.
It was starting to look a little desperate for West Ham when they went 8 games without a league win from the beginning of October through to mid November, but things have picked up a little since then with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 2 defeats from the last 6 league games. They have been knocking in a few more goals of late but a goalless draw with Blackpool was the only clean sheet they have found in the last 3 months. Seeing Piquionne limp out of Tuesday’s game with Everton won’t have disappointed the watching McCarthy and Connor and the Hammers may have to rely on former Wolves loanee Carlton Cole to pose the main threat.
After the disappointment of losing the Wigan game we can now look at the bigger picture which is that Wolves have won 3 of their last 5 games and sit 6th in the Premier League on the current form tables that cover the last 6 games of each club. They are only one point shy of the point a game minimum target and in the tight league table are only 4 points off 11th. It’s beginning to look like the 4 West Midlands teams could all be in the relegation fight now and Albion, Villa and Birmingham face top four teams Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal this weekend so they could be dragged even further into the mire.
Barring injuries and any players feeling the effects of a third game in a week, it would be expected that an unchanged team will be sent out by McCarthy. It was a much improved defensive showing at Anfield and Foley is adapting well to the defensive midfield role and captaincy. The work rate up front of Ebanks Blake and Ward is a handful for any defence and Wolves will be happy to go 4-4-2 again against a team that also use that formation.
The trip to the Boleyn Grounds saw Wolves give their best and most crucial performance of the season in 2009/10 and with that and the Liverpool game in mind there will be no lack of belief that they can get a result on Saturday. A draw will be fine for keeping things on track. A win would almost certainly lift them out of the bottom three and that would certainly ensure a happy new year.
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