Good news or bad news first? Ok, the bad news- West Ham United lost today to relegation strugglers Everton, and that’s a result which verifies what we already suspected- the Irons are experiencing a massive downtown in form right now.
This L, coupled with the surprise defeat in midweek at Olympiacos in the Europa League means simply…manager David Moyes has currently lost the plot. And now they have to face Arsenal, a Premier League title contender that sat top of the table for most of last season.
EFL Cup 4th Round FYIs
Arsenal FC at West Ham United
Kickoff: Wed. Nov. 1, 8:30 pm, London Stadium
Starting XI Predictions:ย Arsenal (original)ย ย ย Arsenal (revised)ย ย ย West Ham
Team News:ย ย Arsena (original)ย ย Arsenal (revised)ย ย West Ham
Transatlantic Passage: How the Premier League Redefined Soccer in America:ย LINK
How They Got Here: Arsenal (beat Brentford 1-0), West Ham (beat Lincoln City 1-0)
Ok, so what’s the good news? The Hammers are at full fitness for their squad. So with that in mind, let’s just get to predicting what Moyes might do here.
West Ham Starting XI Prediction vs Arsenal (EFL Cup)
Lukasz Fabianski; Thilo Kehrer, Kurt Zouma, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Vladimir Coufal; Edson Alvarez, James Ward-Prowse, Lucas Paqueta; Mohamed Kudus, Michail Antonio, Said Benrahma
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