West Ham vs Leicester predictions: Premier League tips and odds
West Ham United welcome Leicester City to the London Stadium on Thursday (kick-off, 8pm), a match that wraps up Gameweek 27 of the Premier League season. The reverse fixture in December was Ruud van Nistelrooy's first game as manager of Leicester and they claimed a 3-1 victory.
Van Nisterooy was appointed with Leicester on 10 points after 13 league matches but they have won only seven points from the same number of games under the Dutchman. Our expert has three selections for the match, including a goal for the home team's striker Jarrod Bowen.
West Ham vs Leicester tips
Jarrod Bowen to score any time @ 8/5 with bet365
Wilfred Ndidi to be shown a card @ 3/1 with bet365
Jordan Ayew 1.5+ fouls @ 5/4 with bet365
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Bowen can fire against Foxes
Only three places separate these clubs in the bottom five of the Premier League and it's not hard to pinpoint why both have struggled this season. West Ham are joint-16th among the division's highest scorers, with 30 goals, Leicester are 19th with 25 – and the two occupy the same places in the table.
Of course, it may be that two porous defences make this a match in which the forwards on both sides are given a chance to find their shooting boots, but a safer play is to stick with a proven poacher. Our selection is Jarrod Bowen, whose header earned West Ham three points at Arsenal on Saturday.
Bowen is his side's top scorer in the Premier League this season with seven, including two in three matches since his recovery from a fractured foot. Leicester have also been leaking goals in recent matches – 32 in Van Nistelrooy's 13 league games in charge and 10 in the previous three alone.
Ndidi a contender for a card
Leicester head West Ham in the yellow card count across both the season (62-57) and the previous six matches (13-11), and there is value to be had in them falling foul of the officials again tonight.
Boubakary Soumare has been the worst offender for the Foxes, with eight yellow cards, ahead of Facundo Buonanotte (seven), Jannik Vestergaard and Jordan Ayew (five apiece), but Wilfred Ndidi's odds of 3/1 catch the eye in this market.
Ndidi averages 1.6 fouls per match in the top flight this season and has been booked four times in 17 league matches. Up against the likes of Mohammed Kudus and Bowen, he can collect another here.
Ayew appeals in fouls market
West Ham duo Edson Alvarez (35) and Tomas Soucek (34) lead the standings in this category but there's an appealing consistency about the three Leicester players who follow them.
The numbers of Ndidi (28), Jordan Ayew (27) and Buonanotte (27) demonstrate how Leicester are prepared to defend from the front as they fight to preserve their top-flight status.
Across the past six matches, the trio's tallies are two fouls for Ndidi, four for Buonanotte and eight for Ayew, so we're backing the last of those to commit two or more fouls on Thursday.
West Ham vs Leicester odds
All odds courtesy of bet365. Correct at the time of publication and subject to change.
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