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Leeds United sit 15th in the Premier League table, six points clear of West Ham, who are 18th and are desperately trying to crawl out of the relegation zone.
Wolves and Burnley are almost certain to go down this season. However, West Ham’s form has improved in the last few weeks, and they are pushing hard to move out of the bottom three.
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Nottingham Forest are sitting just above them, and a free-falling Tottenham side are in danger of giving West Ham more hope of moving out of the relegation zone.
Leeds have managed to build a considerable buffer over teams below them. However, Roberto Martinez has made a prediction that could radically alter the dynamics of the survival race this weekend.
Robert Martinez predicts West Ham to beat Liverpool at Anfield
The former Everton and Belgium manager was this week’s guest in The Overlap and made a bold prediction about this weekend’s results in the Premier League.
While everyone predicted a Liverpool win, Martinez reminded them that West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo has a good record at Anfield, and Liverpool do not like playing against very defensive teams.
He believes West Ham will score a narrow 1-0 win over Liverpool and cause a major shock at Anfield.
Roberto Martinez said, “What I think is that the manager of West Ham knows how to win at Anfield.
“And Liverpool struggle when teams are defensive.
“I fancy West Ham; 1-0 to West Ham.”
This could change the survival race
Leeds have a huge game against Manchester City this weekend, and will start as underdogs against Pep Guardiola’s side despite being at home.
Manchester City are expected to win this Saturday, despite Ian Wright’s desperate plea to Leeds to find a way to beat them at home.
A win for the away side at Anfield will completely alter things at the bottom end of the table as Leeds’ six-point gap with the relegation zone could get cut to three.
Liverpool will start as favourites at home, but the Hammers are in decent form and they are exactly the kind of side Arne Slot’s team have struggled against this season.
This weekend could end up having a huge say on the relegation race and Leeds have reasons to be nervous.