by Staff Writer
Friday, 10th April 2026
Former Hammer Teddy Sheringham is expecting a close game when West Ham tackle Wolves at the London Olympic Stadium later this evening.
However Sheringham, who scored 28 goals in 76 appearances for West Ham between 2004 and 2007 at the end of a highly-illustrious professional career believes the Hammers will prove victorious at the end of what he predicts will be a difficult evening in Stratford.
"A lot of West Ham people have already claimed the three points, but it’s not as easy as that," Sheringham told BestBettingSItes. "You only have to look at Arsenal going to Wolves and not getting the result everyone expected.
"Wolves will go there with intent. The manager will want to build on recent performances and prepare for next season, and the players will feel that as well. So I expect West Ham to win, but not as comfortably as people think.
"I’d say 2–1 or 3–2 — a game with a few scary moments where you come away thinking, we were a bit lucky there."
As for West Ham's rivals for the third and final relegation spot, Sheringham is also predicting positive results for Tottenham and Nottingham Forest this weekend - but not for Leeds, who visit old foe Manchester United on Monday night.
Spurs, who will fall into the bottom three should West Ham manage to beat Wolves tonight travel to Sunderland for Roberto De Zerbi's first game in charge while Forest, fresh from last-night's encouraging draw in Porto tackle Aston Ville, also returning to England from a foreign trip on Thursday.
"With Sunderland, you don’t quite know what you’re going to get," explained Sheringham. "They’ve had that typical promoted-team season — very strong early on, then it tails off and they drift down the table. Their manager needs to get them going again.
"That probably suits Tottenham going there. I’d take a draw under the circumstances — that would be a decent starting point for De Zerbi. If they create enough chances, they could win it, but a draw would be a good result. I’m guessing 1-1.
"Forest vs Villa is a tough game. I like Unai Emery as a manager — he’s done very well and he’ll get his team competing and battling for every point. I also like the Forest manager, Pereira. He’s done a great job with what he’s got, and they all understand how they need to play.
"They look as good a unit as any of the bottom four — they know what they’re doing and look coherent as a team. At Forest, I think they’ll be hopeful of winning, as long as they can score goals. They’re missing Wood up front and struggling to score. They need someone to step up. So Forest to win 2-0."
And as for whom he expects to drop with Wolves and Burnley? "I have to say Leeds, as the others are all my former clubs, so I don’t want to see any of them go down!" Sheringham added. "I’ve still got a soft spot for all of them.
"Obviously Tottenham and West Ham are the ones I’d want to stay up, so if you’re pushing me, I’d say Forest — but I still think Leeds have as good a chance as all of them. Though I wouldn’t want to put my house on any of them staying up.
"At this stage, it’s all about scoring goals. At the moment, none of them are convincing in that respect. With seven games to go, you probably need nine points. To do that, you might need nine or ten goals.
Are you going to get that from any of those teams? I don’t think so.
"So whoever can’t score, or keeps missing chances when they come, is going to come unstuck."
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