EVERTON and West Ham United have both suffered disappointing starts to the season with both of them locked on four points from their opening six matches.
Frank Lampard's side are the draw specialists of the league having shared the points in their last four games against Nottingham Forest, Brentford, Leeds United and Liverpool.
Those came after losing their opening two games narrowly to Chelsea and Aston Villa and Frank Lampard will be desperate to target his first win this season against his old club.
West Ham surprisingly find themselves in the drop zone after a sluggish start to the season in the league, particularly after last season's highs and former Everton boss Davie Moyes will target three points here.
They have only defeated Aston Villa so far, but can consider themselves unlucky to only collect one point from their last two league games against Premier League heavyweights Spurs and Chelsea.
The Hammers were in midweek action in what is sure to be something of a distraction for Moyes in the Europa Conference League in Denmark.
They followed up a win against Steaua Bucharest with a comeback 3-2 against Silkeborg and they will return from Denmark in good spirits.
How the bookies view it
Home advantage has been discounted with bookies making West Ham favourites, They can be backed at 19/12 with SBK.
Everton are outsiders at 2/1 with Betfred and the draw is 9/4 with bet365.
Recent head to heads
West Ham won home and away last season with a 2-1 win in London and a 1-0 victory on Merseyside.
Everton have only won one of the past five meetings between the clubs in the league.
Players to watch
Neal Maupay made his debut for Everton after his £15 million move from Brighton and he will be keen to get off the mark after 26 goals in 84 league starts for his former club. The Frenchman is 13/5 to net with UniBet.
West Ham's £30 million summer signing Gianluca Scamacca has scored three times in Europe including on Thursday there, but has yet to net in the league. The Italian is 5/2 with Betfred to score in Liverpool.
Anything else catch the eye?
Everton are still suffering from a hefty injury lost with keeper Jordan Pickford the latest to be missing and the Hammers look like they are improving with each game. Therefore the call is for a West Ham win. They have been unlucky not to collect more points, are certainly better than their position suggests and this could kickstart their season
It's hard to see there being many goals here and Everton have played seven games this season in all competitions with six of them going under 2.5 goals. That could well be the case here and 10Bet's 13/16 for unders looks solid.
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