LEICESTER CITY'S season hit a new low last week when they were spanked at home by Brentford and Ruud van Nistelrooy faces a tough task rousing his players for this trip to West Ham.
Plenty of fed-up fans left the King Power before half-time as their side trailed the Bees 3-0 and the Foxes conceded another later on to make the final score 4-0.
It was a 10th defeat in their last 11 Premier League games so it's no surprise to see Van Nistelrooy's side at a tiny price in the market for relegation.
The prospect of being dragged into a fight against the drop was one of the reasons why West Ham United sacked Julen Lopetegui.
Graham Potter's arrival was greeted positively but it has taken the former Brighton boss time to stamp his mark on the team.
They won just once in his first six games at the helm but that poor run ended in style on Saturday as Jarrod Bowen brought up one of our Super Singles by netting the winner against Arsenal.
That has lifted the mood at the London Stadium and fans will now be looking for their underachieving squad to string a few wins together.
How the bookies view it: Foxes not in the hunt
With Leicester in such dismal form, they're 4/1 outsiders for BoyleSports in this one. West Ham United are 6/10 favourites and the draw pays 3/1.
Recent head to head: Leicester on a roll
West Ham were the opponents for Van Nistelrooy in his first game as Leicester boss and the Dutchman got off to a flier with a 3-1 win back in early December.
That made it four games unbeaten for the Foxes in this fixture and three wins in a row.
Players to watch: Kudus a class act
Leicester's defence is looking vulnerable right now so West Ham maverick Mohamed Kudus will fancy his chances of causing plenty of trouble. He's 2/1 for a goal at BoyleSports while Bet365 price him at a tempting evens to either score or assist.
Veteran Jamie Vardy was the only Leicester player who threatened in the dismal loss to Brentford and will be their go-to guy again. He's 11/4 at BoyleSports for anytime scorer here.
Probable line-ups
Potter is still without a host of key players in attack, with Niclas Fullkrug, Michail Antonio, Lucas Paqueta and Crysencsio Summerville all sidelined. Defender Vladimir Coufal is also a doubt.
Leicester have winger Abdul Fatawu out along with defenders Ricardo Pereira and James Justin. Van Nistelrooy will probably make changes after such a poor dismal last time out.
West Ham United: Areola, Cresswell, Todibo, Kilman, Wan-Bissaka, Scarles, Ward-Prowse, Alvarez, Soucek, Kudus, Bowen.
Leicester City: Hermansen, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen, Vestergaard, Ndidi, El Khannouss, Soumare, Mavidivi, Buonanotte, Vardy.
Anything else catch the eye?
West Ham have yet to catch fire under Potter but they should get a bit of joy if Leicester defend as poorly as they did against Brentford.
BoyleSports price West Ham -1 in the handicap at 8/5 and that looks decent as the Foxes have lost by more than one goal in three of their last four games.
Set-piece master James Ward-Prowse is back in the team at West Ham and his delivery from corners and free-kicks could make him worth a punt at 4/1 for an assist with Bet365.
With the Foxes fighting for their lives, there may also be some value in backing over 40.5 booking points at 11/10 with BoyleSports.
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