West Ham United and Bournemouth have both gone through some rough starts to the season. Let’s face it. Both of them could do without this game, considering the heavy fixture congestion in England. However, here’s where we come in.
You see it’s quite common for Premier League sides to start a rotated side in these EFL Cup games. They see it as something that’s less important. They probably won’t make it to the final and even if they do, won’t beat one of the big sides, so they should just use it as a chance to rest their best players.
Therefore, with both of these teams being expected to be filled with youngsters on Tuesday night, we think it’ll end in a daw.
However, both of them have also shown signs of grabbing a goal or two this season. West Ham and Bournemouth have both scored in all of their games so far and have added well in the transfer window.
Keep your eye on new West Ham signing Nicolas Fullkrug in this game. The German is yet to start for the hammers and could do with some minutes. As an experienced European striker who got to the Champions League final last season, we could see a decent performance from the 31-year-old.
We’re backing a draw in this game, and for there to be over 1.5 goals scored by both teams combined. Through our bookmakers, you can get some strong odds of 14/5, with a £10 stake potentially returning £38.
Alphonse Areola; Emerson Palmieri, Maximilian Kilman, Konstantinos Mavropano, Vladimír Coufa; Guido Rodríguez; Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Paquetá, Tomáš Souček, Jarrod Bowen; Michail Antonio.
Neto; Milos Kerkez, Marcos Senesi, Illia Zabarnyi, Julián Araujo; Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook; Marcus Tavernier, Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo; Evanilson.
If you’re watching from the UK, you can watch this game on Sky Sports +.
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