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Everton are ready to welcome West Ham United to Goodison Park on Wednesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 35 wins out of 52 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at Goodison Park was within the last three years, in March 2003, when they played out a goalless draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Everton | 0-0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 27 Oct | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 06 Mar | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Sep | Everton | 5 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 31 Mar | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 2 | Everton | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 16 Dec | Everton | 1 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 26 Feb | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 4 | Everton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Everton have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 4 to 3.
The away form of West Ham Utd. is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Hammers have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Everton find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 17 points from their 15 matches. West Ham Utd.'s 22 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Everton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Blues's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past West Ham Utd.. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Everton | 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| West Ham Utd. | Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |