West Ham United V Bolton Wanderers: Grant expects a reaction from the hapless Hammers
The Hammers were soundly beaten on the opening day by Aston Villa and the arrival of Bolton Wanderers will do nothing to boost confidence. The Wanderers are definitely one of West Ham’s bogey teams.
The Boleyn Ground boys have failed to beat Owen Coyle’s men in their past seven meetings and their 3-1 home win in 2007 was only their second, home and away, in the league in the past 12 years.
Bolton were unable to find a way past a resolute Fulham defence on the opening day but Coyle will be hoping to see the back of the net bulge a few times this weekend. Despite the Irons’ terrible recent form against Bolton, Avram Grant’s men are strongly tipped to get something out of the game.
West Ham United v Bolton Wanderers; Kick off 3pm 21 Aug 2010
Prediction Panel
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Arsenal |
Don McMahon |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Aston Villa |
Lynette Ranson |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Birmingham |
Steve Coulter |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Blackburn |
Terry Kennedy |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Blackpool |
Phil Trow |
0 |
V |
1 |
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Bolton |
Dave Blackburn |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Chelsea |
Joe Tyler |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Everton |
Chris Goodwin |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Fulham |
Russell Goldman |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Liverpool |
Mark Williams |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Man City |
Callum Rothwell |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Man Ute |
Peter Lee |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Newcastle |
Michael Stout |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Stoke City |
Philip Eccleston |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Sunderland |
Tony Ratton |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Tottenham |
Dave Nash |
1 |
V |
1 |
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West Brom |
Andy Wakeman |
1 |
V |
0 |
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West Ham |
Nigel Telfer |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Wigan |
Alan Moore |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Wolves |
Chris Cox |
2 |
V |
1 |
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OUR EXPERTS |
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Editor |
Antony Melvin |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Writer |
Colin Illingworth |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Hugh Larkin |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Writer |
Paul Grech |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Pompey fan |
Dan Taylor |
TBC |
V |
TBC |
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Boro fan |
Sue Gardener |
TBC |
V |
TBC |
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Pompey fan |
Peter Rendle |
2 |
V |
2 |
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West Ham fan |
Matthew Beeby |
1 |
V |
2 |
Panel Verdict
The Panel believes the honours will be shared.
Home: 9; Away: 3; Draw: 14. TBC 2.
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