West Ham v Norwich City: Will the Canaries return to winning ways?
West Ham United shot themselves in the foot against Reading at the weekend with some sloppy defending and some awful finishing. Today they take on a Norwich City side that have lost their past three league outings.
The Hammers start 2013 in 12th place, two points behind Norwich with a game in hand. The two sides played out a goalless draw at Carrow Road in September but there hasn't been a stalemate at Upton Park since 1983 so I'd expect to see the net bulge at some stage.
The Canaries have turned their season around following an awful start but have now lost to West Brom, Chelsea and Man City. There's no shame in going down to them, but can they get back to winning ways on New Year's Day? Our pundits have their say.
West Ham v Norwich City; Kick Off 3pm January 1 2012
Prediction Panel
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Arsenal |
Josh Ben Moshe |
1 |
V |
0 |
|
Aston Villa |
Frank Pattison |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Chelsea |
Joe Tyler |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Everton |
Chris Goodwin |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Fulham |
Neil Springate |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Liverpool |
Dave Disciascio |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Man City |
Callum Rothwell |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Man United |
Alex Richert |
1 |
V |
0 |
|
Newcastle |
Greg Hall |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Norwich |
Sue Read |
1 |
V |
3 |
|
QPR |
John Jaycock |
0 |
V |
1 |
|
Reading |
Jon Keen |
1 |
V |
0 |
|
Southampton |
Andy Saunders |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Stoke City |
Jack Heaney |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Sunderland |
Tony Ratton |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Swansea |
Jim Barry |
1 |
V |
0 |
|
Spurs |
Adam Crawford |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
West Brom |
Andy Wakeman |
2 |
V |
2 |
|
West Ham |
Matt Beeby |
2 |
V |
0 |
|
Wigan |
Jimmy Shine |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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OUR EXPERTS |
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|
|
|
|
Writer |
Colin Illingworth |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Writer |
Steve Coulter |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Writer |
Hugh Larkin |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
|
Writer |
Mitch Waddon |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Writer |
Chris Pettitt |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Writer |
Sarshar Hosseinnia |
0 |
V |
0 |
|
Blackburn fan |
Terry Kennedy |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Bolton fan |
David Blackburn |
1 |
V |
1 |
|
Boro fan |
Sue Gardener |
0 |
V |
2 |
|
Pompey fan |
Dan Taylor |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Pompey fan |
Peter Rendle |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
West Ham fan |
Nigel Telfer |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Wolves fan |
Chris Cox |
2 |
V |
1 |
|
Editor |
Antony Melvin |
1 |
V |
0 |
Panel Verdict
Home win.
Home: 16; Draw: 8; Away: 3. TBA 7.
* Do we have it right or do you know better? We’d love to hear from you.
