Derby V West Ham

Derby Vs West Ham

Kick off: Saturday 10^th November 3PM (BST)

Location: Pride Park

Derby go into Saturday’s game at the foot of the table. Everyone is writing off Derby’s hopes of staying up this year; however they’re speaking too soon. A win this weekend at Pride Park for The Rams could lift them into 17th place and out of the relegation zone.

Kenny Miller could return for Derby after his spell out on the sidelines, which will be a big boost for struggling Derby, who have only picked up 6 points out of the available 36 thus far. Derby shall be looking to replicate their 1-0 win over Newcastle in September this weekend, in which Kenny Miller got the winning goal in the late Monday game.

Derbys opponents however, West Ham, won’t make it easy for The Rams. West Ham find themselves in mid table and after last games disappointment, they’ll be looking to record three points against struggling Derby. With all the talent in the West Ham squad, on paper they should find themselves with 18 points come Saturday evening. Ex Chelsea striker Carlton Cole, now of West Ham, should be looking to register on the score sheet with his rise in form, scoring twice in his last four appearances.The favourites for the game at Pride Park are defiantly West Ham; however I don’t think anyone could write Derby of this game just yet. Both clubs are hungry for the three points and will defiantly fight for them until the last minute. It’s a big game for Derby and in their case they must be recording points from these sort of home games if they have any hope of staying up this season in the top flight of English football. However, with no goals in their past four games, it’s hard to see it happening.

 My Prediction:  I can’t see past a West Ham win. Derby will certainly put up a good fight, however with the lack of form and goals recently shown by Derby, they’ll struggle against this West Ham side on the weekend. I’m predicting a 2-1 win to West Ham.