Hammers can strike vital blow in crucial relegation battle

The SKYSPORTS cameras will be at the Liberty Stadium for the game between Swansea and Man City. The Welsh side are 5/1 (william hill) outsiders as they look to register their first victory in six in the league while Man City have won seven of the last eight and are 4/6 (BETVICTOR/paddy Power) while the draw is 16/5 (GENERAL).

The best bet from this game comes in the anytime scorer market where Fernandinho is available at 20/1 (GENERAL) to score first or at 8/1 (TOTESPORT/betfred) that he nets anytime. The Brazilian grabbed two against a few weeks back and although has not found the net since he is too big a price.

If City win then they will go top although Arsenal can move back if they can see off Cardiff and they are just 2/7 (GENERAL) to do so against the Welsh side who have not win any of their last six matches in the Premier League.

It is hard to see past the Gunners here though the price is a little too short so I would recommend an interest in the goal markets where under 2.5 goals is available at 27/20 (32 RED). It is something of a myth that the London side are involved in high scoring games at home though they have managed just 16 goals from their nine Premier League fixtures.

Tony Pulis took over Crystal Palace the first time out at Carrow Road and saw his side go down 1-0 to their opponents on Wednesday (Norwich). Since then things have started to look up for the Eagles with two wins from their three home games and they are 7/5 (GENERAL) to see off a Norwich side who have taken just five points from their last six games. I imagine this would be a low scoring game though bookmakers are also on this and as such this is a game to give a miss from a betting point of view.

Another crucial battle at the bottom is the game between struggling London duo Fulham and West Ham who meet at Craven Cottage. Fulham are 29/20 (bet365/BETVICTOR) as they look to bounce back from a shocker last time out when they lost 6-0 at Hull. West Ham are desperate for points as they have not won a game since these sides last met and they are 11/5 (bet365/TOTESPORT/betfred) while the draw is 12/5 (GENERAL) chance.

I like the look of West Ham at 6/5 (GENERAL) in the draw no bet market because as poor as West Ham have been recently they did comfortably win the meeting between the pair last time out and Fulham will be short of confidence following that hammering at Hull.

After a couple of narrow defeats away to big sides Liverpool will be glad to be back at Anfield where they are 3/10 (GENERAL) to see off Hull. The Tigers did win the game 3-1 when these sides met at the KC Stadium and will be full of confidence after a 6-0 victory over Fulham. I think the Reds will win this game though at odds of 11/1 (william hill) the Hull win and 11/2 (bet365) look competitive. The best bet in the game is both teams to score at 21/20 (BETVICTOR/BWIN) as this would have paid in five of the last six Liverpool home games while the Tigers have netted eight in their last two games.

BEST OF THE BETS

GOLD: West Ham draw no bet v Fulham, 6/5 (GENERAL)
SILVER: Fernandinho to score v Swansea, first 20/1 (GENERAL), anytime 8/1 (TOTESPORT/betfred)
BRONZE: YES in both teams to score, Hull v Liverpool, 21/20 (BETVICTOR/BWIN)

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