The Hammers' mood is still upbeat, say sources, as Nuno continues to coax some efforts from his side since later January, with the only recent losses coming vs. Champs League entries Chelsea and Liverpool. Even at Anfield last weekend, West Ham made a fist of it, threatening to get back into the match in the second half after goals from Tomás Soucek and Valentin Castellanos. Having blown recent late leads in that Chelsea match and also vs. Man United (which ended 1-1), West Ham has been in position to do a bit better the past month, and with Jerrod “Mr Reliable” Bowen, Callum Wilson, and the aforementioned Soucek (17 goals between them), the Hammers have enough sharp edges. Play West Ham on Asian Line

Some of our other books are already north of -200 for this -- which I think it should be -- so we'll jump now. Again, no thoughts of a straight ML play at this number. Fulham is 15 points up on West Ham United, which is currently priced -150 to be relegated. The Cottagers, a streaky bunch, have won three straight in all competitions, while the Hammers were just blasted at Liverpool on the weekend. Fulham won the reverse fixture 1-0 at London Stadium in late December on a Raúl Jiménez 85th minute goal. He has eight EPL goals this season. WHU has totaled only 13 points in 14 away matches. Fulham has 26 in 14 at home.

I want to start off very candidly and say this. If the line on this match was set to over/under 3.5 goals, I still would have taken the over. I'm expecting absolute fireworks at Craven Cottage even though this is a midweek fixture. We are on the precipice (big word) of seeing a massive club being relegated this season. It could be West Ham, it could be Tottenham, and it could be decided by how West Ham play their next few matches. They have to press. They have to score goals. They can't sit back for draws. This match is going to get ugly, with goals galore.

I don't know why the books do this. Frankly, I don't care what the reasoning is, because for us, it's just good value every week. The books hate giving credit for the success Fulham this season. This team is 9th on the table coming off big back to back wins, playing a West Ham side who is flopping around the relegation zone, and we're once again getting Fulham at plus numbers. We cashed on them twice against Fulham, no reason to change things up for once again, a good attacking host.