West Ham United will be hoping to maintain their wonderful form as they push for European football, and their latest opponents are a Swansea City team that now has the satisfaction of having secured mathematical safety.
The hosts are still not totally out of Champions League contention, and their hopes are improved by the fact that they have a game in hand on fourth-placed Manchester City. The first target however will be to make absolutely sure of a top six finish, with pressure coming from both Southampton and Liverpool. But the way Slaven Bilic’s team are currently performing, it is going to take a sudden and sharp downturn in fortunes to deny them pulling off an achievement that was well beyond their pre-season expectations.
While they unquestionably rode their luck in the openin...
