West Ham vs Dinamo Zagreb: Will the Hammers strain for the last time?

West Ham have secured a place in the Europa League playoffs, but Dinamo Zagreb are trailing at the back of Genk’s Belgian side. Will the English side relax in the last leg or will David Moyes prevent a home defeat?

To be precise, West Ham secured their first-place playoff place after the fourth round, which did not prevent them from beating Rapid (2-0) away. Before that, it was a 2-2 away draw with Belgian side Genk. And at the same time, the Hammers are performing well in the EPL. Yes, there was a decent defeat to Man City at the Etihad (1-2). Before that, they lost to Wolverhampton (0-1). After those defeats, they narrowly missed out on defeating Brighton in the 89th minute (1-1). But David Moyes’ team pulled themselves together and unexpectedly thrashed league leaders Chelsea 3-2. That leaves Chelsea in third place and West Ham United in fourth. That’s a role model for Leicester City.

Dinamo Zagreb are in second place, but only two points behind Genk. Last round, the Croatians could have secured a place in the playoffs, but they drew at home to Genk (1-1). Thus, Dinamo complicated their position.

As for their performance in the domestic arena, they are now unimpressive - third place in the Croatian league with six points behind and two games to spare. Also, last week, Dinamo dropped out of the Croatian Cup at the quarterfinal stage, losing to Rijeka (1:3). It is time for the capital club to gather strength for the most important match of the season.

We are confident that West Ham will roll out Dinamo Zagreb last time out, as David Moyes fielded almost the full strength last round. The situation is likely to repeat here. We recommend betting on the home team’s victory for 1.95 and the Londoners’ Total Over 1.5 goals for 1.85.

What English team is without goals, standards, corners and other attributes? Certainly not West Ham. You can bet on handicap 1 (-1.5) corner kicks for 1.87. The more so, they play at home and should please the fans with their game.