Football betting tips: MNF
1pt Jarrod Bowen to score anytime at 4/1 (Sky Bet)
1pt Lucas Paqueta to score anytime at 6/1 (Sky Bet, Paddy Power)
It was no surprise to see Graham Potter leave West Ham, but the timing was odd.
24 hours after performing his pre-match media duties for this game the former Chelsea and Brighton boss was sacked. With the ink barely dry on that press release, recently jilted Nottingham Forest manager Nuno was appointed as his replacement.
It ends a painful spell for Potter, who won only six of his 25 matches in charge after following another disastrous appointment in Julen Lopetegui.
There is lots to say and write about both the Hammers' situation and the fall from grace Potter has suffered since his days at Brighton, but given I'm writing this on Monday morning and Nuno's first game is less than 12 hours away, I'll leave all that for another day.
Jake has already looked at this match pre-managerial change, with a focus on West Ham's terrible record defending set-pieces; I won't go over old ground.
Instead, I'm prepared to have a little faith in the new Hammers boss.
For Nuno to be starting his reign away from the London Stadium is a godsend. West Ham fans have shown more than their fair share of anger with their owners both in recent weeks and towards the end of last season, with it unlikely to be a coincidence the club have not won at home since February.
While results haven't been much better on the road, they have generally managed to make games more of a contest.
I'm not willing to go as far as backing the visitors, but with them such rank outsiders it has pushed out the price of some goalscorers, which makes it worth backing their most reliable men TO SCORE ANYTIME.
Captain JARROD BOWEN is 4/1 to find the net and LUCAS PAQUETA is 6/1.
Between them, they have scored 71% of West Ham's goals this season. Bowen has scored twice in his last three matches, with Paqueta failing to score in his last two outings but finding the net in the previous three.
For as wonderful a job as David Moyes has done since returning to Everton, defensively they haven't been completely certain.
Their three clean sheets from seven fixtures in all competitions have come against goal-shy Aston Villa, League One Mansfield and in their first ever home game at the Hill Dickinson Stadium where Brighton somehow failed to score from 2.43 xG.
Odds correct at 0800 BST (29/09/25)
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