West Ham United will go into Saturday’s meeting with Wolverhampton Wanderers knowing that defeat would guarantee that they would drop into the relegation zone.
The Hammers ended a run of five straight league defeats in their last league match eight days ago against Leeds United, drawing 2-2 at Elland Road.
Both of West Ham’s final two league matches of January come against sides currently sat in the bottom three in Wolves (19th) and Everton (18th), with the Hammers 17th at present and only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.