How West Ham’s next fixtures compare to Leeds, Wolves,…

How West Ham’s next fixtures compare to Leeds, Wolves, Everton, Leicester and Nottingham Forest

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.

Of the current bottom eight, West Ham have the joint-second easiest run of games across their next four matches, starting February with a trip to third-place Newcastle United before hosting Chelsea.

Nottingham Forest, who currently sit 15th, have a run that on paper, is just as hard as West Ham’s. Bottom of the table Southampton have the easiest run on paper, facing the sides in 18th and 19th within their next four games.

Bournemouth, currently in 16th, have the toughest run, playing three of the current top nine in their next four games.

Here is a look at the current bottom eight’s next four fixtures and how they compare to the rest of the sides currently fighting to beat the drop.

13th Leicester City (P18, 17pts)

14/01 Nottingham Forest (A) - 15th
21/01 Brighton and Hove Albion (H) - 8th
04/02 Aston Villa (A) - 11th
11/02 Tottenham Hotspur (H) - 5th

Average position of next four opponents : 9.75 (joint-second hardest)

14th Leeds United (P17, 17pts)

Wilfried Gnonto of Leeds United breaks away from Thilo Kehrer of West Ham United during the Premier League match between Leeds United and West Ham United at Elland Road (George Wood/Getty Images)

13/01 Aston Villa (A) - 11th
22/01 Brentford (H) - 9th
05/02 Nottingham Forest (A) - 15th
12/02 Manchester United (H) - 4th

Average position of next four opponents : 9.75 (joint-second hardest)

15th Nottingham Forest (P18, 17pts)

14/01 Leicester City (H) - 13th
21/01 Bournemouth (A) - 16th
05/02 Leeds United (H) - 14th
04/01 Fulham (A) - 7th

Average position of next four opponents : 12.5 (joint-second easiest)

16th AFC Bournemouth (P18, 16pts)

14/01 Brentford (A) - 9th
21/01 Nottingham Forest (H) - 15th
04/02 Brighton and Hove Albion (A) - 8th
11/02 Newcastle United (H) - 3rd

Average position of next four opponents : 8.75 (hardest)

17th West Ham United (P18, 15pts)

Said Benrahma celebrates after scoring against Bournemouth (GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

14/01 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) - 19th
21/01 Everton (H) - 18th
04/02 Newcastle United (A) - 3rd
11/02 Chelsea (H) - 10th

Average position of next four opponents : 12.5 (joint-second easiest)

18th Everton (P17 15pts)

14/01 Southampton (H) - 20th
21/01 West Ham United (A) - 17th
04/02 Arsenal (H) - 1st
13/02 Liverpool (A) - 6th

Average position of next four opponents : 11 (fourth hardest)

West Ham United's Lucas Paqueta and Wolverhampton Wanderers' Matheus Nunes during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers at London Stadium (Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images)

19th Wolverhampton Wanderers (P17, 13pts)

14/01 West Ham United (H) - 17th
22/01 Manchester City (A) - 2nd
04/02 Liverpool (H) - 6th
11/02 Southampton (A) - 20th

Average position of next four opponents : 11.25 (fourth easiest)

20th Southampton (P17, 12pts)

14/01 Everton (A) - 18th
21/01 Aston Villa (H) - 11th
04/02 Brentford (A) - 9th
11/02 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) - 19th

Average position of next four opponents : 14.25 (easiest)

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