Had West Ham left Bayer Leverkusen with a goalless draw on Thursday night, David Moyes would have been receiving credit for nullifying one of the season’s most impressive teams.
Instead, an end result of a 2-0 defeat without laying a glove on the Bundesliga outfit has led to criticism of the Scot’s tactics in Germany, West Ham now with just two wins from eight matches in all competitions.
Overturning such a deficit against a team that have not lost a single match all season is highly unlikely, and it could lead to Moyes paying more attention to the Premier League.
Last weekend, West Ham ended a run of four matches without success in the top flight as they posted a 2-1 victory away at Wolverhampton Wanderers, overturning a half-time deficit to prevail at Molineux.
With Manchester United again dropping points, the Hammers are within one point of sixth, yet the greater concern will lie with the chasing pack who have played fewer matches than West Ham.
December’s reverse fixture at Craven Cottage, West Ham lost 5-0 having delivered one of their worst performances of the season, yet it will be Marco Silva who may be worried about conceding so many goals in this game.
Fulham have shipped three goals in each of their last two away fixtures at Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest, extending their dismal away record.
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Just two wins and and 11 points have been registered from 16 matches, while Fulham are also on a three-match run without a victory courtesy of last weekend’s 1-0 loss at home to Newcastle United.
With the possibility of reducing the gap to West Ham to six points with five matches left, Fulham are not out of European contention just yet, but they will need to show the level of display that they produced in seeing off Manchester United at Old Trafford in February to keep on track.
That said, Fulham have suffered defeat on their last five visits to West Ham, a run stretching back to 2010
