England Capital One Cup: West Ham v Crewe

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
England Capital One Cup: West Ham v Crewe Capital One Cup England, England	28/08/2012 19:45	full time result		0	Bet at Howtobet bookmaker
Betting prediction was written by Dan Adair

West Ham host Crewe in a game between two of the countries oldest sides. Hammers have had a mixed start to life in the Premier League and Sam Allardyce will be looking to the younger players and squad members to start this game as he never plays his best sides in the cup. Crewe have one of the finest acadamys in English club football and will be hoping for more than just a day out from this game.

Form:

West Ham P2 W1 D0 L1 GF1 GA3 - Top Scorer K.Nolan 1.

Crewe       P4 W2 D0 L2 GF9 GA8 - Top Scorer M.Pogba 4.

West Ham are another from the old school of football who like their team to play good passing football and entertain the crowd. Which will come as a surprise for fans when they got Sam Allardyce in. His teams are brash, no nonsense athletes who play percentages and stats based football. Direct play is the key and balls in the right areas. His entire team will be at their peak fitness wise and they like to bully their way through games. They play a 4-4-1-1 formation with Carlton Cole at the top and Kevin Nolan just in behind. Wether this is the case for this match is another thing as Allerdyce is another who treats the cups with disdain. Likely to field a below strength team and see how they fare. They do have decent backup players and they should be good enough to beat this Crewe side. Crewe have for the last few years been a hotbed for young talent, regularly bringing players through and selling them on for profit. They play good attractive football and there games are always full of goals. With 17 goals in their 4 matches so far they could be hammered out of sight here against The Hammers. Crewe's side boasts an average age of 23 and these youngsters might freeze in their first massive game. The two forwards they have are really promising. Max Clayton and Matias Pogba could be capable of big things.

Betting Prediction - Another game in which we will leave the betting alone. The price is very short on West Ham and has shortened in the last day. West Ham should have no problems with Crewe but this is another game we will not risk on. No selection.

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