West Ham v Leeds: Key stats and talking points

West Ham need to beat visitors Leeds to have any chance of avoiding relegation. Two years after parting company with manager David Moyes despite finishing ninth in the league, West Ham need a favour from his current side Everton if they are to avoid relegation. The Hammers must beat Leeds and hope Tottenham slip up against Everton or they will be relegated from the Premier League for the third time after 2002-03 and 2010-11.

Current form does not spark much optimism – West Ham have lost their past three Premier League games, and could lose four in a row for the first time since 2022, when Moyes was still in charge. Yet there are also straws to clutch onto – when playing their final league game of the season at home, West Ham have lost just one of the last 19 (W11, D7), and that was in 2010-11, when they were already relegated. If West Ham are relegated (football statisticians Opta put it as an 85.

52% chance), it will no doubt mean a big exodus of players, which could include Crysencio Summerville, who has been a rare bright spot for the Hammers since joining from Saturday's opponents Leeds. Also likely to be on the move if West Ham go down is their talismanic captain Jarrod Bowen, who has provided assists for eight of their last 12 Premier League goals and looks set to be their top goalscorer for the fifth season in a row, despite not having scored in the league since 31 January. [BBC] While West Ham are struggling, Leeds have found a new lease of life, and are currently unbeaten in eight league games (W4, D4), their longest streak since a 13-game run in 2001.

With Premier League safety assured, their aim on Sunday will be to go unbeaten in the final nine games of a top-flight campaign for the first time since 1994-95. Key to their survival has been Dominic Calvert-Lewin – eyebrows were raised when Leeds gambled on signing him last summer but the former Everton striker has proved his doubters wrong. Calvert-Lewin has spent the past few seasons struggling with both form and fitness – just 17 league goals across the past four campaigns – but has been revitalised at Leeds, where he has found the net 14 times this season.