There have been two significant announcements ahead of West Ham’s crucial match against Leicester City at the London Stadium.
The final stretch of the Premier League season is almost upon us.
The match between West Ham and Leicester City will have significant implications for the fight against relegation.
By proving it wasn’t another false dawn, the Hammers want to build on their incredible victory over Arsenal.
The prospect of being relegated has never really worried West Ham.
However, a victory over the Foxes would put the two teams 16 points apart, allowing Graham Potter to begin making plans for the upcoming season in the top division.
In the meantime, Leicester needs every point they can get in what appears to be a three-way race for 17th place with Wolves and Ipswich.
Thus, the contest has a lot on the line.
Ironically, in the rematch back in December, West Ham gave Leicester one of their four wins this season.
West Ham supporters turned on Julen Lopetegui, who would be fired a month later, during the 3-1 victory for Ruud van Nistelrooy’s team at the King Power.
In the Premier League, the Foxes really have a respectable record versus West Ham.
Leicester has not lost to the east Londoners since August 2021 and has defeated the Hammers in their past three Premier League encounters.
In their last 19 meetings, which have included 18 Premier League games and a League Cup match, West Ham has only triumphed four times.
Therefore, the visitors will feel somewhat confident while facing a West Ham team whose supporters will only hope for a resounding victory.
On the eve of West Ham’s match against Leicester, two unexpected big announcements have already been made.
Two significant announcements about West Ham’s matchup with Leicester
The referee for the big match was changed late for unspecified reasons.
The game was supposed to be led by Stuart Attwell.
That was only a few weeks after he infuriated West Ham supporters by not clearly fouling Jarrod Bowen just before Chelsea scored in a brutal match.
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