West Ham relegation prediction made as unwanted Premier League record repeat remains possible

Nuno Espirito Santo has warned that West Ham United’s relegation conflict is acold from implicit aft the Hammers secured a precious Premier League constituent successful a goalless draw with Crystal Palace connected Monday night.

Just implicit a week connected from thrashing Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 astatine the London Stadium, West Ham were incapable to assertion back-to-back victories arsenic they had to settee for a stock of the spoils successful a reasonably uneventful stalemate astatine Selhurst Park.

A constituent for the Hammers confirmed Wolves’ relegation to the Championship, portion it moved Nuno’s men successful 17th spot 2 points wide of London rivals Tottenham Hotspur successful 18th with 5 games near to play.

While West Ham lacked ruthlessness successful the last 3rd against Palace, they showed large quality and resilience successful defence which impressed Nuno, keeping successive Premier League cleanable sheets for the archetypal clip since February past year.

Speaking to BBC Sport after the match, Nuno said: "That was a pugnacious match, ever is against Palace. We had immoderate bully moments successful the archetypal fractional and it started to spell a spot side-to-side successful the 2nd half. A precise tough, balanced match. It could person gone some ways."

Relegation combat "will spell each the way", says West Ham brag Nuno

Asked if the relegation combat volition spell to the last time of the season, the Hammers brag said: "It volition spell each the way, for sure. Not lone astatine the bottommost of the array but astatine the top. This play has been precise tight."

"We don't marque points, we play games. We person a ngo up and support going,” Nuno added erstwhile asked however galore points his broadside request to debar the drop.

As quoted by Sky Sports, Nuno continued: “Every time is important and it is going to beryllium a combat until the end,” helium said. “I deliberation (we person the characters).

“I deliberation we’re proving that we don’t springiness up. We are committed. You tin spot today, adjacent though it was not the cleanable crippled for us, it was a crippled that we fight.

“We were organised, committed, had squad spirit, the basics that I see to support warring until the end. The players, they are alert and they are giving it all, truthful I americium affirmative astir it.”

How West Ham volition presumption their gully with Palace volition utimately beryllium determined by whether oregon not they survive; Hammers fans tin instrumentality affirmative from claiming astatine slightest a point, but victories are inactive needed to settee the nerves successful East London.

West Ham, who person spent the past 14 seasons successful the Premier League, presently person 33 points connected the committee from arsenic galore top-flight games, and successful each of the past 9 campaigns, teams who accumulated 36 points oregon much person avoided relegation.

However, this could beryllium to beryllium a run wherever the accepted 40 points - the magnitude often cited arsenic the cardinal people to warrant information - are required, meaning West Ham would request to assertion astatine slightest 7 much points from their remaining 5 fixtures.

West Ham supporters cognize each excessively good that reaching the 40-point people oregon exceeding it mightiness not beryllium capable to survive, though, arsenic the Hammers suffered relegation successful the 2002-03 play with 42 points – the highest constituent tally ever recorded by a demoted Premier League squad successful a 38-game campaign.

Nuno’s broadside volition present crook their attraction to a location brushwood with David Moyes’s Everton connected Saturday, earlier taking connected Brentford, rubric hopefuls Arsenal, Newcastle United and relegation-threatened Leeds United successful their last 4 fixture successful May.