This is as clear cut as he it can get. Fulham wont win this one because the fact that the home side are in desperate need for the points, which often or not results in them getting all three points. Zola is coming under pressure after heavy a tricky start to the season and it is this type of games that the Hammers need to win to match their last year's impressive performance. Against the lower sides at home, West Ham have the tendency to deliver the goods and for quite some years now, Fulham are woeful away from home, which is their biggest Achilles heels.

West Ham have played some beautiful football at times this season but it is their end product that eludes them. Appluadible performances against the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City have seen them go down fighting to more accomplished boys but Carlton Cole should alone be too hot to handle. In fact, the Hammers have defeated the Cottagers in their last three out of four visits to Upton Parks and as so, follow the flow from yesterday whereby the struggling clubs do ultimately get the result that they desire.

Pick: West Ham @2.27