Uefa Cup: (14/09/2006)

[Gomesh]

Last 5 West Ham games:
10.09.2006 English Premier West Ham - Aston Villa 1:1
26.08.2006 English Premier Liverpool - West Ham 2:1
22.08.2006 English Premier Watford - West Ham 1:1
19.08.2006 English Premier West Ham - Charlton 3:1
12.08.2006 Friendly Club West Ham - Olympiakos 1:1

Last 5 Palermo games:
10.09.2006 Italian Serie A Palermo - Reggina 4:3
30.07.2006 Friendly Club Palermo - Hannover 1:4

Latest News (West Ham):
Alan Pardew must decide whether to give star signings Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano their first West Ham starts in the Uefa Cup clash with Palermo. Only Tevez came off the bench to make his Hammers debut during Sunday's 1-1 draw against Aston Villa. Roy Carroll, Yossi Benayoun and Tyrone Mears were all injury concerns at the weekend but came through unscathed. Teddy Sheringham has had an upset stomach while John Paintsil is still recovering from a knee ligament injury.

WEST HAM (4-4-2): Carroll; Mears, Ferdinand, Gabbidon, Konchesky; Bowyer, Reo-Coker, Benayoun, Mascherano; Tevez, Zamora. Mister: Pardew

Latest News (Palermo):
Bovo, Amauri e Corini missing this match against West Ham in Uefa Cup tonigth. Francesco Guidolin (Palermo's Coach) have 20 players for complete squad. The Team will remain in England until friday morning, then will move to Rome where Sunday will be engaged in the contest against the Lazio. Defensive line of Palermo will be Barzagli, Biava, Capuano e Cassani. Diana, Simplicio and Tedesco at center, Franco Brienza the mind of Caracciolo and Di Michele strikers.

PALERMO (4-3-1-2): Fontana; Barzagli, Biava, Capuano, Cassani; Diana, Simplicio, Tedesco; Brienza; Caracciolo, Di Michele. Mister: Guidolin

West Ham v Palermo is a Uefa Cup match tonight. West Ham in phase of construction of a true identity will have to disposition from the beginning of the contest Masks which thinking mind of midfiled and the true propeller of the squad (At least end where it has supported before landing to the West Ham) and Carl Tevez, pure Assist Man for the friends of the advanced unit. It would have to be one left that it will have like object the show to the pure state, not the separated usual of control, but from the beginning it turns to the predisposition to the attack. The West Ham, like saying, must give to an identity and meaning to this season, to which it has introduced many late for the park players. Last the 2 purchases would have to give thickness to the game, but to before Championship they have been preferred to the old presences and this, perhaps, pregiudicato the outcome of the game.

Of forehead there will be Palermo, lacking in Corini is the true mind of the Team. And also this year the square has been recreated like the model of the year slid, all founded on the presence of the Captain. This evening will be absent with to Bovo and Amauri, and the news is not at all comforting. To add, then, the test much approximate one of Palermo's defense in occasion of before Championship against the modest Reggina, where various gaps have see from all to overwhelm immediately and a defensive line to redesign completely.

Over 2.5 Goals for me in this match with moderate stake.

Prediction = Over 2.5
Odds = 2.10
Stake = 4/10
Bookmaker = Ladbrokes