Andy can be handy for Irons

AFTER losing their last five games, we have seen plenty of money for West Ham to be relegated and the Hammers are now 12-1 for the drop.

This afternoon’s game against Swansea has taken on massive proportions and its one neither side can afford to lose.

The bet that appeals is to get with Andy Carroll (below) to score first at 9-2. When fit, the England international is a real handful and as Swansea showed midweek against Spurs, their defence is vulnerable.

Another first scorer bet with value is our 7-1 about Chelsea’s Willian to get the opener against Bournemouth. He didn’t play when the Blues beat Man City in midweek and if he starts today he looks sure to have chances in both open play and from set-pieces.

My double this week is Stoke getting a goal start on the handicap at home to Liverpool and Everton to beat Leicester.

The Potters have lost just once in nine at the Britannia and are just the kind of side that turn up against the bigger teams.

The Reds without Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana and Sadio Mane have to be taken on and there is plenty of juice in Sky Bet’s 5-6 Stoke plus one goal.

In an amazing turnaround, Leicester have won their last six games. However, all but one of those have been at the King Power. The Foxes will have one eye on Atletico Madrid, so have to be opposed taking on Everton at Goodison Park. The Toffees have won their last six at home and rate the bet at our 3-4.

Spurs could find Watford a tough nut to crack, so Sky Bet’s 3-1 about a home victory by just one goal looks fair enough. Burnley have more about them than Middlesbrough, which makes the Clarets 6-5 Draw-No-Bet very appealing. The draw at 11-5 looks the place to be in the difficult-to-call West Brom v Southampton game, and at 14-5 a revitalised Crystal Palace can get a point at home to Arsenal at Selhurst Park on Monday night.