Beleaguered Bilic slashed for Hammers chop
WEST HAM remain in the bottom three of the Premier League after goals from Charlie Austin, Dusan Tadic and James Ward-Prowse condemned the Hammers to a 3-0 loss to Southampton at the London Stadium.
The Hammers have lost five league matches, as many as in their opening 24 games of last season, and have been cut from 8-1 to 11-2 to be relegated.
West Ham’s fourth league loss in a row piles on the pressure for Slaven Bilic, who was slashed to 5-1 in Ladbrokes’ first manager to go market.
Southampton’s victory lifted them to ninth and extended
their winning sequence in all competitions to four. The Saints are 6-4 to make it five wins on the bounce when they travel to Israel to take on Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Europa League on Thursday.
Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne is set to miss around four weeks with a hamstring injury sustained during Saturday’s 3-1 victory at Swansea according to reports.
City have won all ten of their competitive matches
this season but have an important week ahead with a Champions League clash at Celtic on Wednesday and a trip to second-placed Tottenham on Sunday.
Aberdeen climbed to second in the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership after a 90th-minute free kick from James Maddison handed them a 2-1 victory over Rangers at Pittodrie.
The Dons have been trimmed from 50-1 to 25-1 for the title while Rangers, who are seven points adrift of leaders Celtic, have been shunted out to 12-1.
Celtic are four points clear and 1-12 to finish top for the sixth successive season.