Stars aligning for West Ham as Leeds lose six stars in wake of Spurs blow

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The stars look to be aligning for Nuno Espirito Santo and West Ham after relegation rivals Leeds United confirmed injuries to six players.

West Ham are still reeling after Leeds United denied them an FA Cup semi-final place and trip to Wembley by beating them on penalties last weekend.

Paul Merson believes Leeds did West Ham a huge survival favour as a result of their victory in east London.

Now it looks like the stars really are aligning for West Ham as Leeds have lost six key players to injury – and three of them for at least the rest of April.

Major West Ham boost as Leeds lose six stars after Spurs blow

While nobody likes to see players get injured, at this stage of the season the news comes as a monumental boost to West Ham’s hopes of Premier League survival – potentially at the expense of Leeds.

It comes hot on the heels of news that former Hammer Mohammed Kudus will miss the rest of the season for Spurs after a serious injury setback.

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West Ham actually face Leeds at the London Stadium again on the final day of the season.

Many believe that game could well dictate who stays in the Premier League in the four-way battle between the two clubs as well as Spurs and Forest.

If a point is enough to keep both the Hammers and Elland Road outfit safe on the last day, many predict Nuno Espirito Santo and Daniel Farke will be happy to settle for a draw.

West Ham will climb out of the relegation zone with a win over Wolves on Friday night, pushing Tottenham into the bottom three in the process ahead of their trip to Sunderland.

The Hammers will also go one point behind Leeds, who face a tough trip away to rivals Man United on Monday night.

That match has just got even tougher for Leeds too after Farke revealed Anton Stach, Joe Rodon and Daniel James will miss the rest of April.

Key Leeds trio to miss the rest of April and six out for Man United

Meanwhile another Leeds trio – Jaka Bijol, Noah Okafor and Gabriel Gudmundsson – are also doubtful for the trip to Old Trafford.

It means if West Ham take care of business against basement boys Wolves on Friday night, they can feel confident of remaining within a point of Leeds with six games to go.

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Stach (ankle), Rodon (ankle) and James (adductor) will now miss Premier League games against Wolves and Bournemouth and may be touch and go for Burnley on May 1st.

Leeds face Spurs after that, meaning points are guaranteed to be dropped by at least one of West Ham’s relegation rivals.

So it is imperative the Irons remain in and around Leeds and Tottenham to take full advantage when that fixture rolls around.

The Hammers will want to know they have survival in their own hands going into that final day scenario against the team who cost them a first FA Cup semi-final for 20 years.

But it seems that match may have actually come at more of a cost to Leeds themselves.

The Hammers need to tread carefully, though.

Because West Ham’s media team have risked firing up Wolves with comments made ahead of the crunch survival clash.

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