As recently as last week, former midfielder Don Hutchison firmly believed West Ham United would retain their Premier League status.
With Tottenham having fallen into the bottom three, Hutchison - who enjoyed two spells at West Ham under Harry Redknapp and Glenn Roeder - was convinced Nuno Santo's side were on the road to survival.
However following the 3-0 reversal at Brentford, followed by back-to-back win for the N17 mob against Wolves and an unusually-weakened Aston Villa, Hutchison now believes it's West Ham who are up against it.
"Honestly, this time last week I was 100% sure West Ham would stay up," he told BestBettingSItes. "Now I've gone completely the other way because of the two wins that Spurs have had before a ball was kicked this weekend.
"I commentated on the West Ham vs Brentford game on Saturday, and West Ham's first 45 minutes was superb. Like, they were brilliant. They were 1-0 down, but it was superb—hit the crossbar three times in total, goalkeeper pulling off saves, Castellanos was excellent.
"Then, in the second half, Diouf sort of dives in to give the penalty away. 2-0 away from home, then I knew the game was over. And then three, obviously. Then I'm thinking, 'Right, there's not a chance in this world Spurs go to Villa and win,' but they did.
"And the fixtures this weekend just sort of lean toward me thinking Arsenal will just beat West Ham by a goal to nil. Then Spurs play Leeds at home. So, unfortunately, I think West Ham are going to go. But that's only happened in the last seven days or so. Off the back of Spurs getting two wins back-to-back, you'd make them big favourites to beat Leeds."
West Ham host Arsenal on Sunday afternoon (4.30pm), while Leeds visit Tottenham the following day (Monday11 May, 8pm kick off).
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