Premier League final day: Carver can confirm safety by beating Hammers

Newcastle United can secure their Premier League survival this season with a draw against top 10 hopefuls West Ham United at St James’ Park, with their relegation rivals Hull City set to contest Manchester United on home soil.

On Tyneside, during the final day of the top-flight campaign, John Carver’s Magpies will need at least a point to retain their status as a top tier club (12/5 with Coral to win to nil), and in doing so, the Tigers would drop down divisions even if they manage to topple United.

Holding a superior goal difference to Steve Bruce’s men, John Carver will guide his Toon outfit into their crucial final match only needing a draw over the Hammers (11/4), and the under-fire coach has recently rallied his under-performing players.

“I said straight out ‘if anybody doesn’t fancy it, if anybody wants to back-bite, if anybody wants to be negative, there’s the door’,” stated Carver.

“I don’t think bringing in them just to tear a strip off them would have achieved anything. That’s definite. I did that after the Leicester game, and you can’t really say that it worked. You have to try to find different ways of dealing with different situations.”

Carver, who has previously declared himself as the ‘best coach in the Premier League’, has only managed to win two games in charge out of 18 attempts.

This will give former Magpies boss Sam Allardyce even more optimism about gaining three points with the Hammers on their visit to Tyneside, with a substantial victory over his past club potentially earning his current side a top 10 finish and succumbing Newcastle to a daunting drop.