{"id":75501,"date":"2026-01-07T13:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=75501"},"modified":"2026-01-07T13:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:19:27","slug":"west-ham-new-manager-bounce-slaven-bilic-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/west-ham-new-manager-bounce-slaven-bilic-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham Eye New Manager Bounce and The Stats That Show Why Slaven Bilic is a Target"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Ham could part ways with Nuno Espirito Santo after their defeat to Nottingham Forest, and stats show why Slaven Bilic is being considered as a potential replacement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nuno Espirito Santo Could be Sacked by West Ham<\/h2>\n

The Hammers were beaten 2-1 by the Reds at the London Stadium on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

This is despite the fact that they led 1-0 at half-time, but a Nicolas Dominguez leveller and a late Morgan Gibbs-White penalty in the second period condemned the East London side to defeat.<\/p>\n

They are now winless in 10 successive Premier League matches, with their loss to Forest following on from a bitterly disappointing 3-0 defeat by bottom-of-the-table Wolves last weekend.<\/p>\n

West Ham now find themselves in the relegation zone in 18th place, seven points adrift of safety.<\/p>\n

Priced at 1\/5 in the Premier League relegation betting odds<\/a> market, the struggling Hammers are in serious danger of being demoted to the Championship at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Reports suggest that they may part ways with Espirito Santo in one final attempt to turn their fortunes around. He is the odds-on favourite in the Premier League sack race odds<\/a> market.<\/p>\n

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West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

West Ham Eye New Manager Bounce with Slaven Bilic<\/h2>\n

Currently topping the next West Ham manager odds<\/a> market is former boss Slaven Bilic.<\/p>\n

Bilic enjoyed a two-year spell with the Hammers between 2015 and 2017, with the betting market and reports now suggesting that he could make a sensational return to East London.<\/p>\n

The Hammers’ interest comes with good reason too, as the Croatian boasts the best points return of any West Ham manager after their first 15 Premier League games with the club.<\/p>\n

He accumulated 23 points from his first 15 matches with the club during his first spell.<\/p>\n

Sam Allardyce’s 22 points and Alan Pardew’s 22 points follow closely as the second-best tallies.<\/p>\n

Espirito Santo, meanwhile, has one of the worst records of any West Ham boss in the Premier League. He picked up just 11 points from his opening 15 league matches with the club.<\/p>\n

By replacing the Portuguese coach with Bilic, statistics suggest the Hammers could be set for a new manager bounce. Could this scenario give them a glimmer of hope at top-flight survival?<\/p>\n

Points by West Ham managers after their first 15 Premier League games:<\/strong><\/p>\n