West Ham boss Slaven Bilic feels that Saturday's opponents Everton will be confident going into the match, but his side will do everything they can to spoil their party.
The Toffees are coming fresh out of a thumping 6-2 win against Sunderland, while their opponents come fresh out of a disappointing 2-0 loss against newcomers Watford last weekend.
To make matters worse, even the statistics don't speak favourably in the Hammers' favour, with the side having won only one of their last 17 games against Everton.
While Bilic insists that he is well aware of the history, he also believes that there is no reason why his side cannot beat Roberto Martinez's team on any given day.
Speaking about whether he is aware of the statistics, Bilic said at a pre-match press conference: "That is a lot, it must be eight years or so. I didn’t know that to be fair, but it shows how difficult Saturday’s game will be.
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"It’s a bit of a surprise to me, but it doesn’t worry me too much because those games are in the past.
"It will only affect us if we allow it to, if we think about it too much then it might have an impact on confidence, but we should be able to deal with that.
"Every game is different, and you have to go and prove yourself from the first whistle every time."
Speaking about Everton's current run of form, the manager added: "Everton played very well against Sunderland, deserved to win the game, so they will be confident and they have the momentum.
"They were a bit shaky for a home performance, 2-0 up to then being 2-2, but came through it and then dominated, every attack they had looked dangerous."
West Ham will bid to recover from losing to Watford and Bilic insisted that the result was strange and they didn't at all look to be at their best during the course of the match.
"Our game against Watford was strange, not for the Premier League, but for us. We weren’t near to our usual levels but overall we look dangerous too, we are scoring quite a lot.
"We lost at Watford, but we know why we lost and we can learn from that and make sure it doesn’t happen again."
