When and where?
West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion
Premier League
Saturday 11 February 2017, 3pm GMT
London Stadium
What’s the story?
West Ham United will look to close to within striking distance of West Bromwich Albion when they host the Baggies at London Stadium on Saturday.
A run of six wins in their last nine Premier League games has taken Slaven Bilic’s men into the top half of the Premier League table and three points from the Baggies would take West Ham to within two points of the Midlanders.
The Baggies are enjoying a fine season, having taken 36 points from their opening 24 games as Tony Pulis continues to make his mark at the Hawthorns.
Much of their success has been built on a formidable home record, with seven wins and two draws from their 12 matches on home turf.
Away from the Hawthorns, they have won three times, with four draws and five defeats making up the balance – and their last away win came on New Year’s Eve when they triumphed 2-1 at Southampton.
For the Hammers, they again showed their ability to bounce back from a setback by winning at Southampton themselves last weekend, just three days after suffering a 4-0 loss at the hands of Manchester City.
Andy Carroll continued his hot streak – with his fourth goal in as many games – before Pedro Obiang and Mark Noble struck to secure that 3-1 success.
Now, with back-to-back wins in their sights, West Ham have the target of hauling in the Baggies to aim at.
Team news
The Hammers will make late decisions on the fitness of Andy Carroll, Aaron Cresswell and Cheikhou Kouyate.
The trio all missed training for part of the week following Saturday’s game at Southampton, but boss Slaven Bilic is hopeful of having them available.
Arthur Masuaku was due to resume training at the end of this week, but will miss this fixture, as will Diafra Sakho, who is absent with a back problem, and Angelo Ogbonna, who has undergone knee surgery.
Havard Nordtveit and Sam Byram are back in contention.
West Brom are able to call upon defender Jonny Evans again, after he missed five matches with a calf problem. Midfielder Claudio Yacob is also back after recovering from stomach cramps.
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