West Ham: Randolph, Kouyaté, Reid, Ogbonna, Antonio, Noble, Obiang, Cresswell, Lanzini, Payet, Carroll Substitutes: Nordtveit, Adrián, Ayew, Fletcher, Fernandes, Quina, Feghouli
Hull City: Marshall, Elmohamady, Dawson. Davies, Robertson, Snodgrass, Livermore, Clucas, Mason, Henriksen, Diomande. Substitutes: Maguire, Meyler, Huddlestone, Jakupovic, Weir, Tymon, Bowen
Reece Oxford has signed a new four and a half year deal worth an initial £20,000 per week on his 18th birthday which keeps him at West Ham until 2021, Manchester United and Manchester City among others were reportedly interested, but Oxford, who has been out with an ankle injury and is yet to make top flight appearance this season, said "I have made my family proud and hopefully I have made the fans proud, I am happy to have signed my new contract. There was a lot of speculation about my future but I am happy that it has been done and I can get back to football. I just want to kick on now.
When West Ham United signed the Norwegian International former Arsenal youth player Håvard Nordtveit from Borussia Mönchengladbach it was seen as a bit of a coup, so why has this player been vilified to the extent of being booed as he came on as a substitute against Burnley at Hammer's London Stadium on Wednesday night? Nordtveit has become the target of angry fans much like Jonathan Spector and Christain Dailly were in the past, what are the similarities between this set of players?
West Ham:
Randolph, Kouyaté, Reid, Ogbonna, Antonio, Noble, Obiang, Cresswell, Lanzini, Payet, Carroll Substitutes:Nordtveit, Adrián, Ayew, Fletcher, Fernandes, Quina, Browne
Burnley:
Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Arfield, Marney, Hendrick, Boyd, Vokes, Gray Substitutes:Flanagan, Barnes, Kightly, Bamford, Defour, Robinson, Tarkowski
We know it is pantomime season, but a document we received from a member of staff at West Ham's London Stadium surely takes the biscuit! Essentially stewards are being warned that Burnley and West Ham supporters may well be wearing the same colours, and that there may be some confusion with regards to crowd separation....it's indeed fortunate that Aston Villa are currently languishing in the Championship otherwise there could be confusion twice per season!
Liverpool: Karius, Clyne, Lovren, Matip, Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Mane, Origi, Firmino Subs: Mignolet, Moreno, Klavan, Lucas, Alexander-Arnold, Ejaria, Woodburn
West Ham: Randolph, Nordtveit, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Noble, Obiang, Ayew, Lanzini, Payet, Antonio. Subs: Carroll, Adrián, Fletcher, Fernandes, Quina, Browne, Pike
Andy Carroll is 'champing at the bit' to play and hopefully score against his old club Liverpool in this afternoon's live on Sky Barclays Premier League match away fixture at Anfield. Carroll will be joining a squad boosted by the presence of Aaron Cresswell and Mikael Antonio along with the sorely missed Chek Kouyate, this will be the first match this season where Slaven Billic's team will be able to employ the three at the back formation WITH a proficient 'big target' man to ping balls to from either wing, with Manu Lanzini and Dimi Payet pouncing on the loose ball.
West Ham : Randolph, Reid, Ogbonna, Collins, Masuaku, Noble, Obiang, Fernandes, Lanzini, Payet, Fletcher. Subs: Adrian, Nordtveit, Arbeloa, Feghouli, Carroll, Zaza, Ayew.
Arsenal: Cech, Gabriel, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Xhaka, Walcott, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexis. Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Holding, Ramsey, Elneny, Iwobi, Lucas.
Slaven Bilic hopes the return of Andy Carroll can revitalise West Ham’s attacking play by rediscovering the power that put Arsenal to the sword last season
Carroll has been sidelined for three months with a knee injury, in which time West Ham have found themselves battling at the bottom of the league table at least partly because of the failure of their strike force to find the back of the net. Diafra Sakho scored the first league goal by a West Ham striker last week against Manchester United
Manchester Utd: De Gea, Valencia, Rojo, Jones, Shaw, Carrick, Herrera, Mkhitaryan, Rooney, Martial, Ibrahimovic Subs: Romero, Blind, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Lingard, Mata, Rashford
West Ham Utd: Adrian, Reid, Cresswell, Feghouli, Kouyate, Obiang, Ogbonna, Fletcher, Payet, Antonio, Fernandes Subs: Randolph, Nordtveit, Lanzini, Zaza, Noble, Collins, Masuaku