Ipswich midfielder Lee Bowyer misses out on an appearance against his old club with a groin strain.
Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is suspended while Ryan Stevenson could make his debut after signing from Hearts.
West Ham welcome back Matt Taylor who has missed the last eight Hammers game but midfielder Papa Bouba Diop is out with a hamstring strain.
American George John could make his debut while Joey O'Brien returns as does Guy Demel after a thigh injury.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• West Ham lead by 27 wins to 20 over Ipswich after 67 league and cup clashes since 1950. At Portman Road, the Hammers have won 12 and lost 11 of the 28 league matches, scoring 42 goals and conceding 42.
• Ipswich won the reverse fixture 1-0 in September, and are hoping to complete their first double over the London club since the 1976/77 top-flight campaign.
• The East End club, who need to score twice to total 100 competitive goals against Ipswich, have not dropped a point in three visits to Portman Road, and last lost a regular league game in Suffolk 23 years ago, although they did lose 1-0 in the first leg of the play-off semi-final in May 2004.
Ipswich Town
• Paul Jewell's Tractor Boys are on the longest current winless run in the Championship of six games (D2, L4), and lie immediately above the relegation zone, with a four-point cushion.
• The Suffolk club have the weakest defence in the Championship (54 goals conceded in 27 games), and are the only club in the division to have shipped two goals a game on average.
• The victory at Upton Park in September is their only triumph against any of the top eight clubs.
West HamUnited
• The Championship's new table toppers are chasing a fourth straight league win, to maintain their three point lead at the summit, and keep their 100% league record in 2012.
• Sam Allardyce's side have the tightest defence in the division, with just 24 goals shipped in 27 games, at 0.89 goals per game. They have kept an unrivalled 12 clean sheets, of which 10 were won.
• The home loss to Ipswich was their only defeat to date against a bottom-half club.
Ipswich Town V West Ham United 
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