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Norwich v West Ham United FC 
Barclays Premier League
Venue: Carrow Road Date: Saturday, 15 September
TEAM NEWS
Norwich are hopeful Russell Martin will be fit despite the defender withdrawing from the Scotland squad after hurting his ankle against Tottenham.
Elliott Bennett remains sidelined by a knee injury, while Steven Whittaker is still recovering from an ankle problem.
West Ham are without Andy Carroll because of a hamstring problem, so Carlton Cole is set to lead the line.
The Hammers may give a second debut to midfielder Yossi Benayoun, while Matt Jarvis is fit to play his first game.
MATCH PREVIEW
The international break came at a bad time for both of these clubs. West Ham's first-half demolition of Fulham helped to erase memories of their sorry showing at Swansea while Norwich City fully deserved a share of the spoils at Spurs.
LAWRO'S PREDICTION
Mark Lawrenson
Football Analyst
"The second season in the Premier League is always tough and it's games like this that Norwich are going to have to win if they are not going to finish among the bottom three."
Read Lawro's full prediction and score
Chris Hughton has quietly but quickly got the Canaries back on song. A new-look defence was assembled after that opening-day humiliation at Craven Cottage and now Norwich look more solid, with successive draws against QPR and Tottenham.
What is lacking are goals… but surely after his heroics at Carrow Road over the last three seasons it won't be long before Grant Holt is hitting the target again.
Norwich City's Player of the Year is exactly the sort of striker Sam Allardyce loves. A goalscorer who's big, brave and puts in a shift for the team. With loan-signing Andy Carroll injured, Carlton Cole will be asked to fulfil that role for West Ham. Undervalued in my opinion, it will be fascinating to see if the Hammers' number nine can rise to the challenge.
Hughton might be relieved that Carroll is missing but Kevin Nolan was another key cog in his Newcastle team that strolled to promotion in 2010. He did the same job for West Ham last season and is off and running again this term, scoring in both of their home league victories.
It was away from home that West Ham were particularly impressive last season, with 13 wins on their travels to establish a new club record. Success in Norfolk would be enough to see the Hammers go joint top of the Premier League. Just for a couple of hours maybe, but long enough to sing a few songs commemorating the fact.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
West Ham have won their last two games against Norwich, and are unbeaten in their previous five matches with the Canaries, although that includes three draws.
Norwich's only Premier League win against the Hammers came on 27 August 1994, when Mark Robins got the winner at Carrrow Road.
The Hammers have failed to win their last 14 league games away to Norwich (D6, L8). Their last victory at Carrow Road came on 10 February 1973.
Norwich
The Canaries have won one of their last eight Premier League matches (W1, D3, L4).
Only the three relegated teams conceded more goals at home than Norwich (30) last season.
They have kept just one clean sheet in their last 17 league games. That was the 2-0 victory against Aston Villa on the final day of last season.
The Canaries are only the sixth team in the history of the Premier League who have not recieved a yellow or red card in their opening three games.
West Ham
The Hammers have only lost two of their last 25 competitive fixtures in all competitions.
They have recorded clean sheets in five of their previous seven league and cup matches.
Kevin Nolan netted against Fulham after 54 seconds in their last game. It was West Ham's quickest top-flight goal since 2005, when Marlon Harewood struck against Manchester United after 52
Maiga has not be given a chance in the prem yet and with Carroll out for a few weeks surely this could be the perfect time to see what maiga has to offer as we all know what Cole offers us - (A goal now and then ) 
young Winston.. proving to be a very good player 
think)
Early days, but we really need to give ourselves more of a chance to beat the teams around us, before we have to perhaps lay down and die against the so called big 4......
