Team news ahead of Sunday afternoon's Championship clash between West Ham and Leeds United at Upton Park (kick-off 1.30pm).
West Ham will check on [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ahead of the visit of the Whites. The centre-half scored the opening goal in Tuesday night's 4-0 win at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] but limped off in the second half with a hamstring niggle. Abdoulaye Faye came on to make his debut in place of Tomkins after overcoming the hamstring problem which interrupted his pre-season and he will start if the youngster misses out. Striker John Carew could be added to the squad, a fortnight after joining on a free transfer, having played an hour for the reserves in midweek. Left-back George McCartney, who rejoined from [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] last week, was also involved as he builds up his match fitness.
Defender Jordan Brown and winger Gary O'Neil (both ankle) are still out. Leeds skipper Jonny Howson and winger [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] will both return to contention following suspension. Both players sat out Tuesday night's home win over Hull after being sent off in last weekend's defeat to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and now give manager [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] a selection dilemma for the trip to London. Grayson handed a debut to latest signing [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] in midweek, while winger Ramon Nunez made his first league start for the club as Leeds registered their first points of the season with a 4-1 win. Luciano Becchio (hamstring) and Billy Paynter (thigh) are not expected to return from injury at Upton Park and fellow striker Davide Somma (knee) remains a long-term absentee. But midfielder [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] is pushing for a place in the starting line-up and Grayson has plenty of options at the back, with Alex Bruce, Andy O'Brien, Paul Connolly and Federico Bessone all featuring in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Middlesbrough this week.
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