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West Ham United V Derby County
Npower Championship
Venue: Upton Park
Date: Saturday 26 November Kick-off: 1720 GMT
Coverage: Watch highlights on The Football League Show; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC Radio Derby;
text commentary on the BBC Sport website.
Also live on Sky Sports 2.
Championship
TEAM NEWS
West Ham's Matt Taylor returns to the squad after a calf problem, while Carlton Cole and Joey O'Brien could be back in the starting line-up.
Guy Demel (hamstring) is fit, but Winston Reid (shoulder), Gary O'Neil (ankle), Henri Lansbury and David Bentley (both knee) are still out.
Derby's Theo Robinson (hamstring) has joined Nathan Tyson (groin) and Steven Davies (skull) on the injury list.
Ipswich loanee Tamas Priskin could come in to replace him.
Nigel Clough's side could also have James Bailey back after injuring his ankle almost three months ago, but the Derby boss said he did not want to take any risks.
"James is not far away. If we had known he was going to be as good as he has been in training in the last two days, he might have played a little bit for the reserves on Monday," said Clough.
"But we are trying to be a little more cautious with the injured players coming back so that they don't break down."
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
* This is the 75th competitive meeting, with West Ham leading by 26 wins to 23, with 25 drawn. Derby need to score twice to total 100 goals against them.
* The Hammers scored a total of seven goals in completing the double over the Rams last season.
* Derby's 2-1 victory in the Championship at Upton Park in January 2005, is their only maximum in 15 league meetings spanning 13 years.
West Ham United
* Second-placed West Ham, five points behind leaders Southampton, are unbeaten in five (13 points out of 15).
* They are aiming to complete three league wins on the trot for the first time this season. It has not been achieved since the end of the 2006/07 Premier League campaign.
* The current total of 34 points after 17 games, is the Hammers' best return for 21 years.
Derby County
* Derby have been downwardly mobile since the end of September. One win in nine has seen them slump from an automatic promotion spot to 11th place.
* Nigel Clough's side are also fighting to avoid four successive defeats, last suffered at the close of last season.
* They are facing the only club with better gates in the Championship. West Ham are averaging three thousand more than the Rams.
Wish I was going, have a great time chaps n chappess's.
We must play like this from the start on tuesday against boro , 
Abbi and Deano like a pair of kids for most of the time 
