West Ham V Stoke
TEAM NEWS
Winston Reid and Victor Moses have joined West Ham's lengthy injury list after being ruled out until the new year with hamstring problems.The Hammers are already without Dimitri Payet, Diafra Sakho and Manuel Lanzini, although Enner Valencia could return.
Stoke defender Marc Muniesa is expected to be involved after missing the last six games with a hamstring injury.
The Potters remain without strikers Peter Crouch and Peter Odemwingie and goalkeeper Shay Given.
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic: "It's going to be hard without players like Lanzini, Payet, Moses and Sakho, but we played without almost all of them against Manchester United and still we created enough chances to score goals.
"As I said, when all the players were available it was also about the squad. Now, we have a tinier squad but it's time for those those players to step up."
Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "After a performance and result like that [against Manchester City], there's been a real crackle about the group and some banter. You sense a lot of confidence.
"But the challenge is being able to do it week in, week out, not just in one-off games.
"You've got to be able to go up against teams at the bottom, as we saw against Sunderland, where we didn't really start the game as well as we should have done."
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Stoke are unbeaten in four league meetings with West Ham (W2, D2).
- The Hammers have won just once at home in their last five league meetings (D2, L2).
West Ham
- West Ham have gone five league matches without a win (D3, L2).
However, they are unbeaten in their last five league games at home, winning two and drawing three. - Their clean sheet against Manchester United last weekend was their first in 10 league matches.
- After scoring an average of 2.2 goals per game in their first 10 league matches, they have averaged just 0.6 in their last five.
- The injured Dimitri Payet created 47 goalscoring chances in the Premier League this season - no other West Ham player has created more than 19.
Stoke
- Stoke have lost just two of their last 10 league matches (W6, D2).
- They have kept six clean sheets in their eight most recent league games.
- However, they have only scored six goals in their last 10 matches away from home in the Premier League.
- The Potters are the joint-lowest scorers in the top flight, along with Aston Villa, having managed just 13 goals in 15 games.
- Marko Arnautovic has scored in both of his Premier League appearances against West Ham.