West Brom vs West Ham: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from Premier League clash

  • West Brom host West Ham at The Hawthorns on Saturday in the Premier League
  • Oliver Burke and Nacer Chadli are doubts for Saturday's visit of West Ham
  • Marko Arnautovic is back from suspension and available for West Ham  

Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for West Brom's home clash with West Ham on Saturday. 

 

West Brom vs West Ham (The Hawthorns)

Team news


West Brom

Nacer Chadli and Oliver Burke are doubts for West Brom ahead of Saturday's visit of West Ham.

Winger Burke has had a scan on a hamstring injury and will be assessed while boss Tony Pulis remained tight-lipped on Chadli's problem.

Oliver Burke and Nacer Chadli are doubts for West Brom's home game against West Ham

Oliver Burke and Nacer Chadli are doubts for West Brom's home game against West Ham

Hal Robson-Kanu is available again after a ban and Gareth McAuley has recovered from a thigh injury while Gareth Barry will equal Ryan Giggs' Premier League appearance record of 632 games if he features.

Provisional squad: Foster, Myhill, Nyom, Evans, Dawson, McAuley, Yuning, Hegazi, Gibbs, Brunt, Yacob, Morrison, Field, Livermore, McClean, Chadli, Barry, Rondon, Rodriguez, Burke, Robson-Kanu, Krychowiak.

 

West Ham

West Ham forward Marko Arnautovic is back from suspension and available for Saturday's game at West Brom.

Arnautovic is in contention again after serving his three-match ban but Mark Noble is out with a knock to his knee.

Marko Arnautovic is back from suspension to face Tony Pulis' side on Saturday afternoon

Marko Arnautovic is back from suspension to face Tony Pulis' side on Saturday afternoon

The match will also come too soon for Edimilson Fernandes and Manuel Lanzini who are recovering from ankle and knee injuries respectively.

Provisional Squad: Hart, Adrian, Zabaleta, Byram, Masuaku, Cresswell, Reid, Ogbonna, Collins, Fonte, Obiang, Kouyate, Arnautovic, Rice, Antonio, Ayew, Sakho, Hernandez, Carroll.

 

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

West Brom have won just two of their last 13 matches versus West Ham in the Premier League (D8 L3), with both victories arriving at the Hawthorns (1-0 in April 2014 and 4-2 in September 2016).

West Ham have won just once in their last 10 Premier League away games (W1 D3 L6) and have kept only one clean sheet in their last 18 top-flight matches on the road.

The Hammers won their first league game of the season with their 2-0 victory over Huddersfield last Monday night – they will have the chance to win successive Premier League games for the first time since January in this fixture.

West Bromwich Albion have attempted eight shots inside the six-yard box this season; more than any other side in the Premier League.

Tony Pulis has lost just one of his last six Premier League managerial clashes versus West Ham, winning three and drawing two.

Slaven Bilic's side have won just one of their last 10 Premier League away matches

Slaven Bilic's side have won just one of their last 10 Premier League away matches

Tony Pulis has averaged exactly one goal per game as a manager in the Premier League, with the Welshman taking charge of 314 matches to date (314 goals).

The average age of West Brom’s starting XI this season has been 29 years and six days old – the oldest in the Premier League so far in 2017-18.

Javier Hernandez has been directly involved in five goals in five Premier League appearances against West Brom (three goals, two assists).

Gareth Barry (631) is one appearance away from equalling Ryan Giggs’ (632) record of most games played in the Premier League. The veteran midfielder could also become the first player in PL history to make 600 starts (currently on 599).

On the day of this game, it’ll be 19 years and 137 days since Gareth Barry made his Premier League debut in May 1998. Six players to have appeared in the Premier League this season were born after Barry made his debut in the competition, including WBA’s Sam Field and Rekeem Harper.

WEST BROM VS WEST HAM  

Kick-off: 3pm, Sat

Referee: Paul Tierney

Odds (subject to change):

West Brom 5/4

Draw 11/5

West Ham 11/5

Managers:

Tony Pulis (West Brom)

Slaven Bilic (West Ham)

Head-to-head PL record:

West Brom wins: 4

Draws: 8

West Ham wins: 6

League form (latest result first):

West Brom - LDWW

West Ham - WLLL 

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