Fulham are due to visit Upton Park to keep their away date with West Ham this Saturday. West Ham have not lost in their last six home matches to Fulham, winning and drawing three each. Fulham's last win here came in 2001.
West Ham are gung-ho ahead of the Fulham match, with two wins on the trot, first a Premier League home match against Tottenham, last weekend, and then a Carling Cup win against Sunderland.
Valon Behrami has recovered from his knee injury and will be available for selection, but the Hammers will continue to miss Jack Collison and Zavon Hines, while there's a question mark over Thomas Hitzlsperger's fitness.
However, West Ham manager Avram Grant will want to welcome back injury prone Kieron Dyer, who started in the first half of last week's win against Spurs, having to withdraw midway, owing to illness. But Dyer is yet to recover from his illness, and Grant could take a late call on Dyer's inclusion in the starting eleven for the Fulham match.
Fulham's manager Mark Hughes, previously at the helm with Manchester City, has overseen 13 draws in 17 League matches involving the two teams. Hughes has some injury concerns ahead of the match at Upton Park. He will not have the services of Moussa Dembele, Bobby Zamora and Andrew Johnson, and Zoltan Gera should make it to the starting eleven, joining Clint Dempsey upfront.
Mark Schwarzer has a second choice goalkeeper in David Stockdale who is back from injury.
Last season's Premier League match between the sides at Upton Park ended without result, while Fulham won their home match at Craven Cottage.
Apart from Manchester United, Fulham are the only team with an unbeaten record in their six matches, in the ongoing Premier League season, although five of those matches have ended in draws. Their exploits this year have taken the Cottagers to sixth place on the points table.
Given the current form of the two teams, and taking into account West Ham's advantage playing before a home crowd at Upton Park, a draw appears the most probable result in Saturday's match, although West Ham cannot be denied a thin edge, following the injury concerns among Fulham's forward line.
West Ham's probable starting eleven should have the following: Green, Gabidon, Upson, Da Costa, Jacobsen, Boa Morte, Noble, Parker, Dyer, Piquionne, Obinna
Fulham will probably start with: Schwarzer, Salcido, Hughes, Hangeland, Kelly, Duff, Murphy, Etuhu, Davies, Gera, Dempsey
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