Monday April 16
West Ham United v Stoke City
Team news
Andy Carroll, Manuel Lanzini and James Collins could be added to the West Ham squad for Monday's visit of Stoke.
Carroll has been sidelined with an ankle fracture since December, Lanzini suffered a knee injury on international duty with Argentina and Collins has been out for a month with a hamstring problem.
Winston Reid, Sam Byram and Pedro Obiang remain long-term absentees.
Stoke midfielder Maxim Choupo-Moting remains a doubt for the trip to the London Stadium.
The 29-year-old has not featured since March 17 because of groin problem, and manager Paul Lambert admits he is still struggling.
Fellow midfielder Charlie Adam serves the final match of his three-game suspension.
West Ham (from): Hart, Adrian, Ogbonna, Rice, Collins, Cresswell, Evra, Masuaku , Zabaleta, Noble, Kouyate, Fernandes, Diangana, Cullen, Lanzini, Mario, Arnautovic, Hernandez, Carroll, Hugill.
Stoke (from): Butland, Haugaard, Shawcross, Zouma, Martins Indi, Wimmer, Cameron, Bauer, Pieters, Johnson, Fletcher, Allen, Ndiaye, Shaqiri, Sobhi, Crouch, Campbell, Diouf.
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- West Ham are looking to secure their first league double over Stoke since the Potters’ first Premier League campaign in 2008-09.
- Stoke have lost just one of their last nine Premier League games against the Hammers (W3 D5), though it was in the reverse fixture back in December (0-3).
- The Potters are unbeaten in their last five league visits to face West Ham, though four of these have ended level (W1).
- Stoke are winless in their four Premier League games played on a Monday this season (D1 L3), losing the last three in a row by an aggregate score of 0-6.
- West Ham are looking to secure back-to-back home Premier League wins for the first time since December 2016.
- Stoke have scored fewer goals than any other Premier League side in 2018 (7), failing to score in six of their 12 games.
- The Potters have lost their last seven Premier League visits to London, conceding 26 goals while scoring just five in reply.
- Javier Hernandez’s first 11 Premier League appearances as West Ham were all starts, in which he scored four goals. Under David Moyes, he’s started just five of his 14 appearances in the competition, adding another four goals (two as starter, two as a sub).
- Marko Arnautovic has had a hand in 13 Premier League goals this season (nine goals, four assists), at least five more than any other West Ham player. He also scored in the reverse fixture against his former side.
- David Moyes has only lost one of his 10 previous Premier League home games on a Monday (W5 D4), a 0-3 loss against Everton with Sunderland last season.
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