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Stoke v West Ham [Premier League]

1 Name: 606 : 2017-04-29 03:15
Stoke City vs West Ham
Premier League
Today, 15:00 [BST]
Britannia Stadium

Stoke manager Mark Hughes is hopeful Jon Walters will be available this weekend despite nursing a knee injury.

Jack Butland will keep his place in goal after returning from 13 months out with ankle problems last week.

West Ham striker Andy Carroll has been ruled out again with a groin injury, but Mark Noble and Sam Byram return from suspension.

However, Cheikhou Kouyate, Winston Reid, Arthur Masuaku and Diafra Sakho are all injury doubts for the Hammers.

Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "The mood's fine. We're looking forward to the game. It's an important one for us, clearly.

"We were obviously disappointed with the result last weekend but, I've said all season, when we've had a disappointment, more often that not we've bounced back.

"And I fully expect us to have a good performance in front of our home crowd, get past 40 (points) and see if we can finish the season on a high."

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic: "People are talking about who is safe but it is irrelevant. We have four games left, a big game on Saturday and we are looking for points.

"There is a gap between us and mid-table, it is a small gap but with four games to go we are talking about 12 points and we have to concentrate on our next game.

"We are approaching them as four cup finals."

Head-to-head
*Stoke are unbeaten against West Ham in the Premier League under Mark Hughes (W3, D4), although four of the last five meetings have been draws.
*The Hammers have only won one of their last seven away trips to Stoke in all competitions (D2, L4).

Stoke City
*Stoke have lost five of their last six games, with their only points coming in the win against Hull in their last home match.
*They have failed to score in four of their previous seven league games.
*The Potters have 39 points from 34 matches - only once before in the Premier League have they had fewer points at this stage of the season (37 in 2012-13).
*Saido Berahino has gone 11 games without scoring for Stoke since joining from West Brom in January. He last scored in February 2016, although he has scored in three of his four starts against West Ham in the Premier League.

West Ham United
*West Ham have only won one of their last 10 league matches but they are unbeaten in their last three league games, with two draws and one win.
*They have kept two clean sheets in their last three league matches following a run of 10 games without one.
*The Hammers have scored a league-high 20 goals from set pieces this season.
*Slaven Bilic's side have conceded in the 83rd minute or later in each of their last four Premier League away games.
2 Name: 606 : 2017-04-29 13:32
Stoke City XI: Butland, Allen, Muniesa, Whelan, Johnson, Berahino, Arnautovic, Martins Indi, Shawcross, Cameron, Shaqiri

Subs: Grant, Pieters, Bardsley, Adam, Diouf, Crouch, Ramadan

West Ham XI: Adrian, Fonte, Collins, Reid, Fernandes, Masuaku, Nordtveit, Kouyate, Lanzini, Ayew, Calleri

Subs: Randolph, Byram, Cresswell, Noble, Feghouli, Snodgrass, Fletcher
3 Name: Anonymous : 2017-04-29 13:47
match thread for this
4 Name: Anonymous : 2017-04-29 15:45
0-0 against fucking HULL

Why do I follow this shit team. I know koeman was half the team last year but good god
5 Name: Anonymous : 2017-04-29 17:55
Kek

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