PREM: West Ham v Hull preview

West Ham v Hull preview

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic must decide whether to give Andy Carroll a second start in three days against Hull.

The striker, recently back from another long-term injury lay-off, played 80 minutes on his first start since August in Wednesday's 1-0 win over Burnley.

Simone Zaza, Gokhan Tore, Reece Oxford, Sam Byram and Diafra Sakho remain on the sidelines.

Dieumerci Mbokani will return to contention for Hull's first trip to the London Stadium.

DR Congo international Mbokani boosts boss Mike Phelan's options up front after serving a three-game ban and could go straight back into the starting line-up.

Phelan, who has no new injury worries, could make one or two other changes as the Tigers chase a first league win in six games, with midfielder Ryan Mason pushing for a recall to the starting line-up.

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic says "The chance of back-to-back wins would be brilliant of course. We spoke about this couple of games in the period when we played against Spurs, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool."

"It was an extremely difficult schedule. That period came and we started with three points and we have a really good chance (on Saturday). Nothing can give you confidence better than victories."

Hull boss Mike Phelan "We go there full of life. We're on the front foot. Yes we've lost games but my players are putting everything into their chance in the Premier League. We just need to get a bit lucky if we can."

On the performance against Tottenham: "It's difficult to express sometimes, the fact that we played well. We thought we took the game to Tottenham and yet we lost another game.

"But their heads won't dip, we speak about this all the time.

"There's no point in sulking about things that have happened. We just look forward to the next one.

"We have shown positive signs of being progressive. We're creating the chances, but just not scoring the goals.

"Hopefully that will change and hopefully that will be on Saturday."

Teams

West Ham (from): Randolph, Adrian, Collins, Ogbonna, Reid, Kouyate, Masuaku, Antonio, Cresswell, Noble, Obiang, Fernandes, Nordtveit, Payet, Lanzini, Feghouli, Ayew, Carroll, Fletcher.

Hull City (from): Marshall, Jakupovic, Maguire, Dawson, Davies, Clucas, Elmohamady, Huddlestone, Robertson, Livermore, Mason, Meyler, Diomande, Snodgrass, Mbokani, Henriksen, Bowen, Maloney, Weir.