West Ham are unbeaten in their past nine home games against the Baggies, winning three and drawing six.

West Brom's most recent victory at West Ham was by 1-0 in September 2002 in the first Premier League match between the sides.

There have been 25 goals scored in the past seven Premier League meetings hosted by West Ham.

David Moyes is on a six-match winning streak in the Premier League against teams managed by Sam Allardyce.

Alan Shearer
Former England striker and MOTD2 pundit

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It is shaping up to be a thrilling title race and the unpredictability of the Premier League so far is one of the things we can look forward to continuing in the second half of the season.

You could argue a case for four or five teams to win it, and it is wide open - I can't remember it ever being as compact, with so few points separating the top teams at this stage, as it is this year.

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No Robert Snodgrass tonight and West Brom boss Sam Allardyce says that is because of an agreement as part of the terms of his move from West Ham.

Allardyce told BT Sport: "That was an agreement between the clubs that this game he would not be allowed to play. We could only get the deal done with that agreement."

West Brom are looking to make it two wins from two as they look to get out of trouble and Allardyce added: "Two in a row is rare when you are struggling at the bottom of the league but two in a row makes a massive difference when you are in the position you are in.

"A good result needs to follow with another one to build confidence and hopefully that happens tonight."

Ah the Premier League, we're back again. Can West Brom make it back to back wins? Are Leicester and Chelsea still title contenders? Can we go a single day without the Premier League?

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West Ham can win their opening four competitive matches of a calendar year for the first time since 1958. They have won 1-0 in all three of their fixtures in 2021.

They have also taken 18 points from their past 10 league games, the fourth-best record in the division.

West Brom, meanwhile, have taken four points from a possible 15 under new boss Sam Allardyce.

They are unbeaten in three away league matches though - one shy of their Premier League club record.

But they have gone 10 matches without a top-flight away clean sheet, dating back to April 2018.

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Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers praised his side's second-half display in their 2-0 win against Southampton after he had to "reiterate the importance of fighting" at half time.

Things are looking good for West Ham. They sit in ninth place, with eight wins and five draws from their opening 18 matches.

They are 18 points ahead of today's opponents West Brom, who remain stuck in the relegation zone.

That huge win over Wolves on Saturday means they are now five points off Burnley in a safe position, though Sean Dyche's side do still have a game in hand.

Any point for the Baggies now is crucial.

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Southampton take on Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup third round later today too. That game kicks off at 20:00 GMT and you can follow live text coverage on here, as well as commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live.

The tie was originally called off on 9 January after a coronavirus outbreak at the League One club.

Here's the preview for that match.

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers is hopeful Jamie Vardy will be fit to start despite the striker being substituted against Southampton because of an ongoing hip problem.

Dennis Praet remains sidelined, while fit-again defender Caglar Soyuncu could start his first game since 3 December.

Andreas Christensen is back in contention for Chelsea after recovering from a knee injury.

Midfielder N'Golo Kante is ruled out by a hamstring problem.

Robert Snodgrass spent three years with the Hammers but he won't be making a return against them tonight.

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West Ham make one change to the side that edged Burnley 1-0 in their previous Premier League outing as Manuel Lanzini comes in for Pablo Fornals.

Michail Antonio starts for the second successive game for the Hammers following his return from injury.

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Bowen, Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio.

Subs: Balbuena, Yarmolenko, Alves, Noble, Fornals, Diop, Fredericks, Johnson, Randolph.

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Sam Johnstone returns in goal for West Brom having recovered from coronavirus.

Johnstone returns to the starting XI along with Conor Gallagher but Robert Snodgrass, who joined the Baggies from West Ham a week ago, is not in the squad.

West Brom XI: Johnstone, O'Shea, Ajayi, Bartley, Gibbs, Livermore, Sawyers, Matheus Pereira, Gallagher, Grosicki, Robinson.

Subs: Furlong, Robson-Kanu, Krovinovic, Ivanovic, Edwards, Peltier, Kipre, Button, Field.

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We're back again for another evening of Premier League football. Big game near the top tonight for Leicester City, who welcome Chelsea to the King Power.

West Brom will be hoping to capitalise on their win over Wolves when they head to the London Stadium to take on West Ham, who are unbeaten in five games in all competitions.

West Ham v West Brom (18:00 GMT)

Leicester City v Chelsea (20:15 GMT)

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