West Ham vs Fulham
Sunday 18th January
Upton Park
Kick Off - 1.30pm
West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola has no fresh injury worries ahead of Sunday's London derby at Upton Park.
Midfielder Kieron Dyer, who returned as a substitute in the 3-0 FA Cup win against Barnsley, may be on the bench again as he is short of match fitness.
Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard, who has struggled with illness and injuries in recent weeks, is still being troubled by a hip problem and is out.
Otherwise, Fulham manager Roy Hodgson has a fully fit squad to choose from. <!-- E SF -->
<hr> West Ham (from): Green, Neill, Collins, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Collison, Cole, Di Michele, Stech, Faubert, Tristan, Tomkins, Mullins, Dyer, Bellamy, Boa Morte.
Fulham (from): Schwarzer, Konchesky, Pantsil, Baird, Hughes, Murphy, Dempsey, Davies, Gera, Zamora, Johnson, Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gray, Etuhu, Stoor, Andreasen, Kallio, Hangeland.
The 12th London derby of this Premier League season, matches West Ham and Fulham, who are locked together in mid-table, equal on 26 points. The CottagersHammers have scored eight more goals (26 to Fulham's 18). boast a goal difference advantage of eight, even though the
These clubs are second bottom and second top in the London Premier League table; West Ham have four points from four league clashes with fellow clubs from the capital, Fulham have eight points from five.
The Cottagers, who were frozen off against Blackburn last Saturday, hold a nine-match unbeaten sequence in the Premier League, but their last four away league games have all been goalless draws.
West Ham are looking for a fourth consecutive Premier League win over Fulham; the Cottagers are hunting only the second win from 12 meetings with the Hammers in this league.
Distance between the clubs: 15 miles (24 kilometres)
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