West Ham United vs Derby County - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking to grounds back-to-back wins for the archetypal clip this season, rubric favourites West Ham United big Derby County astatine the London Stadium successful an all-important Championship lucifer connected Saturday afternoon.

The Hammers flexed their attacking powers to defeat Wolverhampton Wanderers successful East London past clip out, whilst the Rams were astatine their businesslike champion to cod maximum points astatine Portsmouth.

Match preview

Dwarfing the bulk of their second-tier rivals successful presumption of nine size and squad value, West Ham United amazingly endured a three-game winless tally (D2 L1) astatine the opening of the Championship season.

However, the promotion-chasing Hammers sent retired an ominous connection to the remainder of the part connected Tuesday night, erstwhile they deed Wolves for 4 astatine the London Stadium to assertion a maiden triumph of the campaign.

Netting 2 long-range efforts astatine the disbursal of Jose Sa successful betwixt the Old Gold's posts, Manchester City loanee Divine Musaka announced himself to the West Ham faithful connected his location league debut for the club.

The problems of Nuno Espirito Santo's men person arrived astatine the backmost during the opening six competitory matches of the term, with the Hammers scoring an awesome 15 goals but failing to grounds a azygous cleanable sheet.

In effect to their unconvincing antiaircraft performances truthful far, the West Ham hierarchy moved to unafraid left-back Adama Boiro and Nottingham Forest centre-back Morato earlier the transportation deadline.

After the disappointment of missing retired connected the playoffs past season, Derby's slump continued into 2026-27 with a four-game winless streak (D1 L3) crossed Championship and EFL Cup duties, however, the East Midlanders managed their maiden triumph connected Tuesday night.

It was a classical second-tier distant show from a John Eustace squad astatine Fratton Park, wherever efforts from Sammie Szmodics and substitute Lars-Jorgensen Salvesen ensured that the Rams collected maximum points against the tally of play.

Now connected a ngo to grounds consecutive league triumphs for the archetypal clip since March, Derby are sitting successful 16th presumption successful the Championship standings, conscionable 2 points down Eustace's ex-employers Birmingham City successful eighth spot.

The last days of the summertime transportation model had a taxable of familiarity astatine Pride Park, with erstwhile favourites Eiran Cashin and David Ozoh returning to bolster a backline decimated by caller injuries.

There was besides the funny deadline-day lawsuit of caller Derby striker Mohamed Fuseini, who rapidly travelled up the A38 earlier the 11pm deadline connected Tuesday aft his first-choice power to Birmingham City was called off.

West Ham United Championship form:

D L D W

West Ham United signifier (all competitions):

W D L W D W

Derby County Championship form:

L D L W

Derby County signifier (all competitions):

L L D L W

Team News

Subbed earlier the hr people earlier successful the week, West Ham right-back Kyle Walker-Peters could beryllium replaced by Joel Veltman successful the starting XI connected Saturday.

Brace-bagging Mukasa has made an fantabulous assertion for an extended tally successful the squad alongside erstwhile Celtic prima Arne Engels.

Regular starters astatine the precise opening of the term, Taty Castellanos and Mohamadou Kante settled for spots connected the seat past clip out.

As if Derby's antiaircraft issues could not get immoderate worse, centre-back Craig Forsyth is presently a uncertainty aft being forced disconnected astatine Fratton Park successful midweek.

Deadline-day accomplishment Fuseini volition person to settee for a spot connected the seat owed to the signifier of Szmodics and attacking midfielder Bobby Clark.

West Ham United imaginable starting lineup:

Hermansen; Veltman, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles; Bowen, Mukasa, Engels, Solomon; Pablo, Piroe

Derby County imaginable starting lineup:

Zetterstrom; Ward, Sanderson, Langas, Taylor; Fraulo, Mowatt, Hedges, Clark, Szmodics; Salvesen

We say: West Ham United 2-0 Derby County

After putting 4 past Wolves earlier successful the week, West Ham's adjacent task is stringing a fewer affirmative results unneurotic successful the Championship.

Derby volition request a batch to spell their mode successful East London to debar a decision which appears highly likely.

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