West Ham United vs West Bromwich Albion - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to debar back-to-back losses for the archetypal clip this season, West Ham United invited an in-form West Bromwich Albion broadside to the London Stadium for a Championship lucifer connected Saturday afternoon.

The Hammers were beaten connected their ain spot by promotion rivals Southampton past clip out, whilst the Baggies salvaged a constituent astatine Preston North End pursuing a less-than-ideal performance.

Match preview

The undisputed large dogs successful the Championship promotion contention this season, West Ham were humbled astatine the London Stadium past Saturday, erstwhile chap top-two contenders Southampton picked up a 3-2 success.

First-half goals from Kuryu Matsuki, James Bree and Lewis Dobbin did the harm for the travelling Saints, who would beryllium supra the Hammers successful the standings if not for a four-point deduction astatine the opening of this season.

Despite that nonaccomplishment past clip out, Nuno Espirito Santo's broadside stay successful bully signifier arsenic they pursuit an contiguous instrumentality to the Premier League, with West Ham sitting successful 3rd spot successful the Championship table aft 12 contests.

As was the lawsuit successful the apical flight, the London Stadium has not been a blessed spot successful caller times, with West Ham winless successful their past 3 location matches (D1 L2) crossed league and EFL Cup action.

In fact, some of the Hammers' 2 Championship defeats truthful acold person arrived astatine their East London basal successful 2026-27, offering up immoderate anticipation for West Brom, who person won conscionable 1 lucifer astatine the venue implicit the past decade.

Since sobering derby defeats by Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1) and Birmingham City (0-1), West Brom person strung unneurotic a three-match unbeaten tally (W2 D1) successful the Championship playoff race.

Comeback wins implicit Wrexham and Blackburn Rovers were followed up by a mediocre show and effect astatine Deepdale past weekend, erstwhile a precocious Jimmy-Jay Morgan extremity snatched a constituent from bottommost broadside Preston.

Nevertheless, West Brom's commencement to the run has exceeded pre-season expectations, with the Black Country outfit presently occupying 5th spot, 2 points down second-placed Swansea City.

Up to 4 Championship goals for the word aft being awarded Albion's equaliser astatine Preston, erstwhile Chelsea antheral Morgan has taken to the 2nd tier similar a duck to h2o - to the sizeable alleviation of caput manager James Morrison.

West Brom needed a caller reliable root of goals pursuing the summertime departures of Championship veterans Josh Maja and Karlan Grant, with Morgan, Issac Price and Aune Heggebo providing the goods for the Baggies truthful far.

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Team News

A 2026 signing from Venezuelan broadside Deportivo La Guaira, Keiber Lamadrid's archetypal afloat play astatine West Ham is being disrupted by a muscular injury.

The Hammers person a fig of options if they privation to change the XI that mislaid to Southampton, with Oliver Scarles, Tomas Soucek and Joel Piroe pushing for starts.

West Brom brag Morrison has rotated his broadside heavy truthful acold this season, with Morgan and Heggebo some starting connected the seat astatine Preston.

That attacking brace could instrumentality to the broadside this weekend, with Barney Stewart and Felix Horn Myhre perchance dropping out.

The visitors are debased connected options astatine right-back, with Noah Galves sidelined for the remainder of the play owed to a superior genu injury.

West Ham United imaginable starting lineup:

Hermansen; Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles; Bowen, Mukasa, Engels, Solomon; Castellanos, Piroe

West Bromwich Albion imaginable starting lineup:

O'Leary; Pereira, Mepham, Campbell, Styles; Nzingoula, Molumby, Diakite, Price; Morgan, Heggebo

We say: West Ham United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion

After their caller decision to Southampton, West Ham volition not beryllium successful the temper for different London Stadium disappointment this weekend.

West Brom person enjoyed a bully commencement to the campaign, but Saturday's travel to East London is apt to beryllium excessively challenging.

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