Ahead of this weekend’s Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for West Ham’s home clash with Newcastle at 3.00pm on Saturday at the London Stadium.
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West Ham vs Newcastle (London Stadium)
Team News
West Ham
West Ham will be without Mark Noble and Michail Antonio when they host Newcastle.
Skipper Noble has a slight hamstring problem and winger Antonio is sidelined by a calf injury.
Manuel Lanzini is still suspended but fellow midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate returns to the squad after recovering from his hamstring injury.
Provisional Squad: Adrian, Hart, Masuaku, Zabaleta, Collins, Ogbonna, Reid, Cresswell, Kouyate, Rice, Obiang, Quina, Ayew, Arnautovic, Carroll, Sakho, Hernandez, Haksabanovic, Makasi.
West Ham will be without skipper Mark Noble after he picked up a slight hamstring problem
Newcastle
Newcastle striker Aleksandar Mitrovic is out of Saturday’s Premier League trip to West Ham as he continues to battle a back injury.
The Serbia international is likely to be sidelined for another 10 days with the problem, and he has been joined on the sidelines by full-back Jesus Gamez, who has undergone surgery on an ankle.
Midfielder Jonjo Shelvey completes a two-match ban, while manager Rafael Benitez will assess a series of knocks before he names his team.
Provisional squad: Darlow, Elliot, Yedlin, Manquillo, Mbemba, Dummett, Haidara, Lascelles, Clark, Lejeune, Merino, Hayden, Saivet, Ritchie, Atsu, Murphy, Aarons, Diame, Perez, Joselu, Gayle.
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West Ham United have won their last two home Premier League games against Newcastle – one more than they managed in their previous eight (W1 D3 L4).
After doing the double over West Ham in their first two Premier League seasons in 1993-94 and 1994-95, Newcastle have managed it just once since (in 2010-11).
West Ham beat Huddersfield but lost 3-0 to Brighton at London Stadium in October – the Hammers haven’t lost two home matches to newly promoted sides in the same season since 2006-07 (Reading and Watford).
West Ham United have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three Premier League games – they’ve only kept four in a row in the competition once before, back in February 2014 under Sam Allardyce.
Newcastle United haven’t lost five consecutive Premier League games since May 2015, a run of eight under John Carver.
Newcastle have lost 71 Premier League games in London – more than any other side from outside the capital.
Rafael Benitez has won 10 of his 13 Premier League matches against West Ham (D1 L2), although his two defeats were away from home in January 2008 and December 2012.
Rafa Benitez has won seven of his last nine Premier League matches with David Moyes
The Spaniard has also won seven and lost none of his last nine Premier League encounters with David Moyes – his most recent meeting was a 2-1 win as Chelsea boss in Moyes’ final match as Everton boss in May 2013.
Since Adrian came into the West Ham team against Man City, the Hammers have conceded just two goals in four games, keeping three clean sheets. With Joe Hart in goal, they kept three clean sheets in 14 games and conceded 30 goals.
Marko Arnautovic has scored two goals in his last three Premier League games – more than he’d scored in his previous 20 combined with West Ham and Stoke (1).