Hull V West Ham Barclays Premier League Match 28 -September 2013.Hull City have Maynor Figueroa back after he missed last weekend's win over Newcastle because of personal reasons.
James Chester is out and Paul McShane is not fit enough to start, so either Alex Bruce or Abdoulaye Faye will be alongside Curtis Davies at centre-back.Watch Hull V West Ham Live, Watch Hull V West Ham Live Stream, Watch Hull V West Ham Free Live Stream, Watch Hull V West Ham Online, Watch Hull V West Ham Online Free, Hull V West Ham Live, Hull V West Ham live stream Online.
West Ham midfielder Mark Noble returns after being suspended for the League Cup match with Cardiff.
Stewart Downing has recovered from a leg injury but Joe Cole remains out with a hamstring problem.
MATCH PREVIEW
This match brings together two of the more knowledgeable English bosses in the game, great friends with 21 years of top-flight managerial experience between them. They will share a drink afterwards and if one is toasting a victory it will be certainly be an important one.
Hull City's Steve Bruce will have enjoyed his five-goal thriller and 3-2 scoreline last weekend far more than West Ham's Sam Allardyce did.
A second Premier League win in five games will have been another lift in the levels of belief in Hull's quest to stay in the division.
ewly-promoted teams have often had to wait for that elusive first victory and it's gradually sapped away confidence. Seven points from 15 represents a solid start for Hull, especially having already faced Chelsea and Manchester City.
The experience added in the summer has certainly helped, in particular the signings of Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore.
Their form at the KC Stadium will go a long way to deciding their immediate future and this will be a game they will have earmarked to take something from, just as they have from the meetings with Norwich and Cardiff.
West Ham will certainly have the same thoughts, having not won since the opening day. Creating and scoring has been a clear problem so far, having not scored in three of their five matches. The absence of Andy Carroll and summer recruit Stewart Downing recently has been a telling one.
But they have to find a formula to improve that side of their game and their away form of last season (which saw them lose 12 times on their travels) if they are to better their 10th-place finish in May.
A result in this one would be most welcome as the Hammers' next two matches are against Spurs and Manchester City.
This should be tight and may not have the goals of last weekend's fixtures, but Bruce and Allardyce will only be concerned with winning.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
West Ham did the double over Hull in the 2011-12 Championship season.
They have scored just nine goals between them this season in the Premier League.
Hull City
Despite achieving promotion last season, they have won just seven of their last 18 league matches spread across the Championship and the Premier League - losing eight and drawing three. They have won only three of their eight home matches in that period.
There have been no more than two goals scored in any of their last five Premier League home games.
Danny Graham has not scored in his last 1,320 Premier League minutes of action.
Robbie Brady has been involved in three of the Tigers' five league goals so far this season, scoring two and assisting one.
West Ham
West Ham have not won in the Premier League since the opening day of the season.
They have had just eight shots on target in five league games so far this campaign and have not yet scored away.
But only four top-flight clubs have conceded fewer than the four goals they have let in.
Three of those four goals have been scored by the opposition from outside the box.
West Ham are the only team to have had all their goals scored by English players in the Premier League this season.