West Ham V Everton Barclays Premier League Match 21 -September 2013. West Ham manager Sam Allardyce remains short of attacking options for the visit of Everton, with Andy Carroll, Mladen Petric, Joe Cole and Stewart Downing all unavailable.
George McCartney and Alou Diarra are sidelined with knee injuries.
Everton loan signing Romelu Lukaku is likely to make his debut, and fellow striker Arouna Kone has overcome a knee injury.
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Darron Gibson is also fit, but Steven Pienaar (hamstring) is a doubt.
MATCH PREVIEW
West Ham and Everton both scored twice on the opening day of the season, but since then fans have been starved of goals. Steven Naismith did score Everton's winner against Chelsea last weekend, but that has been the only goal in the last six league matches played by these two sides.
Four of the eight league matches they have played between them have ended goalless. Add in the facts that the shot-shy Hammers have conceded just once in their four games and both have kept three clean sheets out of four and you have all the ingredients for a stalemate that closes this weekend's Match of the Day.
However, I am always optimistic that whatever match I am commentating on will be a fantastic 90 minutes; after all, if we could all predict what is going to happen based on previous form all bookmakers would be bankrupt.
It's actually the sort of scenario where something unexpected happens, maybe to someone who you don't expect to feature. What price Everton's longest-serving player Tony Hibbert making his first appearance of the season and scoring his first competitive goal?
Hibbert made his debut for Everton against West Ham back in 2001, and he has scored a few own goals against the East London side in recent years. Could this be the weekend he finally breaks his duck and scores at the right end? Sadly, I doubt it.
Everton will surely give a debut to Romelu Lukaku, who scored 17 Premier League goals on loan at West Bromwich Albion last season.
The Belgium international's signing on loan from Chelsea for the season was a real coup for manager Roberto Martinez, and the fact that Lukaku will link up with countryman Kevin Mirallas may well reap instant rewards for the visitors, who have an excellent record in recent years against West Ham.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Everton are unbeaten in their last 11 games in all competitions against West Ham (W7, D4).
The Hammers have only managed one point from their last five home matches against Everton, who came from behind to win 2-1 last season.
There have been three red cards in the last three Premier League meetings of these sides.
West Ham
West Ham have failed to win or score in their last three league matches (D2, L1). They last failed to score in four successive Premier League games in October 2006.
They have managed only six shots on target so far this season, fewer than any other side in the Premier League.
However, Sam Allardyce's side have only conceded one league goal (against Stoke) - the division's joint-best defensive record alongside Tottenham.
The Hammers have attempted fewer passes (938) than any other side this season and have the worst passing accuracy (72%), according to Opta.
Everton
Everton and Liverpool are the only unbeaten Premier League sides this season.
The Toffees are one of five Premier League teams, including West Ham, to have kept three clean sheets in their opening four games.
They are winless in their last 10 Premier League away matches since beating Newcastle on 2 January (D6, L4).
Everton have attempted (681) and completed (517) more passes in the final third of the pitch than any other side this season.
Striker Nikica Jelavic has only scored once in his last 26 Premier League appearances - as a substitute against Manchester City in March.