West Ham’s excellent October ended on a bit of a damp squib when they lost 2-0 to Everton last week which brought their four-game unbeaten streak to a grinding halt.
This weekend, however, they take on a buoyant Stoke side who’ve hit a rich vein of form in recent weeks, much like the Hammers.
Slaven Bilic is unfortunately still without strikers Diafra Sakho and Andy Carroll, along with left-back Arthur Masuaku due to injury, but the trio are all expected to return after the international break.
The Hammers will also be without Winston Reid who picked up his fifth booking of the season last week and is serving a one-match suspension – but he would’ve been unavailable anyway due to a grade one hamstring injury he sustained in the defeat at Goodison Park.
Andre Ayew could push for a starting role up front after making back-to-back cameo substitute appearances following his return from a thigh injury.
With that in mind, here’s our predicted XI and bench for tomorrow’s game.
