West Ham’s away day gauntlet to start the season ends at St. James’ Park this weekend and boy, do we need a win.
The midweek Carabao Cup victory over Cheltenham will boost morale but the Hammers are in desperate need of their first Premier League points of the season after suffering back-to-back defeats on their travels so far.
Newcastle are also stuck in a rut after losing both of their Premier League games to date and fell out of the Carabao Cup at the first hurdle in the week – this is certainly a must win for both sides.
Slaven Bilic has confirmed that everyone in his squad are in full training but a lack of match fitness in regards to Andy Carroll and Manuel Lanzini could limit their involvement.
Here’s our predicted XI for the Newcastle clash.
