West Ham and Norwich City return to Premier League action tonight in their re-arranged tie at the London Stadium after both successfully reaching the fourth round of the FA Cup.
David Moyes’ side put two past Leeds United on Sunday, whilst Milot Rashica struck late on for Norwich to dismiss League One Charlton Athletic.
The win at The Valley put an end to five straight defeats for The Canaries with another win tonight they could move off the bottom of the table.
The Hammers will be searching for their fourth win on the bounce following consecutive Premier League victories at Watford and Crystal Palace.
Scoring seven goals in those two matches, they should cause havoc for the Canaries’ defence that has conceded 14 times over their five-match league losing streak.
A point adrift of Arsenal, a win for West Ham tonight will allow them to move back into the top four and reinforce their Champions League hopes.
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£30 million summer signing, Kurt Zouma is set to sit this one out while still recovering from a thigh problem and is not expected to return until atleast January 22 for The Hammers trip to Old Trafford.
Angelo Ogbonna and Aaaron Creswell will also be unavailable due to ongoing injuries.
While second top goal scorer for this season behind Michail Antonio (8), Said Benrahma (5) is hoping to make his AFCON debut playing for Algeria.
Todd Cantwell was left out of the squad at Charlton due to illness amid with speculation of the midfielder moving away from the club.
Norwich suffer many injuries within the squad including: Christoph Zimmermann (foot), Lukas Rupp (hamstring), Billy Gilmour (ankle), Andrew Omobamidele (back) and Mathias Normann (groin).
The last time the two sides met Norwich took a 4-0 battering with Antonio scoring all four goals.
Two years on, Norwich could see history repeating itself, with Dean Smith’s side not being able to register a single league goal in their last five meetings.
With The Irons being the favourites going into the match after their recent run of superb form, we will find out if they have the edge over Norwich tonight to move back into the top four.
