21 September 2018
Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats.
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21 September 2018
CandH match analyst Mike Manera looks at Sunday’s game I can’t remember a time when the Hammers have had so many options in so many positions but Manuel Pellegrini should ignore most of them on Sunday and stick with last week’s team. The Marko injury question is still hanging over his team […]
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21 September 2018
KIERAN GILL IN THESSALONIKI: Maurizio Sarri's plans ahead of Chelsea’s game with West Ham on Sunday were disrupted after the team’s flight home to London was cancelled.
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21 September 2018
The Premier League resumes after a midweek of European football for the first time this season and the narratives around England's biggest clubs have altered somewhat.
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21 September 2018
Chelsea are likely to be without midfielder Pedro after the winger was injured during the last minutes of the game against PAOK goalkeeper during last night’s Champions League game in Greece. The winger was involved in a horror collision with the opposition keeper that resulted in him being grounded for a few minutes. Manager Mauritzio […]
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21 September 2018
Chelsea suffered another blow after Pedro was injured in the game against PAOK last night when their flight was delayed because of weather conditions. Sky Sports report that the Blues were scheduled to fly home late on Thursday night, but the flight was delayed as a result of the adverse conditions It’s bad news for manager […]
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21 September 2018
West Ham go into Sunday’s game against Chelsea boosted by the knowledge that they have a very decent record against the League leaders. Three wins, a draw and one defeat against the Blues over the last two seasons reads well as a team yet to be beaten comes to the east end. Assuming – as […]
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21 September 2018
I’m not among those conspiracy theorists who see the choice of referee for a game as particularly good or bad news. However, I’ll make an exception in the case of Mike Dean who I have often found to be well over fussy, perhaps more than a little filled with his own importance and on several […]
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21 September 2018
Mark Lawrenson has surprisingly tipped the Irons to beat Chelsea at the London Stadium this weekend declaring: I just think something will click for them this time.” Making his weekly prediction on BBC Sport he said: “West Ham had a super win last weekend n and they will be hoping Marko Arnautovic recovers from the knee injury […]
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21 September 2018
Manu Lanzini looks to be well and truly on the mend as he steps up his recovery from a knee ligament injury. Footage has emerged of him running alone in the gym and is very encouraging indeed as he bids to be ready to play by the turn of the year. The midfielder ruptured the […]
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21 September 2018
Mark Noble has revealed how three words from manager Manuel Pellegrini sorted things out against Everton last weekend, The captain explained in his London Evening Standard column he said: “What pleased memost was the way we reacted in the second half after Everton scored to make it 2-1 right on half-time. We had played well in […]
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21 September 2018
Lanzini was filmed running in and out of a set of cones on his Instagram account. He lightly jogged forwards and backwards around the gym and looked comfortable when changing direction.
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20 September 2018
MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Neymar picked up the ball on the left and, seeing no way directly forward, began to swiftly traverse the pitch, seeking an angle to slip the ball through.
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20 September 2018
Phil Parkes may just know what’s required at the back of a team and he believes we started to sort it against Everton. Yes, there’s a growing relationship between centre backs Balbuena and Diop which he likes but that wasn’t the main aspect of the performance as far as he was concerned. He reserves that […]
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20 September 2018
James Collins’ move to Ipswich Town amid rumours that the Hammers defensive hero could be on the move back to his former club Aston Villa. The Ginger Pele was offered a contract with The Tractor Boys and it was thought nailed on that this would be the move for which he would go. But Town […]
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20 September 2018
By Allen Cummings The euphoria from last Sunday’s victory is still rich in our veinsand why not? We’ve waited long enough this season to feel as good as we did when that final whistle blew at Goodison. There were so many plusses to come out of a performance we had all hoped […]
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20 September 2018
Manuel Pellegrini has told his squad they need the same level of performance at home as away if they are to take Chelsea’s notable scalp on Sunday. It’s almost a cliche but confidence he declares has to be the key – the knowledge that they are capable of playing at home as the team did […]
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20 September 2018
Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata is being linked with a move to the Irons in the January transfer window. The former Juventus and Real Madrid front man has hardly set himself or the Blues alight since his £58 million deal last summer and was linked with a move back to AC Milan. That failed to materialise […]
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20 September 2018
Jack Wilshere has been left “very upset” by an injury which looks set to sideline him for between four and six weeks. Wilshere’s stop/start career is again on stop after again as he finds himself back on a hospital bed as his miserable catalogue of injuries continue. Manuel Pellegrini, along with most fans, will clearly […]
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20 September 2018
Manuel Pellegrini saw something at Everton that may have been missing until now – BELIEF! The first three points were such a relief for everybody associated with the club but there had been so much loose chat about the Pellegrini system that a shadow had undoubtedly been thrown over things. But the manager never […]
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20 September 2018
Jack Wilshere has been left "very upset" by his latest injury setback with the West Ham midfielder facing up to six weeks on the sidelines.
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20 September 2018
Marko Arnautovic is a doubt for West Ham' s Super Sunday clash with Chelsea, says manager Manuel Pellegrini.
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20 September 2018
West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini is confident that Marko Arnautovic will be in the starting line-up for the London derby with Chelsea on Sunday.
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20 September 2018
Manuel Pellegrini has singled out three players for an honourable mention ahead of the Sunday clash against Chelsea. As the league leaders prepare to arrive at a London Stadium where their recent record is not great the manager reminded us: “It’s impossible to make a better start than Chelsea.” However, confidence is growing in the […]
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20 September 2018
Manuel Pellegrini stoked up the guessing game over Marko Arnautovic’s involvement in the clash against Chelsea on Sunday during today’s pre-match pressre. The manager was in no mood to give a view either way although ‘leaks’ have been emerging suggesting that the striker is more likely to be involved than not. However, Pellegrini appeared to […]
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20 September 2018
Lukasz Fabianski has probably made a bigger consistent impression on Hammers fans this season than any other new signing. Even at Everton he was called upon to make some fine stops in what eventually became a comprehensive victory but without him life could have been a lot more difficult. His recent form has prompted questions […]
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