West Ham will complete 2014 above Arsenal on the off chance that they can maintain a strategic distance from thrashing in Sunday evening's London derby at Upton Park.
Sam Allardyce's side is right now fifth in the Premier League, one point and one position in front of their adversaries, and will be looking to skip back from their 2-0 Boxing Day thrashing to Chelsea.
Arsene Wenger knows three points will take Arsenal above West Ham in the race for a Champions League spot and is searching for a moment London derby win in three days after the 2-1 accomplishment at home to QPR on Friday evening.
Alex Song (knee) and Diafra Sakho (back) are relied upon to come back to West Ham's beginning line-up. The couple was turned out of the beginning XI for the misfortune at Chelsea, with Mark Noble and Enner Valencia supplanting them.
James Tomkins (hamstring) is prone to pass up a major opportunity once more, with James Collins proceeding in focal guard.
Arms stockpile striker Olivier Giroud starts a three-match suspension in the wake of being sent off for head-barging in on the 2-1 triumph over QPR, however Laurent Koscielny could have returned from a hamstring issue.
Aaron Ramsey (hamstring), Mikel Arteta (calf), Mesut Ozil (knee), Abou Diaby (calf), Jack Wilshere (lower leg) and Serge Gnabry (knee) are sidelined.
West Ham have won none of the last 12 Barclays Premier League recreations against Arsenal (W0 D2 L10), losing the last seven consecutively.
Theo Walcott has scored five objectives in his last four Premier League recreations against the Hammers.
Lukas Podolski has scored four objectives in four Premier League recreations against West Ham.
Munititions stockpile has won away at West Ham more regularly than whatever other group in Premier League history (10).
After a run of seven Premier League home recreations without annihilation as a mentor against Wenger (W4 D3), Allardyce has lost his last three home diversions against the Frenchman.
Predictions
"West Ham set up a bit diversely at Chelsea and it didn't generally fall off for them against the group pioneers. I anticipate that this will be an alternate amusement however and it’s an extreme one for both sides. It's a hard diversion for Arsenal, particularly without Olivier Giroud. That is an alternate enormous player out of the group and he would have been imperative at set-plays. I was enticed to agree with West Ham in this one, however at last I've edged towards the draw."
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